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January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
RetailDive excerpts:
- E-commerce has been a net negative — an agent of "destructive destruction" — for the retail industry writ large, according to a new study from credit insurance company Euler Hermes. The study found that 56,000 stores, or 10.7% of the
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January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020
January 8, 2020
January 8, 2020
Shoppers are choosing to bypass stores because the brands are undercutting them on prices, and offering faster and cheaper shipping.
How are brands getting in front of customers? Answer: Facebook and Instagram. A shopper visits a retailer's website for brand X, then Facebook puts a tracking pixel on the shopper, and then ...
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January 7, 2020
January 7, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/02/amazon-threatens-fire-outspoken-employee-critics-its-environmental-policies View Post
December 23, 2019
December 23, 2019
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/technology/amazon-sellers.amp.html
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December 17, 2019
December 17, 2019
Bridge is a platform. Our clients ...
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December 14, 2019
December 14, 2019
December 13, 2019
December 13, 2019
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/technology/george-laurer-dead.amp.html View Post
December 11, 2019
December 11, 2019
Read the article:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/technology/americas-top-foundations-bankroll-attack-on-big-tech.amp.html View Post
December 3, 2019
December 3, 2019
And this growth came at the expense of in-store traffic: "In-store traffic on Black Friday fell 2.1 percent compared to last year, Newsday reported this morning, citing RetailNext, a San Jose, Calif.-based retail analytics company. "
Ms Lillo goes on to share that big e-commerce companies, such as Amazon, are beating up indie stores on this ...
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November 26, 2019
November 26, 2019
When I'm in my friend's kitchen, someone may say they need a new spatula from Amazon, or after dinner ask Alexa to turn on Amazon TV. When they do, I'll consider those actions in light of the holiday. I'll share why this is important to consider.
Today...
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November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019
THE LAST WORD
CHART YOUR FUTURE BEFORE BIG TECH DOES
by JASON SOLAREK
Market buildings are starting to take digital seriously. Why, finally? Because Amazon is nipping at retailers’ heels? No. Because Zola is stealing indie stores’ registry business? No. Sadly, the main thing that’s brought markets up to speed has to do with their own dollars and ...
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November 16, 2019
November 16, 2019
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November 2, 2019
November 2, 2019
Amazon most likely has lower prices than most stores--including yours, shares Retail Dive.
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"With the holiday sales season underway, Amazon is pricing 20% below other online retailers on average in key product categories, according to a study by Profitero."
You may ask, how is Amazon wining this online price war? I'll share my answer: Bots. Amazon has unleashed an army of bots to crawl and scrub all of your data and websites, and report it back to Amazon ...
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October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
Burgers and fries are going digital via McDonald’s investment in AI technology, shares today’s Times. In the far right article, we learn about Disney+, a new digital media platform. And for good measure, an article below that shares how the U.S. military needs secure computer chips. View Post
October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019
The Rudin Center for Transportation is part of New York University, and is named after Lewis Rudin—the developer of the wholesale building 41 Madison.
If online is better according to the head of the Rudin Center, what is the Rudin family—which owns 41 Madison—doing to help tenants and visitors adapt to this fact?
This holiday season more shoppers will shop online ...
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October 25, 2019
October 25, 2019
If they’re not up 24%, it likely means that Amazon is taking your customers and your neighboring business’ customers.
Do you buy from Amazon at home? Or for your store? If so, you may be helping sharpen your executioner’s sword by 24%.
While the Times paints the quarter as a mixed bag, I believe this is great news for Amazon. It also shares that Amazon’s advertising revenue is up 45% and that Amazon Web Services Is up 35%. Do you...
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September 26, 2019
September 26, 2019
Bridge's Product Share page echoes this prediction and attributes it to how hard data is to deal with:
"In the last 20 years, there has been little change in how stores add items to their website....This has produced a clear winner: Amazon. Amazon has cornered 47% of the e-commerce market by adopting different techniques and business models to add hundreds of millions of items to its ...
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September 2, 2019
September 2, 2019
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August 21, 2019
August 21, 2019
