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Target sees product subscriptions as a big push to counter the ‘Amazon Effect’, Birchbox announces $60M Series B investment, Wal-Mart will turn the electronic receipt into a sales tool, Russians flocking to Taobao, Etsy buys Grand St, Amazon test it’s own logistics network and much more This past week is one that influences ecommerce greatly. […]
Walmart has a Polaris moment, 360Buy blocks eTao, JadoPado sees big potential in the Middle East and more It is the last day of August 2012 and this past week has been nothing short of a ecommerce hotpot. So many stories, story lines and ideas that makes my head spin (it feels like I don’t […]
One Kings Lane raises money (almost a billion dollar valuation), Gilt offers logistics to a competitor, PayPal pitching Apple on Payments, Walmart trying to gain ground from Amazon, Amazon posts results, JD.com to IPO, leaked Twitter commerce screenshots and much more. Phew – what a week of ecommerce news with lots of permutations for the […]
I have been watching the moves that have been happening in Comparison Shopping Engine industry over the last 9 months. Google Product Search is making a lot of people and businesses squirm. In April Shopzilla was sold at a huge loss to private equity firm Symphony Technology Group LLC. Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. says it […]
India is at the moment one of the most written about ecommerce markets. The size of the country is contributing to the rapid development and investment into Indian ecommerce. Amazon is supposedly considering the market in 2012, so the local businesses are trying to get set before big A arrives. As it is a developing […]
Amazon Misunderstood?, fab buys assets and announces a massive change, Chinese ecommerce continues to show no sign of slowing down and much more Is Amazon misunderstood? Eugene Wei wrote a very insightful post on his previous employer. I understand what he says in terms of Amazon’s goals being out in the open but my question […]
Amazon interested in Europe, WeChat disrupts the shopping experience, Netshoes builds a mobile empire, Fab downsizes their New York operation and much more. The first week of October is in the record books and it contained a lot of ecommerce news. In weeks gone by, I have had time to think and it is pretty […]
Black Friday stories, Tiger Direct consolidates, A virtual measuring tape, E-commerce industry insights from Turkey, India, South Africa and Brazil. What a week, that is the first thing that I can think of when reflecting about the last 5 working days. Today is Black Friday in the United States and my inbox looks in pretty […]
LivingSocial raise more funding, Egyptian commerce grows, Google Shopping vs Amazon Product Ads and much more The past week has had some interesting stories which will have interesting story lines for the rest of the year. LivingSocial has been the topic of quite a bit of press the last week and in all honesty I […]
I had the opportunity to meet Sina Afra while I was in Turkey. Afra is the Co-founder and CEO of Markafoni a flash sales commerce business that was acquired by Naspers in July 2011. Markafoni is after Ventee-Privee the number 2 flash sales business in Europe. Sina Afra, is one of the few CEOs of […]
Earlier today a reader contacted me with some very interesting information on a pilot that Amazon is testing currently. The contents of the communicated has been redacted to protect the identity of the source but a few things are clear to me. One – Prime is becoming more important for Amazon to combat the impact […]
The Marketplace concept is one that both intrigues me but it also scares the living daylights out of me. Call it an oxymoron but its greatest strength could be it biggest challenge. Let me explain. So yesterday when Best Buy announced that is adding a marketplace to its offering.. The first problem that this creates […]
Over the past 18 months, the reality surrounding local e-commerce has become clear for me. The truth is the terms mean many things for many people, and it is an unsolved opportunity. COVID-19 is an accelerant for the commerce fire or misfires made by businesses of all sizes. Local commerce is helping consumers find products […]
Logistics is now a battleground, Apple and Google fighting over mobile, Amazon says a lot but it has no meaning and news from China, India and Malaysia. As far as I am concerned 2012 is now in the record books. One working day left until 2013 and all the challenges it brings with it. Let […]
When I think of e-commerce, there are essentially two parts to it. The first is the lovely and beautiful UX of product pages and shopping carts that buyers use to purchase items from online retailers. The second is the tremendous amount of systems behind this UX that ensure the buyers actually receive the products they […]
The past week my mind has been focused on curation based commerce (Fab.com, onekingslane.com) and the emerging rocket ship called Pinterest. I love Fab and their emails and think that curation based commerce is a vertical that will expand. (The only problem is that they need to scale internationally, cough South Africa.) Let me be […]
Let me start off by saying that this is a topic that is very close to my heart. I work in the ecommerce space and believe that the lines between offline and online commerce is steadily falling away. When eBay did their results presentation earlier in the year, the online and offline relationship got a […]
Earlier today I read Thomas Baldwin’s post on Rocket Internet preparing to go public and I must say it is at the moment a rumor. What is the ramifications if they do go public? Preface The last 18 months – I have been reading and observing a German accelerator going through the gears and starting […]
Yesterday, was a significant day in the history of Alibaba. Jack Ma announced to the world that he will be succeeded by Jonathan Lu Xaoxi. Does the new heir apparent seem to be a new unknown? I tend to think so but Lu is Ma’s choice and that speaks volumes. Lu, is like Ma one […]
PLA’s are a direct threat to Amazon, Wayfair to make a billion in revenue by year end, Shopzilla buying Zappli and moving their advertising network across the Atlantic. Google posted their results this past week and it was reasonable to say the least. However, a few things stood out – Product Listing Ads is now […]