Today, I start something that I have been thinking about for the last few months. As of this Friday (depending on a million things), I am going to be posting a list of 10 stories that got my attention. Yes, I said my attention.
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Why Kiva + Payment On Delivery May Equal 1 Day Prime for Amazon
There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you’re good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills.
Jeff BezosAmazon buys Kiva. Not surprised, Quidsi a huge customer; its fulfillment was more efficient than Amazon’s. read.bi/FRA8ZG
— Rick Watson (@rickwatson) March 19, 2012
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Amazon & Junglee Enter Indian ecommerce
Amazon has launched in India. The way which they have entered the Indian market is of particular interest to me. Junglee.com which is partly owned by Amazon is wait for it, a comparison shopping engine. I initially thought that they would look at acquiring one of the popular ecommerce operators such as Flipkart, Naaptol or Myntra etc but it seems that either the Indian ecommerce valuations is too high or this is phase one of something bigger. More on that in a bit as I think Amazon is both playing offence and defence with Junglee.
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Larry & the ‘new’ Google
“Great power involves great responsibility”
― Franklin D. RooseveltGoogle is arguably the single biggest part of the Internet but things are beginning to happen at their Mountain View offices that have me concerned. Very concerned actually. You know that feeling when you start seeing a story evolve that you have already read and seen before? I have, so let me explain.
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The Kelkoo redesign
It may be seen that I am a bit old school with regards to Comparison Shopping Engines but Kelkoo and Shopping.com play a role in my thought processes. The fact that they have been around for a while and were once upon a time the market leaders in Comparison Shopping should not be underestimated. Over the last 18 months – 2 years both have fallen behind; both brands have gone through changes with regards to ownership in the last 5 years and have also seen some stagnation in terms of unique views and traffic.