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The reinvention of Tide packaging for the e-commerce age.
“How Amazon and Procter & Gamble collaborated to create better packaging.” |learn more
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tech, startups, internet
Amazon Alexa and the search for the one perfect answer.
“Voice computing seeks to deliver a single correct response to any query. That’s why it’s going to upend our relationship with information.” | learn more
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The new black hat tactics Amazon sellers are using to compete.
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 […]
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India gives Amazon and Walmart the finger.
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
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ReturnRunners lets people outsource ecommerce returns.
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 […]
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Amazon to invest in self-driving forklifts
“Amazon could build a stake of almost a third in warehouse robotics firm Balyo in the next seven years, as part of a deal that could boost sales of the French company’s technology for self-driving forklift trucks.” | learn more
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YCombinator requests for startups.
Often said to be the world’s leading accelerator program (alums include Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Instacart, Coinbase), YC is a pillar of the startup community. They have a “Requests for Startups” page that highlights 25 areas of innovation that they would […]
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Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are finally breaking up.
“Currently, Instacart has 1,415 in-store shoppers, or paid Instacart couriers, at 76 Whole Foods locations; 243 of those couriers, who exclusively deliver groceries from Whole Foods, will no longer be able to make Instacart deliveries beginning February 10, when the […]
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Reinventing the $10T service economy.
Andrew Chen, a16z partner, discusses the coming tech innovation and disruption in the service economy – focused on marketplaces delivering access to regulated services. Really interesting thinking! | learn more
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Amazon Go cashierless stores may be coming to airports.
I would be grateful for this considering my last visit clocked in at 23 seconds total. “Amazon.com is looking at bringing its futuristic checkout-free store format to airports in an effort to win business from hungry, time-pressed travelers.” | learn […]