Amazon Sells Fast Shipping Not Products
Amazon doesn’t sell goods. It sells goods that ship in one to two days and, for some shoppers, same-day. The logistics are as much part of the product as the products themselves.
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Amazon Is Summarizing Reviews With AI
Amazon is summarizing reviews using AI, turning all reviews for each product into a few sentences that best describe consumer feedback. The feature is a building block of Amazon's AI ambitions.
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15,000 Sellers Drive Half of Amazon's 3P GMV
Fifteen thousand sellers get more than 100,000 orders a year on the Amazon.com marketplace in the U.S. Those few sellers are responsible for nearly half of the marketplace's hundreds of billions of dollars in sales.
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Amazon Reverifying the Identity of Its Sellers
Amazon is reverifying the identity and business details of hundreds of thousands of third-party sellers that sell on its U.S. marketplace.
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Chinese Shopping Apps Take Over the World
China’s Shein or Temu are the No. 1 most-downloaded apps in half of the world’s fifty largest economies. Downloads are not revenue, but downloads indicate ambition.
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Amazon Marketplace Tech Landscape
One hundred software tools help businesses sell on Amazon with product research, pricing, inventory forecasting, advertising management, accounting, and more.
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Shein Marketplace Launches in the U.S.
Shein has launched a marketplace in the U.S. and is now adding local and international sellers. Shein is one of the largest fashion retailers, quickly expanding beyond fashion and beyond being a retailer.
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Amazon's Slow Shift to Marketplace
Amazon continues to move away from 1P sales to 3P sellers - sellers will comprise 60% of overall units sold by the end of the year. But the shift is gradual.
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Amazon Not Yet Back to Normal
Amazon's growth is yet to return to historical levels set before the pandemic. Amazon is still growing, but its growth is weak.
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Amazon Seller Exits Evolving Past Aggregators
The pool of buyers acquiring Amazon sellers has expanded beyond Amazon aggregators. Thus despite challenges faced by some, the M&A market remains active since it isn't solely reliant on aggregators.
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