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In episode 188 of Total Retail Talks, Executive Editor Joe Keenan interviews Karl Varsanyi, group vice president of digital product management and user experience at Albertsons Companies. Listen in as Varsanyi discusses the launch of Albertsons online marketplace with partner Mirakl, and how the grocer is using customer data obtained from its online marketplace to influenceโฆ
Amazon.com recently tested a feature in its mobile app that showed products on other sellersโ product pages for lower-priced items, often from Amazon's own private labels, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. For example, if someone was searching for AAA batteries on Amazon and got a sponsored link for Energizer, they would click on theโฆ
In this episode of Retail Right Now, Joe Keenan discusses Amazon.comโs decision earlier this week to eliminate a rule that kept U.S.-based third-party merchants selling products on its marketplace from selling those same products in other channels, such as their own websites, for lower prices. Critics of Amazon cited the โprice parity provisionsโ as a violationโฆ
In part one of this two-part series, I shared the two main options for selling to or on Amazon.com, as well as walked readers through the benefits of Seller Fulfilled Prime and the steps to make it happen. Critical to all of these decisions and paths is an understanding of Amazonโs dominance. As a reminder,โฆ
Amazon.com, itโs the force keeping brand manufacturers up at night. The online retail giant now accounts for over 49 percent of all U.S. e-commerce sales โ a number that shows no signs of plateauing. Amazonโs e-commerce sales in the United States alone are expected to reach $258 billion this year, up nearly 30 percent fromโฆ
Foot Locker has announced a $100 million strategic investment in GOAT Group, which operates secondary sneaker market brands GOAT and Flight Club. It is the retailer's largest investment in its history. GOAT, the sports acronym for Greatest of All Time, was founded in 2015 by college friends Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano. Sneaker listings on the GOAT platformโฆ
Here are four key strategies sellers can use to stay competitive and profitable as Amazonโs private-label strategy continues to evolve.
Compliance just got even more difficult for retailers that sell online, including marketplaces and traditional e-commerce sites.
Amazon.com has become synonymous with online shopping. Just as โgoogle itโ or โI need a Band-Aidโ have become colloquialisms, so has โorder it on Amazon.โ I work with dozens of millennials and have a 5- and 7-year-old at home, and whenever they need something, their first response is โget it on Amazon.โ The โculture ofโฆ
Amazon.com reportedly fired workers in the U.S. and India for allegedly giving internal data to independent sellers linked to scams. Following an investigation into suspected bribes, the e-commerce giant took action against disreputable sellers by limiting access to data and deleting thousands of suspicious reviews, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Part of the probe is centeredโฆ