They have these at my local Whole Foods and I’ve always been a bit turned off by them. But maybe that’s a knee-jerk reaction? “Holding my hand a few inches over an Amazon One scanner next to the cash register […]
Amazon places limits on how much inventory a 3rd party seller can store in its warehouses. Around holiday time, they tend to cut these limits, which creates a lot of extra stress (and stockouts) for those independent sellers. Why do […]
“There are 98 active Amazon aggregators. 58 aggregators have announced funding rounds, of which 33 raised at least $100 million.” It’s only a matter of time until someone aggregates the aggregators. | learn more
“Shopify has told merchants they’ll be in breach of its terms of service (ToS) if they use Amazon’s Buy with Prime feature.” | learn more
Packable, last year the #1 seller on Amazon Marketplace in the U.S., is liquidating. A year ago, they were planning a SPAC deal at a $1.5 billion valuation. I hope to someday read the inside story of how this business […]
Musings by two MBA professors who specialize in the healthcare industry: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley Staats. “Amazon has a playbook for reinventing businesses that it enters. It includes simplifying processes, experimenting to determine which new approaches work best, and […]
A deep dive into the recently announced acquisition of “the O.G. tech enabled primary care platform.” One tidbit I was missing is that half of One Medical’s revenue in Q1 2022 came from Medicare. | learn more
“Black-hat international sellers … hide behind shell businesses and fake names. if they get popped for writing fake reviews or selling a product that kills someone, they just show up next week under a new account.” | learn more
“Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people to hire in its US warehouses by 2024, according to leaked Amazon internal research from mid-2021 that Recode reviewed.” | learn more
This is a McKinsey post about the advertising businesses built on top of major retailers. Considering Amazon’s ad side hustle is a $30B+ business already, I’m surprised I hadn’t heard the term RMN before. | learn more