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Is Amazon friend or foe? Retailers must weigh the opportunity before tapping revenue gains

Retailers with a unique product may be cautious selling on Amazon but it can be a powerful channel for moving out-of-season and clearance items. Mike Farrell on May 16, 2019  One of the most discussed topics in e-commerce over the past 18 months has been The Amazon Effect. Amazon has been throwing its weight around … Continue reading Is Amazon friend or foe? Retailers must weigh the opportunity before tapping revenue gains →

Amazon Takes Search Budgets From Google, Bing, Yahoo, Data Suggests

Amazon Takes Search Budgets From Google, Bing, Yahoo, Data Suggests by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 24, 2019 Marketers spent a whopping 77% more during the first quarter of 2019 on Amazon Sponsored Brands ads, formerly known as Headline Search Ads, while Amazon Sponsored Products grew 19% year-on-year in the quarter, according to recent … Continue reading Amazon Takes Search Budgets From Google, Bing, Yahoo, Data Suggests →

12 Ways Amazon Optimizes Product Pages to Drive Billions

Paul Schmidt — April 11, 2019 — April 11, 2019 It’s a culture of testing, iterating, and analyzing that helps Amazon swallow up more and more industries. However, there are still thousands of specialized retail and e-commerce businesses that employ a healthy workforce and will succeed for the foreseeable future. Given Amazon’s multi-faceted organization, it … Continue reading 12 Ways Amazon Optimizes Product Pages to Drive Billions →

Consumers largely unaware of fake reviews problem on Amazon

Three-quarters of respondents indicated they “fully” or “somewhat” trusted Amazon reviews. Greg Sterling on April 8, 2019  Multiple sources have concluded Amazon has a growing fake-reviews problem. Yet the majority of consumers appear to be unaware of it, according to new consumer survey data from CPC Strategy (part of Elite SEM).  Majority trust Amazon reviews. The survey of … Continue reading Consumers largely unaware of fake reviews problem on Amazon →

Nearly 70 percent of online shoppers use Amazon to compare products found on a brand’s website

A new online shopping survey from Episerver found 68 percent of consumers often compare products they find on a brand or retailer’s site to what’s on Amazon. Amy Gesenhues on April 2, 2019 A new survey from Episerver discovered 24 percent of online shoppers always compare what they find on a brand or retail website … Continue reading Nearly 70 percent of online shoppers use Amazon to compare products found on a brand’s website →