Welcome to RepricerExpress’ weekly round-up of the top five stories from the world of Amazon and ecommerce.
Amazon shortlists 20 cities for second headquarters: The Guardian reports that Amazon has released a shortlist of 20 cities on Thursday which it is considering for its second headquarters, including established technology hubs like Boston and Pittsburgh as well as more surprising choices such as Columbus, Ohio. The tech company has whittled down its shortlist that involved 238 communities across the US, Canada and Mexico. Only one city outside the US, Toronto, has made the cut. Continue reading…
Amazon is still in early innings of its retail growth opportunity: Tae Kim at CNBC reports that Piper Jaffray has predicted Amazon will generate strong sales growth this year. Piper Jaffray’s survey of 1,000 US internet users revealed that 50% of people allocated 10% or less of their holiday spending to Amazon. As a result, he estimated that the company had 4% market share of US retail holiday spending in 2017. Continue reading…
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10 ecommerce predictions for 2018: Chris Dawson at Tamebay reports on his ecommerce predictions for 2018. What should you be looking out for, what will change and how can we best capture our share of consumers spend in the year ahead? Amazon continues to set the pace for delivery and consumers are becoming accustomed not just to next day delivery but to receiving their goods the same day or even within the hour. Continue reading…
Amazon adds limited live TV guides to the Fire TV: Jacob Kastrenakes at The Verge reports that Amazon is trying to make the Fire TV work better for watching live programming — but it’s starting in a very small way. Over the past few weeks, Amazon has rolled out channel guides and an accompanying feature called On Now, which shows what’s currently playing on supported networks. And as of today, Amazon is also adding the ability to pull up live channels through Alexa. Continue reading…
Amazon has 1,029,528 new sellers this year (plus other stats): FeedbackExpress reports that in 2016, Amazon’s net revenue was $135.99 billion, up from $107.01 billion in 2015 and is widely expected to increase again this year. Around 50% of all sales on Amazon marketplaces come from third-party sellers. Continue reading…
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