Amazon Launches in South Africa
Amazon launched in South Africa today. The marketplace is Amazon's first in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing the total number of active markets to 22.
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Amazon’s Fast Delivery Moat
Amazon's same-day and next-day delivery is widening the gap between it and the rest of e-commerce.
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Amazon Added 5 Million Sellers Since 2018
More than 2,000 new sellers are joining the Amazon marketplace every day. This growth is invisible to shoppers but confirms Amazon's role as the go-to platform for entrepreneurs.
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Temu Sets Up U.S. Warehouses
Temu has set up U.S. warehouses for sellers on its growing marketplace to offer faster delivery.
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Buy With Prime Is Not Ubiquitous but Growing
Thousands of brands adopted Buy with Prime two years after Amazon launched the fulfillment and one-click checkout service in April 2022.
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Amazon, Walmart, Temu, and Shein Overlap
Amazon, Walmart, Temu, and Shein sell many of the same goods, often sold by the same third-party sellers.
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Amazon Fees Only Go Up
Amazon offers dozens of services that sellers and brands can use to grow their businesses. It insists these are optional, and strictly speaking, that is correct. But while Amazon itself doesn't require them, it has created an ecosystem that does.
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Temu Marketplace Launches in the U.S.
Temu has started onboarding sellers with inventory in local warehouses rather than shipping from China. But there are no U.S. sellers yet. Instead, it is Chinese sellers with inventory in the U.S.
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Threecolts Acquires Marketplace Pulse
Threecolts has acquired Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce industry publication founded by Juozas Kaziukėnas in 2015.
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E-Commerce Needs Walmart
Walmart is Amazon’s only competitor. Everyone else is too small, too niche, or not a good substitute. A bigger Walmart means a better alternative to Amazon, which means a better e-commerce market.
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