Welcome to this week’s eFocus, RepricerExpress’ look at the top ecommerce stories and latest Amazon news from around the Web this week.
Zalando trials ecommerce offering to retailers: Dan Wilson at Tamebay reports that German fashion online retailer Zalando is opening itself up to sellers. For the first time, local retailers can connect to the Zalando Platform with minimal technical effort via the external partner software “gax-system”. Zalando is big news over on the continent (although it does also operate in the UK) and gets 160 million visits a month and operates in 15 countries. Continue reading…
How Amazon counterfeits put this man’s business on brink of collapse: CNBC via Yahoo Finance report on the story of Mark Lopreiato who was thrilled when he was invited to promote his Forearm Forklift on ABC’s “Good Morning America” last month. The chance for a small manufacturing business to reach 4.5 million viewers for free doesn’t come around often. Lopreiato appeared on “Buy it and Try It,” a segment for hosts to test out popular niche gizmos from infomercials in front of an enthusiastic New York studio audience. Continue reading…
Lots of Amazon’s projects have failed…and that’s ok, says Amazon’s Andy Jassy: Julie Bort at Business Insider UK reports on Amazon Web Services, which is the company’s most profitable runaway success story. AWS is on track to do $10 billion in revenue this year and along the way AWS has upended the entire computer industry, with giants like Microsoft and Google now chasing Amazon. While it’s easy to point to all that success, no one ever seems to forget the company’s big fat failures either. Continue reading…
Why the fashion world won’t let Amazon in: Edgar Alvarez at Engadget reports that the company’s next holy grail may be the hardest to conquer. There’s no doubt Amazon has already mastered the art of selling groceries and other essential goods online. But the company aims to be more than that. It’s focusing on streaming technologies, with services like Prime Video and Music Unlimited, a rival to Spotify and Apple Music. Then there’s fashion, a space that may be the hardest (though not impossible) to conquer. While Amazon isn’t new to selling clothes, the company sees high-fashion retail as its next holy grail. Continue reading…
eBay.com replacement and exchange return options: Chris Dawson at Tamebay reports that eBay.com have announced new returns capabilities are now live on the site enabling sellers the option to manage replacements and exchanges as well as a straight refund option. You can now offer buyers the option of receiving a replacement or exchange instead of a full refund. This can take place either in your return policy when listing, or at the point that your buyer contacts you through eBay My Messages or when requesting a return, you will have the option to offer a replacement or exchange at that time. Continue reading…
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Plus a reminder that the clocks in the UK go back to GMT on Sunday 30th October 2016. Yay, an extra hour in bed!
Have a great weekend!
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