Retailers trying to compete the old away against Amazon are asking for trouble. Obviously, they need to find an edge in some other way. I expected to skim this article and archive it forever, but ended up reading it in […]
An unscrupulous competitor ripped off his product & marketing materials, impersonated him, and solicited 30 1-star reviews for his product. Worst of all, it looks like he’s escaping consequence-free. | learn more
“Target pulled the plug on its massive Canadian expansion less than two years after opening. This is the incredible untold story of how it all went wrong.” | learn more
As part of a scam to boost product rankings on Chinese shopping websites via fake reviews, firms are sending cheap products (or empty boxes) to people that never ordered them. | learn more
“These are the Napoleons busy dividing the shopping streets of the virtual world between them.” | learn more
“NastyGal & Bonobos were once the stuff of founders’ dreams. But as we head into 2018, startups believe landing big funding & scaling fast are recipes for disaster.” | learn more
Bloomberg dives into the data to show readers the magnitude of the coming retail crisis. There’s a debt tsunami of over-leveraged retailers on the verge of hitting shore. If you like charts and data, you’ll love this. | learn more
In a new tactic, Amazon is discounting some products below prices that marketplace sellers set. They’re funding the difference themselves. Why? One reason – brick & mortar competitors won’t price match marketplace sellers. This means you can’t buy these products […]
Forbes profiles Prologis, the world’s largest owner of industrial real estate (687MM Sq. Ft.). Amazon is their largest tenant, occupying 16MM. My e-commerce company is in a Prologis building, too! | learn more
It cleans floors at a top speed of 2.5 MPH, and it’s made by a company called Brain Corporation. Softbank’s Vision Fund led an investment into the company earlier this year. | learn more