Zack Kanter writes about how he defines Amazon’s business. It’s a fairly interesting, though not totally novel, analysis. What most caught my eye is his argument that their advertising business is creating a crack in their mighty facade. This is […]
“The world’s largest retailer is using Jetblack, a labor-intensive and money-losing personal-shopping service, to develop artificial intelligence to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon.” I’d try this as a consumer – seems great! | learn more
While dealing with logistics is part every retailer’s world, most have it relatively easy with strong 3rd party infrastructure to enable moving goods and currency. Well, not as easy for those in the marijuana market. Enter the Ford Transit, a […]
“How Amazon and Procter & Gamble collaborated to create better packaging.” |learn more
I’ve looked under the hood of a quite a few Amazon Marketplace based businesses in recent months. This article highlights the tenuous nature of their continued prosperity. They’re caught in the crossfire between unscrupulous competitors and an often aloof marketplace […]
“The Raspberry Pi Foundation just unveiled a brand new project — an actual store. If you live in Cambridge in the U.K., you can now buy a bunch of sweet Raspberry Pis with which to tinker and develop some cool stuff… […]
“What if you could store and deliver goods as easily as data? Amazon, Walmart and others are using AI and robotics to transform everything from appliance shopping to grocery delivery. Welcome to the physical cloud.” | learn more
This video highlights Monika Wiela, who came up with an idea to toss a prepaid shipping label into her outgoing e-commerce boxes that let consumers donate used clothes without having to make an extra trip. Then, she turned it into […]
Basically, a new law prohibits foreign internet retailers from selling brands they have an ownership stake in. “Both Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart have reportedly pulled thousands of items for sale.” | learn more
The inevitable returns process is one of my least favorite aspects of online shopping. This Chicago startup lets consumers hire them to deal with the logistics of sending back unwanted products. Amazon does a nice job of easy returns, and […]