Showing posts with label eCommerce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eCommerce. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2015
Buy Dung Cake on India Amazon and eBay? You Got It Delivered
(12/28/2015) ECommerce's growth is outstanding this shopping season in the US. In India, online shopping also has extended to some commodities that you may think is the last thing to be sold online: Cow dung cakes. Don't make judgement yet. Cow dung cakes are still an important energy source for many Indian family for cooking. My mom told me that it does not smell bad at all. Maybe they are even labeled 'organic?'
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Student Amazon Shipments Clog Dorm Mailroom?
(10/21/2015) It is a small news with a big implication: future generation's shopping habit is changing. Amazon provides free Prime membership to college students and it's working really well. Now the college dorms find it is overwhelmed by students Amazon online shipments (not just from Amazon, of course). It should be a serious warning sign for other brick-and-mortar retail stores. If Walmart, Target and BestBuy don't improve their online shopping environments and experience, they may not be relevant in the future.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Amazon Entering the Art Market
(8/11/2013) Amazon recently just launched its AmazonArt website. There are various comments about Amazon's new initiative and whether it will work. Here provides a positive outlook for Amazon Art. I would say Amazon does not need to make a lot of money or capture a big chunk of art transactions. What Amazon wants is to provide a more complete services to its tens of millions of customers and some short-term collectors as described in this analysis.
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| The $4.85 million Rockwell, titled "Willie Gillis: Package from Home." Still from Amazon.com. |
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Amazon Fulfillment Center
(11/29/2012) It is a very good video
The following pictures are from a report from the Atlantic Wire. They show how enormous the Amazon fulfillment center is.
This following picture is showing Amazon workers stuffing the packages into a truck to take advantage of a full truckload (TL). With their enormous volume, no wonder they can provide 2-day Prime member delivery without adding too much cost. I wonder how much of my $79 Amazon Prime Membership is Amazon's net profit.
The following pictures are from a report from the Atlantic Wire. They show how enormous the Amazon fulfillment center is.
This following picture is showing Amazon workers stuffing the packages into a truck to take advantage of a full truckload (TL). With their enormous volume, no wonder they can provide 2-day Prime member delivery without adding too much cost. I wonder how much of my $79 Amazon Prime Membership is Amazon's net profit.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Collaboration with Your Competitors
Collaboration or Competition?
(9/19/2012) EBay.coms is known for its millions of sellers. But you may notice that some products you buy from Amazon.com or Buy.com comes from external sellers? These online sellers and big platforms (Amazon or eBay) forms a relationship called Collaboration with Your Competitors.
eRetailer's ecology
(9/22/2012) If you are a small retailer selling products online? How can you compete with giant platform like Amazon and eBay? A new platform is targeting on small business for them to increase their profitability. Some solutions like Inventory sharing across selling channels (inventory pooling), Amazon FBA support, and mobile optimized webpage, and discounted shipping cost...
Vendio Releases Software for SMB eCommerce Sellers to Increase Efficiency and Profitability
(8/7/2012) You live in an apartment in a city and cannot get ground shipping from online retailers? You may find that Amazon's new service is very useful in a neighbor convenience store.
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