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Amazon Big Style Sale Keeps Consumers Guessing
Amazon Commerce // June 22, 2020

With the 618 shopping festival wrapped and successful in China, attention now turns to Amazon and its series of shopping events, including this week’s The Big Style Sale. But in addition to great deals on apparel and handbags, what you will find online is a...

AmazonBasics Is Bigger Than You Think
Amazon Commerce // October 02, 2017

In recent Amazon news, AmazonBasics — Amazon’s private label retail merchandise brand — made news as a “spearhead” of the company’s private brands, according to reports from retail news provider Chain Store Age. AmazonBasics — despite sharing the proprietary product category with the Amazon Echo, Dot, Wickedly Prime snacks,...

The Amazon Effect On … Payments
Amazon // March 20, 2017

We spend a lot of time talking about the impact of the “Amazon Effect” on traditional retail’s current misfortunes. But there’s another “Amazon Effect” which goes largely ignored, and which could be even more disruptive. As we heard Amazon’s VP of Payments, Patrick Gauthier, tell me...

Amazon Killing It With Its Own Products
Amazon // November 04, 2016

1010data released Thursday (Nov. 3) new analysis that shows that, by leveraging its online shelf space to introduce new private-label products, Amazon has had success in stealing market share from established brands in a lot of product categories. In a press release, 1010data said Amazon is...

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AmazonBasics Is Bigger Than You Think

October 02, 2017
In recent Amazon news, AmazonBasics — Amazon’s private label retail merchandise brand — made news as a “spearhead” of the company’s private brands, according to reports from retail news provider Chain Store Age. AmazonBasics — despite sharing the proprietary product category with the Amazon Echo, Dot, Wickedly Prime snacks, Lark & Ro apparel and Happy Belly Snack Food, among […]

Amazon Killing It With Its Own Products

November 04, 2016
1010data released Thursday (Nov. 3) new analysis that shows that, by leveraging its online shelf space to introduce new private-label products, Amazon has had success in stealing market share from established...

Amazon Lays Plans For Up To 2,000 Grocery Stores

October 28, 2016
The tech giant may be heading into the brick-and-mortar grocery business. According to internal documents viewed by Business Insider, the company is outlining plans for 20 pilot locations of an...

Brexit Hasn’t Hurt Amazon’s UK Sales — For Now

July 07, 2016
Most retailers have good cause to worry about the long-term implications of the Brexit vote. Labor costs, shipping and everything in between could get more expensive with a less porous...