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E-commerce, Retail Types

Has Amazon Marketplace Become a ‘Company Town’?

September 29, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

One of the best courses I took back in college (I won’t say how long ago that was, but it was before smartphones and even faxes, so you do the math) was on labor history: unions, strikes, the Industrial Workers […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Amazon continues to shrink retail operations

June 3, 2019

Via: Retail Dive

Vendors that to varying degrees depend on Amazon for their wholesale revenue were once again shaken last week by indications that the e-commerce giant might be culling its supplier base within its first-party — aka retail — operations. Rumors and […]


News & Trends

Walmart’s marketplace growing fast

July 7, 2017

Via: Retail Dive

Walmart’s e-commerce marketplace, launched in 2009, is gaining fast, in part because many merchants want to diversify their outlets beyond Amazon’s marketplace, eMarketer reports. Some 65% of sellers on Amazon’s Marketplace say they also sell on eBay, while two-fifths also sell […]


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Why Amazon is suddenly swimming in profit

August 9, 2016

Via: Internet Retailer

With a commanding grip on market share and an established, thriving online marketplace, North America’s largest e-retailer may as well be printing money. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Amazon.com Inc. posted a profit of $482 million, more than double […]


News & Trends

Amazon is the top cross-border marketplace for Chinese sellers

August 2, 2016

Via: Internet Retailer

A new study from Payoneer shows which marketplaces Chinese e-retailers sell on—and what strategies they’re employing on those platforms—to expand internationally. Online marketplaces are gateways for Chinese retailers and brands to reach international customers.  And as Amazon is the top […]