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WSJ: How Amazon Steamrolls Rivals and Partners
January 1
The WSJ covers how Amazon is growing its business at the cost of others.
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- Amazon's leading selling points are endless selection and the lowest prices.
- Amazon is so competitive that it often undertakes potentially unethical routes to grab more market share.
- Amazon often takes a 30% commission on orders for third-party sellers. Due to this fee, many businesses prefer to receive orders on their own website which may be powered by Shopify (...or
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December 29, 2020
WSJ: Holiday Shoppers Steered Clear of Stores, Favoring Online Buying
WSJ: Holiday Shoppers Steered Clear of Stores, Favoring Online Buying
WSJ: Holiday Shoppers Steered Clear of Stores, Favoring Online Buying
December 29, 2020
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- Online sales grew 47.2% between Nov. 1 and Christmas Eve compared with the same period last year... Meanwhile, overall U.S. retail sales grew just 2.4%.
- During the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve, store traffic fell 31.3% compared with last year.
- This growth comes at some expense: selling online is generally less profitable than selling from stores.
- Clothing was not a safe harbor: between Oct. 11 and Christmas Eve, sales of apparel fell 19.1%
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December 21, 2020
WSJ: E-Commerce to Be 25% of Your Sales In 2024
WSJ: E-Commerce to Be 25% of Your Sales In 2024
WSJ: E-Commerce to Be 25% of Your Sales In 2024
December 21, 2020
Your business has likely seen an e-commerce boom during the pandemic. The WSJ shares GroupM's forecast that e-commerce is here to stay and will be 25% of your business when the pandemic has faded in 4 years.
MyTotalRetail shares this:
"Where only a year ago we saw roughly 16 percent total penetration for e-commerce across sectors, we’ve now eclipsed 30 percent penetration, with certain categories meaningfully higher. This level of penetration represents a three-year to five-...
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"Where only a year ago we saw roughly 16 percent total penetration for e-commerce across sectors, we’ve now eclipsed 30 percent penetration, with certain categories meaningfully higher. This level of penetration represents a three-year to five-...
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November 30, 2020
Wall Street Journal: In-Store traffic drops by 50%
Wall Street Journal: In-Store traffic drops by 50%
Wall Street Journal: In-Store traffic drops by 50%
November 30, 2020
Black Friday foot traffic was half what it was last year, reports the WSJ. Meanwhile, online shopping was up 22%.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-friday-was-a-bust-for-many-stores-better-for-online-11606676355
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November 22, 2020
WSJ: Covid accelerated online shopping by 10 years
WSJ: Covid accelerated online shopping by 10 years
WSJ: Covid accelerated online shopping by 10 years
November 22, 2020
Christopher Mims shares four reasons online shopping is here to stay:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/four-reasons-the-stay-at-home-economy-is-here-to-stay-11605934806
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November 22, 2020
WSJ: Brands and Retailers Offering Fewer Choices
WSJ: Brands and Retailers Offering Fewer Choices
November 18, 2020
Retailers Bedridden by ‘Amazon-19’
Retailers Bedridden by ‘Amazon-19’
Retailers Bedridden by ‘Amazon-19’
November 18, 2020
This week, Amazon launched its online pharmacy targeting the 3.8 billion prescriptions filled in the U.S. each year. Shares of major pharmacy chains dropped about 10% on the news. Amazon honed this weapon in its Seattle lab and is eagerly unleashing it on retail chains and mom-and-pop pharmacies.
Something struck me while reading this news: Does Amazon remind you of Covid-19? The similarities:
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Something struck me while reading this news: Does Amazon remind you of Covid-19? The similarities:
- Amazons kills many businesses in industries it touches. Pharmacies are now worried
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November 17, 2020
WSJ: Pandemic Speeds Americans’ Embrace of Digital Commerce
WSJ: Pandemic Speeds Americans’ Embrace of Digital Commerce
WSJ: Pandemic Speeds Americans’ Embrace of Digital Commerce
November 17, 2020
The WSJ shares that 43% of Macy's sales are now online. Macy's has teamed up with Google to improve its online business.
Thankfully, Macy's is past its mistake of buying theme retailer Story.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-speeds-americans-embrace-of-digital-commerce-11605436200
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Thankfully, Macy's is past its mistake of buying theme retailer Story.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-speeds-americans-embrace-of-digital-commerce-11605436200
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WSJ: Retailers will live or die based on the vastness of their website code
November 4, 2020
Today’s WSJ investigates the opportunities and importance of AI for retail. Expensive computer systems will deliver the search results that are most likely to produce a purchase. Customer profiles will be calculated to maximize customer happiness and sales. Stores lacking these costly digital tools and profiles will wither away.
Bridge is aware of these opportunities and is expanding its code base to embrace them.
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Bridge is aware of these opportunities and is expanding its code base to embrace them.
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October 3, 2020
WSJ: 32% of BBB’s business is online
WSJ: 32% of BBB’s business is online
September 25, 2020
Ginori in This Week’s WSJ Magazine
Ginori in This Week’s WSJ Magazine
August 29, 2020
Walmart Is Building An Advertising Platform
Walmart Is Building An Advertising Platform
Walmart Is Building An Advertising Platform
August 29, 2020
Walmart is building an advertising platform and seeks to acquire entities like TikTok that have lots of eyeballs. It can advertise its own products as well as those from its third-party sellers.
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August 29, 2020
Mask Olympics
Mask Olympics
Mask Olympics
August 29, 2020
Does your store sell masks? Today’s WSJ shares its review of 50 masks and which ones are the best. You may wish to stock these in your store.
Recommended: Wayre, Marcellamoda, Atoms, Caraa, and Clare V.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-tested-50-face-masks-to-find-the-best-11598645411
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Recommended: Wayre, Marcellamoda, Atoms, Caraa, and Clare V.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-tested-50-face-masks-to-find-the-best-11598645411
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August 29, 2020
Cash Registers & Movie Magic
Cash Registers & Movie Magic
Cash Registers & Movie Magic
August 29, 2020
What does your cash register have to with Hollywood? Steven Spielberg’s dad was a pioneer in electronic cash register POS systems, shares today’s WSJ. He worked at RCA—a name we don’t associate with POS systems today but was a big player in the field in the 1950s.
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August 8, 2020
Holiday Shipping to Get More Expensive
Holiday Shipping to Get More Expensive
Holiday Shipping to Get More Expensive
August 8, 2020
Today’s WSJ shares that UPS will raise some holiday shipping prices, some by $3 to $4 per package. While this may affect many big retailers, it may affect Amazon less because it has preferred rates with the large shipping companies and has its own budding shipping fleet.
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July 29, 2020
Luxury in 17th century: Porcelain, of course
Luxury in 17th century: Porcelain, of course
Luxury in 17th century: Porcelain, of course
July 29, 2020
In a world now surrounded by ceramics—you may even be standing on it—we forget how far out of reach porcelain once was. The new book ‘Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe’ shares the efforts monarchs and nobles went to to build the industry.
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July 9, 2020
Get Money Back With Amex Promotion At Glassworks!
Get Money Back With Amex Promotion At Glassworks!
Get Money Back With Amex Promotion At Glassworks!
July 9, 2020
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With this in mind, we're sharing this exclusive American Express Card Member offer with you. You can get $5 back in the form of a statement credit after you spend $10 or more at an eligible small business.
Enroll by 7/19/20 and you can get rewarded up to 10x (up to $50) if you spend by 9/13/20.*
Click here to be taken to the Amex offer enrollment page.
So, drop by and say hello or visit us online (this ...
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