E-Commerce Alone Keeps Retail Sales Growing
E-commerce growth is slowing again, but not because shoppers are returning to physical stores. Online shopping accounted for 51 cents of every new dollar spent in retail.
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Amazon Didn’t Pay Tax Then, Temu Doesn’t Now
Amazon took advantage of tax laws that allowed online retailers to avoid collecting sales tax to create a pricing advantage. Now, Temu has a pricing advantage created by not paying customs duties and/or taxes.
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Amazon Sells More Retail Ads Than Google
"As of 2023, Google estimates that Amazon's revenues are larger than Google's in retail advertising," according to Google's testimony in the DOJ vs. Google court ruling.
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Competition Made Amazon a Better Deal
Competition from Shein and Temu forced Amazon to lower fees, enabling sellers to lower prices, which, in turn, led to shoppers buying more items on Amazon.
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1% of U.S. Amazon Sellers Sell Outside the Continent
Most American Amazon sellers stick to selling in the U.S. Despite Amazon's attempts to foster cross-border e-commerce, less than 1% sell outside the continent.
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Amazon's Unhelpful AI Shopping Assistant
Amazon's AI shopping assistant is great at answering questions about a specific product but cannot help sort through the endless aisles of its infinite catalog.
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Amazon and Temu Swap Strategies
Temu wants to be more like Amazon, to reduce supply chain risk and offer faster shipping, while Amazon is racing to replicate Temu because it cannot ignore the fact that its low prices trump Amazon's convenience for some shoppers.
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Top 5 E-Commerce Marketplaces in 2024
Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop are the three top marketplaces for U.S. brands. However, if Temu and TikTok achieve their goals this year, they will overtake Walmart in the marketplace ranking.
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Amazon To Launch a Direct-From-China Marketplace
Amazon will launch a Temu, Shein, and AliExpress competitor featuring low-price items shipped directly from China. Amazon's main quest remains Prime, but it has accepted a new side quest.
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Amazon Infiltrates Cannes Lions
None of the ads from Amazon's $49 billion ad network won any awards at the prestigious Cannes Lions, but Amazon was the most visible company at the festival.
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