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JANUARY 21, 2019

Amazon has been heavily courting some direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands – inviting them to its headquarters , paying for dinner and letting them fill their carts with gear from Amazon Go shops. Brands also seem to dislike the general Amazon experience online, specifically how it is faceless and lacks customer service.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis and the digital shift that it accelerated are making five lessons clear that tradition brick-and-mortar retailers must heed if they want to survive, according to Karen Webster. Everyone From Amazon To Poshmark Is A Rival . It’s Amazon.”. Failure to adapt to that reality won’t cut. percent a year earlier.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Amazon.com is reportedly getting into the online mattress business, entering a market in which a handful of startups are trying to dominate. The firm monitors the list of more than 120 private label Amazon brand products that now includes kitchen goods, clothing, batteries, and electronics.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But the growing use of those brands to attract sales is also leading to more focus on potential challenges for online, private label retail over the next few years. Private brands, of course, are hardly new, and their use in retail predates the birth of eCommerce. Consumers can buy furniture anywhere.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. More consumers are going online to shop and pay as the pandemic progresses. Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands drove into the pandemic and adapted to it to catch the digital shift.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Luxury brands are selling more and more on Chinese eCommerce sites like JD.com and Alibaba, while still keeping their distance from Amazon, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The idea of being listed along with batteries and windshield wiper fluid is not one that attracts luxury brands, the Journal reported.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Amazon wants to get more exclusive — and it wants other companies to help with that effort by developing product lines meant to be sold only via the eCommerce operator. That move comes as Amazon has had trouble wooing some direct-to-consumer brands. Brand Resistance.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Amazon ’s reputation rests on providing consumers with almost anything they could want in one place — quickly — and with just a few clicks. The use of online direct-to-consumer (D2C) channels to purchase consumer-packaged goods (CPG) has grown by 50.1 These shifts are reflected in consumers’ growing tendency to try new brands.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As it aims to develop an online shopping portfolio, Boosted Commerce said it has notched $87 million in investment and has purchased six Amazon fulfillment (FBA) firms. The company intends to "acquire and develop" 100 online shopping consumer packaged brands in the four years to come, according to an announcement.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Online retail giant Amazon will start labeling certain products “Top Brands” in a pilot that will attempt to give big names the type of favorable positioning they get at physical retailers, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Aug. Brands won’t have to pay for the designation, an Amazon spokeswoman told the news outlet.

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JULY 28, 2020

Many are currently selling already on Amazon , but they want to go direct to customers and develop channels outside of Amazon. Brands that are either expanding existing DTC operations or have only sold through a marketplace can use channels like Amazon without creating potential conflicts in their path to selling directly to consumers.

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MAY 20, 2020

The last several weeks have certainly made for unexpected and unprecedented times for consumers and all players in the retail ecosystem and left a lot of businesses standing at a crossroads as they face the back half of 2020 and questions about what to do next. In other words, trust has become a primarily valuable currency of late.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Here’s some news: Amazon is not unbeatable. No, that doesn’t mean that PYMNTS takes sides in the struggle for retail supremacy, but only that we like to note when someone or some organization mounts a challenge to the eCommerce and logistical behemoth. High-End Retail. The battle for Amazon retail supremacy also involves pets.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In today’s top retail news, holiday spending is expected to be flat this year, Bed Bath & Beyond rolls out same-day delivery and Target goes up against Amazon Prime Day with “Deal Days.” And the digital-first economy will drive the difference between success and failure for many retailers. But these are the easy points.

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MAY 15, 2020

Amazon has filed suit against two companies that are allegedly operating a global tech support scheme targeting Alexa users, CNN reported. In court documents, Amazon argues the companies developed a fraudulent technical support platform to trick customers seeking to set up Alexa-enabled Echo smart speakers at home with faux Amazon apps.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Amazon ’s big Whole Foods Market buy is paying off, particularly when it comes to online ordering. Amazon, in celebration of its acquisition of Whole Foods Market has done what Amazon is known best for doing: cutting prices. Now Amazon has the seal of approval that Whole Foods’ [365 Everyday Value] brand provides.

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MARCH 20, 2019

To offer solutions for various skin types, Amazon unveiled a line of skincare products called Belei that come in post-consumer recycled resin bottles. The collection has 12 different items, which range from vitamin C serums to retinol moisturizer, the eCommerce retailer said in an announcement. percent over the next six years.

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MAY 22, 2020

In their race to capture the consumer’s whole paycheck, Amazon and Walmart have focused this week on the “great digital expansion,” with the goal of finding new ways to reach consumer spend going forward. Prime Day’s postponement came when Amazon was struggling in the pandemic’s early days to resolve big shipping and staffing woes.

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MAY 12, 2017

Seattle startup FLEXE looks to enable online retailers to compete against Amazon’s logistics capabilities. Recently, the on-demand warehousing and fulfillment services company announced a new next-day delivery service , which the company noted is faster than Amazon Prime’s two-day shipping. cities.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The battle is on for dominance in online apparel, and Amazon is closing in on $30 billion in gross apparel and footwear sales that could put it in the lead ahead of long-time market leader Walmart. Already, Amazon has control over the eCommerce segment of the category. Private Label And Celebrity Brands.

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JUNE 25, 2018

There, right inside the front door, was a nice, young Whole Foods team member, who let me know that the store would soon be offering special discounts to Amazon Prime members who shopped there. He then asked if I would like information about how to become an Amazon Prime member so that I could take advantage of those deals.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

The Walmart Media Group is looking to take on Amazon ’s advertising division by touting what the retail giant can do for online sellers. In a press release , the media division said that while most Americans shop at Walmart annually, the retailer is “connecting brands with millions of Walmart customers every day.".

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MARCH 6, 2019

Amazon will shutter all 87 of its pop-up stores in the United states by the end of next month, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. After much review, we came to the decision to discontinue our pop-up kiosk program,” an Amazon spokeswoman said. Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market and its 460 stores about two years ago.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

While it has been widely touted as a hedge against Amazon Prime’s runaway growth, when the two programs are stacked side by side, something doesn’t add up. A quick thumbnail sketch shows such inequities between the two programs that it’s worth revisiting whether Walmart+ is really an Amazon prime competitor at all.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

According to its Securities and Exchange Commission stock registration statement, as cited by CNBC , the online mattress retailer said it lost $73.4 Walmart and Amazon have incubated their own brands of mattresses that they sell via the web. Privately held Casper Sleep filed regulatory paperwork on Friday (Jan.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Amazon’s relationships with big brands on their platform is looking quite a bit less healthy than it once was, while Walmart has seen grocery services lose some ground in terms of consumer appreciation, according to a recently released ranking. Big News of the Week: Another Big Brand Break-Up. online spend.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

It seems you can buy pretty much anything you want on Amazon these days. But when Perch CEO Chris Bell goes shopping on the world’s largest online retailer , he’s not looking for a deal on socks; he’s looking to acquire companies. Amazon] will help us to protect the brand and the product and help us to grow.”.

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JUNE 5, 2020

The world of retail might not be quite getting back to normal, but people are starting to pick up some pieces of their old day-to-day lives again. And in the ongoing race between Amazon and Walmart for the consumer’s whole paycheck , there’s been some definite movement in numbers that PYMNTS tracks. That’s a big leap forward.

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MAY 29, 2020

Both Walmart and Amazon made some big add-ons and/or acquisitions this week as they attempt to widen their sphere of retail influence in a post-pandemic world. Amazon made a big push into the automotive world, while Walmart doubled down on secondhand clothing sales. Big Play of the Week: Amazon Eyes Self-Driving Car Firm Zoox.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

And retail and commerce-related payments are certainly a big part of that trend. It’s not just the direct selling of products to consumers that matters when it comes to cross-border retail. Several retail and retail-related trends are at play with this funding announcement. Amazon’s Role.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Now that Amazon has officially confirmed Prime Day for Oct. New research from Retail Me Not suggests it could be the official gateway to fourth quarter sales. In a survey of 3,000 shoppers, the online fashion retailer says Prime Day is expected to be the No. Yet it’s not a sure thing, in the current climate.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The future of retail is playing out in multiple places, not the least of which is the open road. There will be more integration throughout all GM brands after the initial deployment. Amazon Move. Amazon is part of the game, too. Amazon’s Alexa Auto SDK is very much a work in progress. Google Play.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today, the “membership has its privileges” mantra is at the core of the latest face-off between the two retail behemoths vying for an increasing portion of consumer spend: Walmart and Amazon. Of that 17 percent with Walmart+, 15 percent are consumers who already had an Amazon Prime account and about 2 percent of them did not.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer experience. billion for retail and marketing in the year 2022, with revenues from VR initiatives expected to increase by 3,000 percent over the next four years. Amazon VR Push. and Europe by 2022.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Amazon is getting a leg up over Google when it comes to advertising, with CNBC reporting that some advertisers are moving more than half of their budget earmarked for Google to the eCommerce giant. And while it has been able to hold off Amazon, advertisers are starting to shift dollars toward the online retailer.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Ethan Allen Interiors anticipates reporting retail segment written orders growth of 44.9 Plus, a new Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions offering provides retailers with “Amazon Go at scale.”. Plus, a new Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions offering provides retailers with “Amazon Go at scale.”.

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