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In the latest episode of Remarkable Retail, Michael LeBlanc and Steve Dennis return with a their hot takes on the week's top retail headlines.The duo begins with a macroeconomic update, including political gridlock in the U.S. over the "Big Beautiful Bill," the Fed's inflation outlook, and uncertainty surrounding consumer spending. They then break down TikTok's extended 90-day reprieve, speculate on Amazon's motivation behind extending Prime Day to four days, and assess the e-commerce giant's recent shift in tone regarding AI impacts on future hiring needs The hosts also spotlight Walmart's surprising 23% growth in online apparel sales, consider the luxury sector's first contraction in 15 years, and dig into a new Profitero study that reveals digital channels now influence 64% of retail transactions—emphasizing the needs to break down silos and implement a harmonized shopping experience.Then it's over to this week's featured guest: Mark Irvin, Best Buy's Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer. With more than 12 years at the retailer and a deep background in logistics, Irvin pulls back the curtain on what it takes to operate one of the world's largest and most complex retail supply chains. From visibility and speed to adaptability, Irvin outlines the three pillars of Best Buy's evolving logistics strategy. He explains how they leverage AI-driven sourcing to reduce delivery errors, digital twins to simulate future supply networks, and a growing control tower to dynamically reroute inventory in response to global disruptions—like the Panama Canal's low water levels or shifting geopolitical challenges.He also details Best Buy's commitment to sustainability, including partnerships for electrified freight and aggressive reverse logistics programs to refurbish or responsibly dispose of aging tech. The conversation wraps with a preview of his upcoming keynote at NRF's Big Show Europe in Paris, September 16-18., where he'll explore the future of retail supply chains and what it takes to deliver exceptional customer experiences by 2030. About UsSteve Dennis is a strategic advisor and keynote speaker focused on growth and innovation, who has also been named one of the world's top retail influencers. He is the bestselling authro of two books: Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption and Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a Forbes senior retail contributor and on social media.Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

In this episode of TheMadTech Podcast, JJ Eastwood, managing partner, retail media, Willow & Jo Consulting, joins ExchangeWire's Grainne Reid (head of marketing) and John Still (head of content) to discuss the latest in media, marketing, and commerce. They discuss the growth of Amazon's retail media revenue, Nectar and OMG's expanded retail media partnership, and the near-doubling of referral traffic from ChatGPT to publishers.

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Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Operations. It's time for another episode of the Retail Round-Up, February edition! Major shifts are happening in the world of e-commerce, and this episode explores the cutting-edge developments, innovations, and the impact they are having on brands, retailers, and customers alike. Joining us today are resident experts Ross Walker, Director of Retail Media at Acadia, and Armin Alipahic, Operations Team Lead. Make sure you tune in to find out more!   KEY TAKEAWAYS In this episode, Julie, Jordan, Ross, and Armin discuss: Amazon's New Direction: Amazon will direct customers to brand sites when products are unavailable on Amazon. Insights into potential motivations, benefits, and downsides for Amazon, brands, and consumers. Speculations on how this will impact Amazon's relationship with brands and their existing models. Ulta Beauty and Omnichannel Integration: Ulta's integration of in-store inventory with brand D2C sites using the Lucky platform. Examination of the implications for brands, customers, and potential for other retailers to adopt similar strategies. Sponsored Content in AI Platforms: Discussion around Rufus AI containing sponsored ads in its search results. Predictions on Amazon's strategy for monetizing Rufus and parallels drawn to traditional advertising platforms like Google. AI for Catalog Management: Amazon's use of AI for filling in missing product attributes and mapping spreadsheets to ease catalog management. The challenges and benefits this presents to brands, particularly those with large catalogs. Amazon's Performance Plus and Brand Plus: Analysis of these tools for optimizing advertising on and off Amazon's platform. Examination of their effectiveness, particularly in targeting new customers vs. retargeting existing ones.  

Advertising has evolved so much over the past decade on Amazon. We've gone from advertising on generic single keywords with the advent of Sponsored Ads to leveraging AMC (Amazon Marketing Cloud) to analyze audiences and refine targeting. With the available data, brands can get more sophisticated with how they increase their revenue. Beyond revenue, you can look deeper at your customer base to determine path to purchase, capture lost audiences, and even boost ads to audiences with higher affinities. Joon Choi, Senior Vice President of Sales at Xnurta, joins us on this episode of The Longer Game to spill the tea on everything. Joon was actually at Amazon when they launched Sponsored Ads. Crazy, right? We discuss and frame the Amazon ads world before diving into the weeds of leveraging AMC to supercharge your media plan. Ready, set, advertise.The Longer Game is a podcast focused on leaning into the trends and advancements in retail so brands see a clearer path to success across ALL channels. We're looking at retail in a whole new way, looking to better understand the future of retail. It's Retail Reimagined. Sharing hope about the future. No one channel can a business sustain. Go omni-channel.Like what you're hearing? Subscribe to our channel and make sure to click or tap the bell so you get notified whenever new episodes drop.Want to learn more about The Longer Game? Head over to https://thelongergame.com to read show notes, watch more episodes, or contact us.Follow us on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/thelongergameFollow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thelongergameFollow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thelongergameOur Guest Name is Joon Choi. Joon Choi is a Senior Vice President at Xnurta, an award-winning AI-driven platform that optimizes retail media spend. He spearheads the company's global growth initiatives. With a proven track record in leadership, Joon has successfully led cross-functional teams to drive substantial revenue growth and capture market share in highly competitive markets. He is a former Amazonian and was on the advertising team when sponsored ads launched. Passionate about emerging technologies like AMC, Joon is dedicated to exploring how these innovations will transform the retail media landscape for advertisers.You can find them at...Website: http://www.xnurta.comFind them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joon-choi1/Michael Maher, the host, would love to connect with you. Reach out to him at…Email: michael@thinkcartology.comLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/immichaelmaherThis podcast is sponsored by Cartology and Podcastify Me.Cartology is a customized done-for-you service agency that helps brands accelerate growth and get profitable on the Amazon marketplace. They work directly with brands to create strategy and then go right out and execute it. Want to find out more?Website: https://thinkcartology.comFind Cartology on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/cartologyFind Cartology on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thinkcartologyFind Cartology on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkcartologyPodcastify Me is designed to help coaches of all kinds enter the podcasting space with minimal lift for them. And, inviting past, current and future clients to your show as part of your marketing and sales process sets you apart from your competition, in a time where podcasting is really gaining popularity.Website: https://podcastify.meFind Podcastify Me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/podcastify-me/Find Podcastify Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcastify.me/Find Podcastify Me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf2biqOTN2UbZ5aaM4Sx6NQ

We officially closed the book on the first month of 2025 and it's the perfect time to introduce a fresh new format we're calling the Retail Roundup. For this inaugural edition, we've brought in two of our go-to experts to break down what's really happening in the industry. Joining us today are Ross Walker, Director of Retail Media at Acadia, and Armin Alipahic, Operations Team Lead — and a walking, talking encyclopedia of Amazon knowledge since the days Bezos sold his first book.   KEY TAKEAWAYS In this episode, Julie, Jordan, Ross, and Armin discuss: Amazon Retail Ad Services: Announced the launch at CES. Enabling brands to create ads using Amazon's ad stack. Compared to Critio and Citrus ads but with Amazon's unique reach. Amazon Reimbursement Policy Change: New reimbursement based on cost of goods sold (COGS) instead of retail price. Required sellers to report their COGS. Discussions on potential privacy concerns and impact on margins. B2B-Specific Bids for Amazon Ads: Allows brands to bid specifically for business buyers. Seen as a significant feature for B2B-focused products. Five-Year Look Back for Amazon Marketing Cloud: Provides extended access to purchase signals for analysis beyond the typical 12-month period. Seen as a major development for mid-tier and enterprise brands. Amazon's Title Character Count Requirement: Automatic AI revision of non-compliant product titles. Aim to eliminate word souping and improve title quality. Image Compliance Platform Overhaul: Streamlined approach to identifying and correcting image issues using AI. Greater automation to reduce manpower and costs for Amazon.

Amazon changes the game for retail advertising. TikTok Shop is opening in a surprisingly new country. eBay makes a move to join a popular social media network. These buzzing stories and more on this episode! ► Instagram: instagram.com/serioussellerspodcast ► Free Amazon Seller Chrome Extension: https://h10.me/extension ► Sign Up For Helium 10: https://h10.me/signup  (Use SSP10 To Save 10% For Life) ► Learn How To Sell on Amazon: https://h10.me/ft ► Watch The Podcasts On YouTube: youtube.com/@Helium10/videos We're back with another episode of the Weekly Buzz with Helium 10's VP of Education and Strategy, Bradley Sutton. Every week, we cover the latest breaking news in the Amazon, Walmart, and E-commerce space, talk about Helium 10's newest features, and provide a training tip for the week for serious sellers of any level. Amazon aims to expand advertising business by letting retailers use its ad tools on their stores https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/amazon-to-expand-ad-unit-by-letting-retailers-use-ad-tools-on-stores.html Title Rule Clarifications https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/3c9f0b3c-4594-4efc-a05f-0f8d371fa466 How TikTok Shop is changing the way brands reach customers https://www.retaildive.com/news/how-tiktok-shop-is-changing-the-way-brands-reach-customers/736726/ EBay shares soar after Meta allows listings on Facebook Marketplace in U.S., Europe https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/08/ebay-shares-soar-as-meta-allows-listings-on-facebook-marketplace.html Conversion Path Reporting (beta) https://advertising.amazon.com/en-us/resources/whats-new/ad-touchpoints-drive-sales-with-conversion-path-reporting/ TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-expands-e-commerce-operation-093000468.html Switching gears, we explore the new features in Helium 10's Magnet and Cerebro keyword translations, designed to aid sellers operating in multilingual marketplaces. The training tip of the week highlights Helium 10's exclusive Amazon Recommended Rank feature in Cerebro, which evaluates how relevant Amazon considers specific keywords for your product, scoring them. This tool helps sellers identify potential ranking, indexing, or advertising issues, especially for new products, by analyzing the top 20 keywords and ensuring Amazon correctly understands your product's relevance. Listen in for these crucial updates and insights that will help you stay ahead in the competitive world of e-commerce. In this episode of the Weekly Buzz by Helium 10, Bradley covers: 00:54 - Amazon Retail Ad Service 02:27 - Title Rule Clarifications 06:46 - TikTok Shop Stats 08:50 - eBay x Facebook 10:02 - Amazon Conversion Path Reporting 11:07 - TikTok Shop Mexico 12:24 - Helium 10 New Feature Alerts 14:19 - Training Tip: Amazon Recommended Rank Transcript Bradley Sutton: Amazon changes the game for retail advertising. TikTok shop is opening in a surprising new country. eBay makes a move to join with a popular social media network. These stories and more on this week's Weekly Buzz. How cool is that? Pretty cool, I think. Hello everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Serious Sellers Podcast by Helium 10. I'm your host, Bradley Sutton, and this is the show that is our Helium 10 Weekly Buzz. We give you a rundown of all the goings on in the Amazon, TikTok shop and e-commerce world. We give you training tips of the week and let you know what new features that Helium 10 has. That will give you serious strategies for serious sellers of any level in the e-commerce world. Let's see what's buzzing All For serious sellers of any level in the e-commerce world. Let's see what's buzzing All. Right, this is the first buzz of the new year, or second buzz of the new year, I should say. Let's go ahead and hop into it.   Bradley Sutton: The first thing we're going to talk about is an announcement they made at CES this week. The one who's reporting on it is actually CNBC, and the article is entitled Amazon aims to expand advertising business by letting retailers use its ad tools on their store. So some of the TLDR here is that Amazon is letting other retailers now use its own homegrown advertising tools to run sponsored ads on their own website. The service is designed to make it easier for other retailers to run targeted ad campaigns on their online stores. All right, so, as we know, ads has been big, you know, for Amazon over the years. We know that as Amazon sellers. But this is this is different. All right, so basically, like, let's say, I've got my own retail website, I can now use Amazon's advertising console to use the ad tech or the technology the advertising technology that Amazon has to run ads on my product pages on my website, on search, and this is going to help Amazon. You know like build it's like and how it can anticipate buyer behavior and things, but it's going to help. You know retailers as well, because you know, obviously, amazon's advertising system is very robust and you don't even have I believe you don't even have to be selling on amazon to take advantage of this service. So, uh, this is going to be interesting to watch as it rolls out and how this this changes the game for retailers. Perhaps you know, like, how many are going to adopt the amazon advertising um, as opposed to whatever they were using before. How many might start advertising more because of what's going on be definitely worth taking a look at.   Bradley Sutton: Now, last week we talked about the new title requirements and there was an Ask Me Anything in the Amazon forums a few days ago that kind of clarified some things and even some things that I was confused about. I'm not sure if I said it wrong last week, but like I probably read it right, but for sure I understood it wrong last week. But like I probably read it right, but for sure I understood it wrong. All right. The way I understood the title was that you can't duplicate words in the title. Did some of you guys get that too out of what their announcement was? But actually the fine print says you can't have more than two. All right, it's not, it's not. You can't have two or more, it's more than two. Little bit of dyslexia there, um. So basically that means if I have the word in the title you know, coffin shelf uh, for home decor, something, something coffin, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's okay. Last week, when I read this, I thought that wasn't okay, um, because I just must've switched the words when I was looking at it.   Bradley Sutton: But that's the first big thing that came from this AMA, but let's go ahead and open up some more of the questions and answers. There's some things that you guys might have had that I think are notable. Here is one question that I know a lot of us had. It said are the plural and singular versions of a word considered the same and count towards the maximum? And this seller said for example, if I had cake pan, loaf pan and muffin pans, is the word pans counted as the same as pan? And then that would make it three times, meaning that it's above two, meaning that that's against Amazon terms of service. And Jim from Amazon replied plural of the same word would be considered redundant. In the example you provided, pan and pans imply the same and thus it would be considered duplicate. All right, so there's the. I know people are asking about that. How are plurals considered? That's the answer, right there.   Bradley Sutton: Another question was from what impact will it have if we don't update? Changing the title like this could significantly affect our search traffic. And Jim says if the title is not updated, amazon will modify the product title to comply with a new policy, while retaining all relevant information. All right. So there you have it? It like you're not going to get your listing suppressed per se, but amazon's going to go in and change your title. Sounds like Another question by PTC Tim Do words that are part of the brand name count towards the count of reusing a word?   Bradley Sutton: For example, if the brand name is Muffin King, could they have a title such as Muffin King Beginner's Kit includes chocolate chip and banana nut muffin mixes and a 12 muffin pan. All right, so muffin is there three times in singular version. So you might think, oh, that can't be allowed. But Jim from Amazon says no, this will not be considered a policy violation, because the word or phrase is considered duplicate only when there are three or more instances in the same context. But muffin, the first instance is a brand name and the other two describe the product. So if you have a word that's part of your brand like maybe my brand was Manny's Coffin Shelves that first coffin doesn't count as the use of the word coffin in the title. That makes sense.   Bradley Sutton: Another person asked a question and says you know, there were some punctuation marks that were listed, like dollar sign, question mark, underscore, et cetera, and it says are these the only special characters allowed? What about dash colon, open parentheses, close parentheses, et cetera, and Jameson actually answered. He said hyphen, colon and regular brackets are allowed as they often have functional value. Uh, there actually were some other uh characters not allowed that Amazon didn't announce. And these are the tilde, you know, like the little ñ that goes over the N in Spanish when you say baño right. The greater than and less than symbols, those are not allowed. The semicolon is not allowed and the I don't know how you describe it, but it looks like a top of a house, the roof of a house. That symbol is not allowed. There were more different kind of like specifications and questions that people had that you might want to look at. So make sure to check the link in the comments to see some of the more the other clarifications on this new title policy.   Bradley Sutton: Next article we have here comes from Retail Dive and it's entitled how TikTok Shop is Changing the Way Brands Reach Customers. All right, so there's I brought this up because there's a lot of just interesting kind of like factoids here, and one of them it says 70% of TikTok users say they discover new brands and products on the platform 70%, that's crazy and 83% report TikTok playing a role in users' purchase decisions. I guarantee you we're not seeing that kind of stuff on Temu, right? The company also reports that three in four users are likely to buy something while using TikTok. Think about that, guys. How many users of TikTok are there? And three in four are likely to buy something. You might think, well, that's not something that you know. All marketplaces everybody should be buying something. But remember, TikTok is not a marketplace, TikTok is a social media. If you think three out of four people on Instagram are buying something, three out of four people on YouTube are buying something, it's like I don't know what the number is. It's probably like less than one in 10, one in 20. So this is like kind of an astronomical number.   Bradley Sutton: Now, why is TikTok so powerful? One reason is here. It says nearly three in five Gen Z consumers say they trust recommendations by local or micro influencers. Per a survey, over a quarter of US consumers who responded to the survey reported buying a gift directly based on an influencer's recommendations. That's kind of crazy and that's what drives, you know, TikTok shop sales is influencers and micro influencers. So, guys, if you're not selling on TikTok shop, you know, get out and do it. We have some, uh, some training on how to get started. We're going to have some more training. We're going to have, like, different tools that, uh, you guys might ask for that that would help you sell on TikTok shop. But, um, I was trying to. I'm starting to ramp up. I launched a couple more products on TikTok shop last night. I'm going to keep launching some products and let you guys know what I find, but I really think that TikTok shop is going to be one of the major marketplaces moving forward.   Bradley Sutton: Speaking of different marketplaces, let's switch gear and talk about a marketplace that I barely ever talk about but I actually personally sell on. That's eBay. All right, so this is articles from CNBC. It says eBay shares soar after. Meta allows listings on Facebook marketplace in US and Europe. All right. So in Germany, France and the US. What's going to happen is eBay listings are now going to be able to show up in Facebook marketplace. All right. So like that's going to give eBay listings a lot of visibility. So let's say I'm browsing on Facebook and I go to the Marketplace or maybe, who knows, maybe there'll be some way to put ads like in my Facebook feed. I'm going to be able to click on that product and then purchase it by signing in on eBay, I believe right there on the Facebook app still. So imagine being on Facebook, going to the Helium 10 members Facebook group, because you're getting all the good information there, and then you see an ad or something for an eBay product and while still on Facebook, you go ahead and purchase. I mean, if that's the way it's going to work, that's going to be, I think that might be a little bit successful for eBay. I'm definitely going to look into it for my eBay listings that I have. How many of you guys sell on eBay out there? Let me know in the comments below.   Bradley Sutton: Going back to the Amazon marketplace, last week, in case you missed it, there was a new conversion path reporting, a beta program that Amazon has. It kind of like reminds me of how AMC is set up, but now you're going to be able to see the ad touch points on a customer's 30-day path to conversion, starting with the purchases. All right, so this is available in sponsored ads and DSP. Make sure to check the link in the article below for more links on where you can find it, but like you'll be able to see oh, they saw the streaming TV, then they went to a sponsored display ad and then they went to a sponsored video ad. They saw a sponsored product ad. Now, this is good information, but there's definitely some things missing. Like you can't see the ACOS, like all right, great, I see that this kind of ad is what drove my sale, but my ACOS on that exact ad was like 400%. It's not exactly viable, right. So I mean, it's not perfect, but this is great, you know, step in the right direction as far as visibility goes with your advertising.   Bradley Sutton: Going back to TikTok, now guess what? TikTok is opening up a new marketplace and it's right here in North America. It is opening to Mexico. Per Yahoo Finance says TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico and it says that they've already started inviting merchants to open stores on the platform ahead of the expected startup transactions in February. Now, who can sign up for Amazon or TikTok shop Mexico? Merchants with a locally registered entity are eligible to sign up. Now, that's interesting, because what's the requirement for USA? As we know, you could have a local entity being a US corporation, but if you're a foreigner with no US employees and nobody with a social security number, you can't sign up. But if this is to be taken at face value, you maybe can be a foreigner, but as long as you have a Mexican entity or business, it looks like you might be able to sign up on the platform and the first 90 days of activity for TikTok shop Mexico zero commission, zero commission fee in Mexico, or have a Mexican entity. Make sure to go ahead and consider starting up on the platform.   Bradley Sutton: All right, let's go into our new feature alerts now. This one is going to be for, I believe, all plans, Platinum and Diamond. It's been for elite for a while because it was actually elite members who first asked for this, but this is going to be in Magnet and Cerebro, um, at the start. It might be in other tools, but what sellers were looking for was a way to translate keywords. All right, like this could be, for, let's say, you're in the US marketplace and you see a whole bunch of Spanish keywords and you're just curious what it means. Well, what people were doing is that they would copy the keywords from Helium 10 and then put it to Google Translate or something like that.   Bradley Sutton: Or let's say you're doing keyword research in a marketplace that is not your native language, like maybe you're trying to make a listing for Amazon Japan. Of course, you can use Helium 10 Listing Builder to make a listing in Japanese, but you want to make sure you're feeding it the right keywords and you don't know what the keywords mean in Japanese. Well, this is what you can do. If you go into Listing Builder or into Cerebro, there will be a translate button right here, all right. So if you got the results in Magnet or Cerebro, just hit that and then you can go from, like English to Spanish, to German, to Chinese, et cetera, and you're going to have an option Like I'm going to pretend that maybe I'm somebody from China and I'm not. I don't speak English that well. Well, I'm going to go ahead and translate these English results into Chinese by default. It's actually going to show up right underneath the actual English keyword or whatever keyword or language you're looking at, but I can also change it where I can have it in a separate column, all right. So here now, all of a sudden, side by side, I've got the English keyword and the Chinese translation side by side. So this definitely helps English speaking people who are doing research in other languages or are curious what kind of meaning some of the keywords that are coming up in your own marketplace that are in different language, or if you speak a different language and you need just some quick translations, this is going to help. All right.   Bradley Sutton: Now let's talk about the training tip of the week, and this is actually. I'm still going to stay right here in Cerebro, actually, and I want to show you guys something again. Only Helium 10 has this, and what it is the Amazon recommended rank. So actually here in Cerebro, I've got my coffin shelf here Now. This is especially helpful if you ever start getting ranking issues like you start losing your rank, or if you maybe like lose indexing somehow, or maybe there's some keywords that you know you're relevant for in your index for, but you just can't get PPC impressions. This is especially helpful when you are first launching a product. As a matter of fact, you know, like this is what I've been teaching for the last two years, where if you launch a product, I say that you almost should always do a test listing first that you're not really going to sell, but just to check this metric and this is Amazon relevancy.   Bradley Sutton: Everybody always uses the term relevant and we can kind of insinuate hey, what is relevant for a product due to the keywords that are ranking for it. But until Helium 10 had this, you never knew what is really relevant to Amazon. What does Amazon think the product is? This Helium 10 is the only tool that's tying directly to Amazon to give you how relevant Amazon thinks a keyword is for your product and it's called Amazon recommended rank. It's listed from like a score of one to 900. The number one means it's the most relevant according to Amazon, et cetera.   Bradley Sutton: Now is the number one and number two and number three keywords always the top keywords for your product? No, but looking at the top 20, I always sort it in helium 10. And I look at the top 20 ones and it will tell me is Amazon confused about my product, especially if it's a brand new product, right? So let me just show you, for example, this is my coffin shelf here and if I go to this column of Amazon recommended rank and I hit it, it's going to sort it by the top ones and like look at this number one keyword that Amazon says I'm relevant for coffin shelf wall Manny's mysterious oddities coffin shelf coffin shelf small. So just by looking at these top you know 10 keywords, top 20 or so. Um, I can tell that. Hey, amazon pretty much knows what my product is. Now, something concerning is the actual keyword. Coffin shelf is the only the 28th keyword, so you know what that tells me. I might have some issues with advertising on my product. I might have to look at what's going on, but at the very least Amazon isn't very confused about my product.   Bradley Sutton: Now let me give you a contrast here. I went to the search results of coffin shelf and obviously my product is on page one. But here I scrolled all the way down to page four and then I saw just some random coffin shelf. Where did it? Here's a coffin shelf very similar to mine Pachyon floating shelves, coffin shape, shelf, wall mouth. This is a terrible title, but you see, their BSR is like 7 million. They are not selling any units at all of this, and they are right, even though this is one of the few coffin shelves. I mean, page two and three and four don't even have that many coffin shelves, because there's not even seven pages worth of coffin shelves.   Bradley Sutton: So you might be wondering why in the world is this product ranking so low? Well, outside of listing optimization, one of the reasons is the relevancy. Take a look when I run this product in Cerebro and I sort it by Amazon recommended rank. Let's go to that column right here. Look, do you remember what my mind was? Let's just look back here. Remember the top ones coffin wall shelf. Coffin shelf small spooky hanging coffin shelf Halloween decor indoor home. Look at the top keywords of what Amazon thinks is relevant for this poor. Selling coffin shelf. Floating shelf wall. Floating shelf. Selling coffin shelf. Floating shelf wall. Floating shelf. Wall shelves, room wall. Do you notice something? These are just generic keywords. So, for whatever reason, they must not have their listing optimized. Or maybe there's a category issue. But Amazon is not even picking up the word coffin in the top keywords that it is saying it's relevant for. So this product is probably never going to rank very well for coffin shelf. Nor are they going to be able to advertise if they wanted to.   Bradley Sutton: You can see right here with Helium 10, they're not advertising. But this just kind of like illustrates what can happen if you, if Amazon, gets confused about your product, you're going to have some issues. So make sure to check that out. All levels of Helium 10 can access that platinum diamond and above. Go into Cerebro. Run it on your own product, especially your brand new products. Or if you ever have trouble ranking or indexing and check sorted by the Amazon recommended rank, take a look at those top 20 keywords and see hey, does Amazon kind of like have a good idea about what your product is, or is it confused? And then you can take action from there. All right, guys, that's it for this week's Weekly Buzz. Hope you enjoyed these articles and also these new features and training tips. We'll see you next week to see what's buzzing.  

I sat down to talk to Sam about how Retail Arbitrage has helped him pave the way for huge success with Amazon reselling.If you're looking to get into RA, you're in the right place! Follow Same Journey:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@samsjourney?_t=8mVWasDaOie&_r=1To claim your FREE ONLINE ARBITRAGE COURSE:➡️ https://www.arbiversity.com Sign up:➡️ http://www.buybotpro.comEmail us:➡️ info@buybotpro.comFollow us on Instagram: ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/BuyBotProFollow us on X:➡️ https://twitter.com/BuyBotPro#buybotpro #onlinearbitrage

Today, we sit down with Rob Cosman, a Canadian CPA, entrepreneur, and digital nomad based in Costa Rica. Tune in to learn his blueprint for balancing a successful Amazon business with the demands of family life and personal well-being. Connect with Rob:sellingfromthebeach.comConnect with Anne:Leave a review or voice message at digitalnomadstories.coOn instagram @annes_nomadstoryLearn more about my business: The Podcast Babes

AI tools are helping small business owners manage their businesses, so they can stay focused on the aspects of their business they love to do. This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad are joined by Alyssa Henry, an executive at some of the most impactful companies from Microsoft to Amazon. Most recently she was the CEO of Square. She led Square's team as they were very early adopters of a consumer-facing product that used GPT-2 and have continued to incorporate AI into their offerings. On today's episode, they talk about the whitespace within e-commerce for AI and lessons from the prior generation of infrastructure. Alyssa recently retired from being longtime CEO of Square, within Block. Before that she was a vice president of AWS running, amongst other things, the storage products, or the digital storage bucket for the world. And before AWS, she ran order management software at Amazon Retail and started her tech career at Microsoft. She remains on the boards of Intel, Confluent and was previously on the board of Unity.  Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @alyssahhenry Show Notes:  (0:00) Alyssa's experience and career trajectory (2:30) Transition from engineer to manager (4:09) AI implementation at Square (7:46) Small business AI applications  (12:14) Latent demand for content generation (15:04) The origin story of Square's GPT-2 products (16:54) Consolidating ecommerce workflows (18:46) How will AI change cloud services (23:07) Hyperscaler foundation models and the AI land grab (25:16) Enterprise demand for open source models (28:08) Startups in the AI semiconductor space (31:02) Scale up architectures vs scaling out (34:32) What's next for Alyssa (36:08) What Elad and Sarah are excited about in 2024

On today's episode we have the privilege to interview Nikki Kirk, RA and OA expert.  Nikki is a digital nomad traveling around the United States in her RV.   Nikki runs her Amazon business from the road and teaches other sellers how they can create their own freedom through selling on Amazon.   Eva.guru> > > Get 22% Off Using Promo Code FTM: Get All The Tools & Services You Need To Successfully Grow Your Amazon BusinessHelium10   50% OFF first month OR 10% OFF LIFETIME subscription = PROMO CODE “FTM”SoStockedStart Your 30-Day Free TrialYour 1st Month Is Free For Any Plan You Choose!If You receive value from this content please SUPPORT The PodcastPaypal → CLICK HERE▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

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On the podcast, Ann shares more about how she started her journey as a network marketer and eventually transitioned into building an online business. She homeschooled her boys who eventually discovered their own interest in online business. Over time, each of her sons played a role in helping her build the E-commerce Business School; a school dedicated to helping people escape the rat race by making consistent income with an Amazon retail store. Ann's heart-driven mission is seasoned with 18 years of experience helping families. After learning more about her and her team I felt strongly that they're a great resource for the PIE Tribe! Ann and I hosted a workshop together to help you get more familiar with her program. The workshop details: - How long does it take to make money with an Amazon Store - How much time and energy does it take to build an Amazon Store - How much experience do you need to make a profitable Amazon Store - Plus, when you register, you'll receive Ann's Profit Projection Calculator that shows exactly how much you need to invest to reach your monthly goals... whether that's an extra 1k, 5k, or 10k+ per month! You'll get a copy of the calculator to use on your own. And you'll receive a workbook created specifically for the workshop so you can really dig into the training. I love when we find partners that can illuminate the path and dispel the muddy waters! https://webinars.ecommercebusinessschool.com/ls-reg (Click this text) to register for the free webinar to see if building an Amazon store is right for you. Some say Amazon stores are not passive because they can be labor-intensive. This is certainly true if you try to build and maintain the store on your own. This is why the E-commerce Business School teaches its students to build a business that incorporates outsourced labor to offset the time and energy you personally are putting into the business. Although, Ann and I agree that it is vital for each business owner to be well-versed in all aspects of the business and to have a clear understanding of how each element works so that you can effectively manage your investment. I asked Ann about how many people she has helped build an Amazon store. The answer blew me away! Almost 9,000 people have built life-changing Amazon businesses as a result of the E-commerce Business Schools training. The success of her students is personally a high priority to Ann which was another reason I decided to sponsor her program. I love how she helps people systemize their businesses from the ground up so that they can quickly scale. When built correctly, Amazon retail stores can be a revenue-generating machine. There is much to know about how to build a successful e-commerce store. Having a trusted guide to help from the beginning increases the odds of success exponentially. Discover if an Amazon retail store is right for you: https://webinars.ecommercebusinessschool.com/ls-reg (https://webinars.ecommercebusinessschool.com/ls-reg) www.thepassiveincomeexaminer.com Want more episodes like this?Automate Your Small Business to Create Massive Growth: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/09608775-6d85-4f40-9efb-2577077512ce (https://player.captivate.fm/episode/09608775-6d85-4f40-9efb-2577077512ce) How he escaped the rat race and traveled the world with his family with Dai Manuel. https://player.captivate.fm/episode/bfbbaf3a-cea2-467d-8f72-6d626f51a916 (https://player.captivate.fm/episode/bfbbaf3a-cea2-467d-8f72-6d626f51a916) App developer, author, and multi-dimensional entrepreneur, Aaron Knipp, shares his story: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/e16224d2-1cb5-4d50-90b8-b24ea47f9c26 This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

I have been in the e-commerce space since 2016 in a variety of roles. I have been on both sides of the Amazon platform and have gone from having no choice but to be resourceful and scrappy to working with large teams and significant resources to grow sales and streamline operations.In July, I will begin managing OnePlus' Amazon Retail account for the United States.I have:- Launched a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo- Lived in China to source from factories and validate production- Owned and operated a Seller Central business originating from the crowdfunding campaign- Worked at Amazon as a Vendor Manager, overseeing two multi-million dollar P&Ls- Sourced PPE and Professional Medical Equipment for Amazon's Medical and Covid Rapid Supply Expansion Task Force- Consulted for Sellers and Vendors at an Ecommerce Agency- Managed a multi-million dollar brand for Razor group, an e-commerce aggregatorWhat are some questions and topics you enjoy talking about?:- What vendors get wrong about Amazon- Interesting developments in the E-commerce space- Amazon Seller vs Vendor Central- Amazon culture and understanding Amazon's priorities- How Amazon has changed over the years- What its like being on both sides of the Amazon platform- Common mistakes I've seen sellers or newbies make- Crowdfunding advice- My experience in China visting factories and sourcing new products- Amazon's Covid-19 response and the Covid-19 Rapid Supply Task Force

In this episode the boys are finally complete once again and they discuss the current status of their businesses and the hype of Back to School Amazon Sales!Back To School Amazon Sales HYPE

In this episode the boys sit down with Joe to talk about his amazing journey from quitting being a CPA and doing Online Arbitrage, earning him $100k per month!

For episode 69 of the pod the boys sit down again with Makayla. A rising new star who sold $100k in her first four months in Online Arbitrage.

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If you haven't heard yet, Starbucks and Amazon recently entered into a retail partnership. This new store concept is called the Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go Experience. My gut reaction to hearing this news leak a few months ago was one of exuberance. Now that the first official location in midtown Manhattan NYC is open, it's easy to see that these pickup-only Starbucks stores paired with Amazon Go are going to be a fucking work of business partnership art. While long-term plans for this partnership are still unknown, three Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go locations are planned for the initial test, with two more scheduled to open this year. So, why is this a really exciting retail partnership for both companies? My Amazon Go Experience = https://youtu.be/pG_4FVLWtik FOLLOW ME ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaschallmba TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/joshua_schall INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/joshua_schall FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/jschallconsulting MEDIUM - https://www.medium.com/@joshuaschall

Join Scott as he discusses understanding how Amazon Retail flexes its muscles with Dan Brownsher.

On today's episode, we discuss Amazon's Q2 performance of its retail business, some takeaways from its Prime offering, and where it stands on its physical stores strategy. We then talk about capitalizing on the subscription box trend, how buy-now-pay-later users are different from credit card users, and if malls really are within striking distance of 2019 traffic levels. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer director of forecasting at Insider Intelligence Cindy Liu. For sponsorship opportunities contact us:   advertising@insiderintelligence.com.   For more information visit:   https://www.insiderintelligence.com/contact/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com

Matt Webley chats to the successful Matthew Wright today who has grown his Amazon business alongside selling on other platforms like Shopify.Matthew is a very knowledgeable seller who has plenty of great advice to share with you all today!

This week on Floor 9, co-hosts Scott and Adam discuss the latest news in media and innovation, including new social audio features from Facebook and Reddit to take on Clubhouse, Amazon’s latest roll-out of retail technologies in Whole Foods and a hair salon, as well as some update on Sony’s streaming strategies, signaled by its latest deal with Disney. Check here for a recap on this week’s Apple Event.Take part in our Membership March referral program to share your love for Floor 9 and win an exclusive Floor 9 T-shirt! Get your own referral link here: refer.fm/floor9 You can find Adam and Scott on Twitter at @adamjsimon and @tippier. Follow us at @ipglab. If you like what you hear, please spare a minute and give us a five-star review on Apple Podcast! If you’re a part of the IPG Mediabrands family, come join the Floor 9 community on our dedicated Teams channel here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dans ce nouvel épisode de Eat's Business, la revue de presse du Business de la Bouffe, Olivier Frey et Daniel Coutinho reviennent sur la guerre des prix engagée entre les industriels et la grande distribution, sur le changement d'offre alimentaire d'Amazon ainsi que sur le prototype de bouteille en papier de Coca-Cola.Dans cet épisode, sont aussi évoqués la position du président d'Alterfood sur la guerre des prix, la redéfinition des règles avec l'e-commerçant Picnic, les actionnaires de Tesco qui veulent combattre l'obésité, les conséquences de la crise sanitaire sur les ventes de petit électroménager, le devenir des parkings souterrains et les droits de douane américains sur le vin et les produits alimentaires européens. Guerre des prix : grande distribution x industrielsLe Figaro, Alimentation: le retour de la guerre des prix, 14/02/2021A deux semaines de la fin des négociations commerciales entre les distributeurs et les industriels de l’agroalimentaire, l’article nous apprend que “les désaccords sont légion” et que “le ton monte”.Le contexte est en effet particulier avec, d’un côté, la crise économique qui incite les acteurs de la grande distribution à maintenir des prix bas en rayon alors que, de l’autre côté, les industriels sont confrontés à la hausse des cours des matières premières, qui pèse sur leurs coûts de production.Industriels et distributeurs se rejettent la balle. Pour les premiers, les demandes quasi systématiques de déflation de la part des seconds sont « injustifiées ». Pour les seconds, les premiers ont des demandes « irréalistes » de 3% à 4% de hausse de tarifs en moyenne.La situation est telle que le Ministre de l’Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, est monté au créneau et a averti les acteurs de la grande distribution ainsi que les industriels que “en poussant les prix à la baisse, (ils sont en train) de creuser (leur) tombe”. L’article nous apprend également que le ministre souhaite introduire davantage de transparence dans les négociations. Il estime, en effet, que les distributeurs seraient plus enclins à accepter des revalorisations si les industriels indiquaient clairement combien ils paient aux agriculteurs, ce que beaucoup refusent de faire. Guerre des prix : le président-fondateur d'Alterfood prend la paroleLe Parisien, “Guerre des prix entre producteurs et grandes enseignes : «Le combat de David contre Goliath»”, 15/02/2021Alexis Vaillant, le président-fondateur d’Alterfood prend la parole pour dénoncer les conditions dans lesquelles se déroulent les négociations commerciales 2021, qu’il voit comme le combat de David contre Goliath.Si, selon lui, il ne faut pas mettre tous les distributeurs dans le même panier et qu’Alterfood a réussi à ne pas trop céder de terrain au niveau des prix, un distributeur a été jusqu'à baisser de 45% le volume des assortiments, ce qui entraîne mécaniquement une baisse de chiffre d’affaires de 500 à 700 000 euros, soit environ 10% des ventes de l’entreprise. Amazon change son offre alimentaireBusiness Insider, Comment Amazon va changer son offre alimentaire et s'associer avec Monoprix, 12/02/2021Cinq ans après son arrivée sur le secteur alimentaire en France, Amazon vient de tirer le bilan de son activité. Et il semblerait que ce dernier ne soit pas si positif que cela car le géant américain a décidé de réorienter son organisation sur la vente de produits alimentaires dans l'Hexagone.Comme l’explique l’article, jusqu'à maintenant, pour acheter un produit alimentaire Amazon, il fallait passer par l'option Prime Now, un service de livraison payant garantissant la livraison en moins de deux heures à Paris, une partie de la banlieue parisienne, Bordeaux, Lyon ou encore Nice. Le groupe utilisait pour ce faire 10 entrepôts en France dédiés exclusivement à la livraison des produits alimentaires. Mais un de ces entrepôts, situé dans le 18ème arrondissement de Paris, va changer son organisation pour devenir une sorte de station de livraison consacrée à la livraison via mobilité douce. Par ailleurs, le groupe a annoncé un autre changement important : d'ici le mois d'avril prochain, Amazon Retail va s'arrêter en France pour les produits alimentaires. En clair, cela signifie qu’Amazon va stopper l'achat et la vente de ce type de produits et donc abandonner son rôle de distributeur alimentaire.A partir d’avril, Amazon va quasi uniquement s'appuyer sur l'offre de Monoprix en proposant à terme 7 000 références, dont 1 600 vendues sous les différentes marques propres Monoprix. Analyse de l'activité de vente en ligne de produits alimentaires d’AmazonLe Furet du Retail, Amazon n’est vraiment plus à l’aise avec la vente en ligne de produits alimentaires. Une confirmation ?, 11/02/2021Une analyse de l'activité de vente en ligne de produits alimentaires d’Amazon en France et aux Etats-Unis réalisée par un des experts du secteur. Picnic, l’e-commerçant alimentaire néerlandais, impose ses règles aux clientsRepublik Retail, Découvrez Picnic, le néerlandais qui casse les règles de l’e-commerce alimentaire, 05/02/2021Un article intéressant sur Picnic, un acteur majeur du e-commerce alimentaire en Hollande qui lorgnerait le marché français. On y apprend notamment que sa part de marché serait passée de 6% en 2017 à environ 22% en 2020, avec un chiffre d’affaires estimé de 550 millions d’euros.Le fonctionnement de Picnic possède quelques particularités intéressantes :pour être client, il faut que l’adresse se trouve sur une tournée et il faut que le créneau de livraison, qui est fixe, convienne. Cela lui permet de bien maîtriser le dernier kilomètrel’assortiment est très court (environ 7000 références)l’offre se concentre sur les besoins des familles urbaines avec enfantsl’entreprise a conçu son propre camion de livraison, avec des roues qui tournent à 90 degrés pour faciliter les manœuvres en milieu urbain et se garer facilement. Sa conception a été pensée pour un déchargement rapide des bacs. Ainsi, “la livraison se fait en 3 mn contre 12 mn pour son concurrent Albert Heijn”.  Des actionnaires de Tesco veulent combattre l'obésitéLes Echos, Des actionnaires veulent que les supermarchés Tesco combattent l'obésité, 10/02/2021Alors que le Royaume-Uni est l'une des nations qui compte le plus de personnes obèses parmi sa population, les actionnaires de la plus grande chaîne de supermarchés du pays, Tesco, ont prévu de déposer une résolution “sanitaire” lors de la prochaine assemblée générale.Ils comptent ainsi demander au groupe de dévoiler la part que représente la vente des aliments et boissons les plus sains à partir de 2022 et de faire en sorte qu'elle augmente d'ici 2030. Pour passer, cette résolution doit être adoptée par 75% des votes des actionnaires lors de l'assemblée. Comme le rappelle l’article, certaines entreprises américaines, parmi lesquels Coca-Cola, Pepsi et McDonald's ont fait face à des demandes similaires de la part des actionnaires, notamment sur leur utilisation du sucre dans leurs produits.La crise sanitaire a dopé les ventes du petit électroménagerLes Echos, Friteuse, robots de cuisine, machine expresso… Le Covid a dopé les ventes d'électroménager, 13/02/2021En 2020, la crise sanitaire et la fermeture des cantines et restaurants a profité au secteur du petit électroménager. Parmi les succès notables : les robots multifonctions (+24%), les robots dédiés à la pâtisserie (+48%), les friteuses (+25,5%), les machines à pain (+82%), et les appareils à fondue, raclettes et autres planchas (+21%).Au global, les ventes d’électroménager ont progressé de 5% dans l'Hexagone, à plus de 9 milliards d'euros. Nouvelle vie pour les parkings souterrainsLe Monde, Agriculture urbaine, chambres froides, stockage de colis… la nouvelle vie des parkings souterrains, 16/02/2021Alors que les voitures désertes de plus en plus les centres ville, les parkings souterrains retrouvent une nouvelle vie. A Paris, par exemple, l’article nous apprend que Indigo et Effia, les deux leaders du stationnement, ont enregistré une baisse de 30 % de la fréquentation horaire ces dernières années. Ces parkings intéressent notamment les entreprises spécialisées dans l’approvisionnement des villes qui les utilisent comme des dark stores (voir la newsletter de la semaine dernière sur ce sujet). C’est le cas par exemple de monmarche.fr, qui utilise le niveau -1 d’un parking de l’Ile de la Cité à Paris à partir duquel “une trentaine de salariés préparent et livrent à vélo des paniers dans un rayon de 500m”. A la Porte de La Chapelle, l'entreprise d'agriculture urbaine Cycloponics fait pousser des champignons dans un parking situé sous un immeuble de logements sociaux.Et pour les entreprises qui gèrent ces parkings l’opération s’avère également intéressante car, comme l’explique l’article, la rentabilité des m2 loués est au moins égale à celle d'une place de stationnement. En conséquence, Indigo va équiper cinquante sites dans toute la France en chambres froides, casiers pour artisans ou consignes Amazon.  Test de bouteille en papier chez Coca-ColaBBC News, Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle, 13/02/2021Alors que Coca-Cola a été classé premier pollueur de plastique au monde par l'association caritative Break Free From Plastic, le groupe a annoncé qu'il allait tester une bouteille en papier. Le concept concernera dans un premier temps sa marque de boisson aux fruits Adez.Le prototype est fabriqué par l’entreprise danoise Paboco à partir d'une coque en papier extra-forte qui contient encore une fine doublure en plastique. L'objectif est de créer une bouteille sans plastique, 100% recyclable, capable d'empêcher les gaz de s'échapper des boissons gazeuses.Pour Paboco, l’un des défis a consisté à créer une bouteille capable de résister aux forces exercées par les boissons gazeuses (soda, bières…) qui sont embouteillées sous pression. Il s’agit également de garantir qu'aucune fibre de papier ne s'écaille dans le liquide car cela risquerait d'altérer le goût de la boisson ou de compromettre les contrôles de santé et de sécurité.Mais même si les tests se déroulent parfaitement, le vrai défi consiste à se débarrasser complètement du plastique. Comme le papier ne peut pas entrer en contact direct avec les liquides, il est prévu d'utiliser un revêtement à base de plantes à l'intérieur de la bouteille. Droits de douane sur le vin et les aliments européens sont toujours d'actualitéWall Street Journal, Tariffs on Wine, Food From Europe to Stay for Now, U.S. Says, 12/02/2021Les espoirs de nombreuses entreprises européennes viennent d’être douchés. L'administration Biden a en effet affirmé qu'elle ne mettra pas fin de sitôt aux droits de douane imposés sur les importations de vin, de fromage et d'autres produits alimentaires européens. Ces prélèvements avaient été imposés par l'administration Trump dans le cadre d'un différend de longue date avec l'Union européenne sur les subventions à Airbus et Boeing.Fin 2019, Washington avait ainsi établi des droits de douane sur des vins et des produits alimentaires européens comme le fromage et les olives, pour une valeur de 7,5 milliards de dollars. En représailles, l'UE avait riposté avec des taxes sur le whisky, les noix et le tabac américains pour une valeur d'environ 4,5 milliards de dollars. Le 31 décembre dernier, les États-Unis ont renforcé les sanctions en imposant des droits de douane supplémentaires, soumettant la quasi-totalité des importations de vin en provenance de France et d'Allemagne à des droits de douane de 25%. Découvrez l’émission Eat’s Businesshttps://businessofbouffe.com/podcast-eats-business Pour vous abonner à la newsletter Eat’s Businesshttps://businessofbouffe.com/revue-de-presse-eats-business-newsletter 

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Amazon retail arbitrage is an E-Commerce strategy that many have used to build successful businesses. In this episode, Adam Torres and Ann Sieg, Founder and CEO at E-Commerce Business School LLC, explore Amazon retail arbitrage strategies. Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.Apply to be interviewed by Adam on our podcast:https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/Visit our website:https://missionmatters.com/

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Amazon un concorrente o un partner commerciale? Questa la domanda che si pongono molte aziende di retail. Vendere su Amazon è semplice, ma non è necessariamente facile, soprattutto quando parliamo del retail che c'è molta concorrenza. Ma allora aprire un negozio in Amazon o No? Le aziende di retail devono assolutamente aprire un proprio negozio in Amazon e vedere Amazon come un partner e non un concorrente.OTTIENI GRATIS IL LIBRO "Vendere su Amazon dalla A alla Z":►https://www.scuolaecommerce.com/libro-yt Iscriviti al nostro corso gratuito sulla vendita su Amazon:►https://www.scuolaecommerce.com/webinar-yt CONTENUTO DEL VIDEO: Amazon Fba Retail/Amazon ArbitrageVendere su Amazon fba Retail/arbitrageRetail arbitrage ItaliaAmazon fba retailVendere su amazon fba retail opinioni di Marcello e Janik 2 seller esperti di vendita in RetailSei un produttore o un brand? Aumenta il tuo business con Amazon fba retail/arbitrage o anche Private LabelPuoi vendere sul più grande mercato del mondo e ottenere risultati immediati Amazon FBA Aprire un negozio in Amazon fba o No?Amazon un concorrente o un partner commerciale ? Questa la domanda che si pongono molte aziende di retail.La formula Retail in genere offerta da Amazon a brand conosciutiAziende di retail devono assolutamente aprire un proprio negozio in Amazon fba e vedere Amazon come un partner e non un concorrente.Ecco le ragioni che dovreste considerare sul perchè iniziare a vendere su Amazon1.Semplicità: vendere su Amazon fba è relativamente semplice, ma non è necessariamente facile soprattutto nel mercato dei rivenditori/ Retail2.Fiducia: avete mai acquistato su Amazon? Perché l’avete fatto? Ecco avete già trovato la risposta3.Potete farlo da casa: grazie alla logistica Amazon fba, potrete gestire il vostro business direttamente da casa4.Efficienza di costi: su Amazon è possibile mettere in vendita più prodotti senza che vi venga addebitato nessuna commissione, fino a quando verranno effettivamente vendutiConsigli di Marcello, Janik e Jaspal come iniziare a vendere su Amazon Retail ----------------------------------------­-------------------ScuolaEcommerce.com è la prima scuola online che ti insegna a progettare, realizzare e sviluppare il tuo E-commerce di Successo. Aumenta le tue vendite online grazie ai nostri consigli. ► GUIDE E RISORSE GRATUITE: Iscriviti al nostro corso gratuito sulla vendita su Amazon:►https://www.scuolaecommerce.com/webinar-yt ----------------------------------------­-------------------► ISCRIVITI AL CANALE PER NON PERDERE I PROSSIMI VIDEO!Clicca qui: http://bit.ly/ScuolaEcommerceYouTube

Amazon un concorrente o un partner commerciale? Questa la domanda che si pongono molte aziende di retail. Vendere su Amazon è semplice, ma non è necessariamente facile, soprattutto quando parliamo del retail che c'è molta concorrenza. Ma allora aprire un negozio in Amazon o No? Le aziende di retail devono assolutamente aprire un proprio negozio in Amazon e vedere Amazon come un partner e non un concorrente.OTTIENI GRATIS IL LIBRO "Vendere su Amazon dalla A alla Z":►https://www.scuolaecommerce.com/libro-yt Iscriviti al nostro corso gratuito sulla vendita su Amazon:►https://www.scuolaecommerce.com/webinar-yt CONTENUTO DEL VIDEO: Amazon Fba Retail/Amazon ArbitrageVendere su Amazon fba Retail/arbitrageRetail arbitrage ItaliaAmazon fba retailVendere su amazon fba retail opinioni di Marcello e Janik 2 seller esperti di vendita in RetailSei un produttore o un brand? Aumenta il tuo business con Amazon fba retail/arbitrage o anche Private LabelPuoi vendere sul più grande mercato del mondo e ottenere risultati immediati Amazon FBA Aprire un negozio in Amazon fba o No?Amazon un concorrente o un partner commerciale ? Questa la domanda che si pongono molte aziende di retail.La formula Retail in genere offerta da Amazon a brand conosciutiAziende di retail devono assolutamente aprire un proprio negozio in Amazon fba e vedere Amazon come un partner e non un concorrente.Ecco le ragioni che dovreste considerare sul perchè iniziare a vendere su Amazon1.Semplicità: vendere su Amazon fba è relativamente semplice, ma non è necessariamente facile soprattutto nel mercato dei rivenditori/ Retail2.Fiducia: avete mai acquistato su Amazon? Perché l’avete fatto? Ecco avete già trovato la risposta3.Potete farlo da casa: grazie alla logistica Amazon fba, potrete gestire il vostro business direttamente da casa4.Efficienza di costi: su Amazon è possibile mettere in vendita più prodotti senza che vi venga addebitato nessuna commissione, fino a quando verranno effettivamente vendutiConsigli di Marcello, Janik e Jaspal come iniziare a vendere su Amazon Retail ----------------------------------------­-------------------ScuolaEcommerce.com è la prima scuola online che ti insegna a progettare, realizzare e sviluppare il tuo E-commerce di Successo. Aumenta le tue vendite online grazie ai nostri consigli. ► GUIDE E RISORSE GRATUITE: Iscriviti al nostro corso gratuito sulla vendita su Amazon:►https://www.scuolaecommerce.com/webinar-yt ----------------------------------------­-------------------► ISCRIVITI AL CANALE PER NON PERDERE I PROSSIMI VIDEO!Clicca qui: http://bit.ly/ScuolaEcommerceYouTube

From the Simplr studios in San Francisco, this is your daily briefing.  IntroductionWith your Retail E-Commerce Briefing for today, Friday, November 15th, I'm Vincent Phamvan.Nike is breaking up with Amazon. The company announced they were ending their pilot program that began in 2017 to focus on selling more directly to their customers.  First, here are some retail headlines.  Disney+ Hits 10 Million Sign-upsDisney+ said it has hit 10 million sign-ups since launching in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday despite thousands of glitches and complains on the first day. Although, reports of problems declined throughout the day as the company worked to resolve the issues. Disney attributed the issues to demand exceeding its expectations.Adore Me Opens Sixth StoreDigitally-native lingerie startup, Adore Me, has opened its sixth store in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 7,000 square foot store is Adore Me’s largest location to date. The new store is nearly double the size of the retailer’s other locations, enabling it to dedicate more room for the fit and consultation area. The fitting room area also includes a bar offering refreshments and snacks. The brand’s inclusive mission is an essential element in the space, which features mannequins of all sizes and colors. Adore Me is on a growing list of digitally-native disruptor brands that have expanded into brick-and-mortar locations. Brands like Burrow, Allbirds, and Casper have all invested in physical spaces as their companies have grown.Google Expanding Local and Shopping CampaignsSearch giant, Google, is expanding its local and shopping campaigns for the holiday season. Saks Fifth Avenue and Sephora are among the retailers that have tested the capabilities. Local campaigns are designed to drive traffic to nearby locations while shopping campaigns have expanded buy online, pick up in-store capabilities for brick-and-mortar merchants. Saks this year is expanding its local campaigns to promote more store locations. The luxury retailer tested local campaigns for the holidays and saw a significant increase in store sales, along with an incremental offline return-on-ad-spend of 7 times. Sephora also saw a lift in store sales after testing the campaign.  Nike Will No Longer Sell Directly To AmazonNike will stop selling its merchandise directly to Amazon. The abrupt halt will end a pilot program that Nike and Amazon launched in 2017. At the time, Nike joined Amazon’s brand registry program in hopes the move would give them more control over Nike goods sold on the e-commerce site, more data on their customers, and added power to remove fake Nike listings. But Nike reportedly struggled to control the Amazon marketplace. Third-party sellers whose listings were removed would pop up again under a different name and official Nike products had fewer reviews and received worse positioning on the site.For Nike, the split also comes amid a massive overhaul of its retail strategy. It also follows the hiring of former eBay executive, John Donahoe, as its next CEO. The move signaled the company is more focused on its e-commerce sales and selling more directly to consumers. A Nike spokesperson said, “As part of Nike’s focus on elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships, we have made the decision to complete our current pilot with Amazon Retail. We will continue to invest in strong, distinctive partnerships for Nike with other retailers and platforms to seamlessly serve our consumers globally.”.ClosingThanks for listening to this latest episode of the Retail E-Commerce Briefing. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review. Until next time.

Nike will stop selling merchandise directly to Amazon, as part of its push to sell more directly to consumers. The abrupt halt will end a pilot test that Nike and Amazon launched together in 2017. At the time, Nike agreed to sell a limited product assortment to Amazon, in exchange for stricter policing of counterfeits and restrictions on unsanctioned sales of its products. That included Nike’s athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories. Prior to 2017, Nike had resisted such a deal with Amazon, focusing its attention on its own online marketplace and stores. The fear for many brands has always been that, by partnering with Amazon, a company loses control over how its brand is represented on the site. “As part of Nike’s focus on elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships, we have made the decision to complete our current pilot with Amazon Retail,” a Nike spokeswoman told CNBC in an emailed statement. “We will continue to invest in strong, distinctive partnerships for Nike with other retailers and platforms to seamlessly serve our consumers globally.” The spokeswoman added Nike will continue to use Amazon Web Services to run its website and a handful of mobile apps, like SNKRS. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh record closing highs for both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P500 - Dow up +92-points or +0.33% to 27,783.59, also touching a record intra-day high (27,806.40). Walt Disney Co jumped +7% and touched a record high (US$149.92) after the company announced that its new streaming service had more than >10M subscribers in the wake of the service's Tuesday (12 November) launch. The broader S&P500 eked out a +0.07% rise to 3,094.04 to log its 20th record closing high of the year. The more defensive Utilities (up +1.47%) and Real Estate (+1.07%) led six of the eleven primary sectors higher, while Financials (down -0.57%) and Energy (-0.51%) the laggards. The technology-centric NASDAQ dipped -0.04%. Nike Inc announced that it will complete its current pilot with Amazon Retail as it focusses on direct sales. The announcement comes a year after Nike announced it would sell its products on Amazon.com. Foot Locker Inc rose +0.90%.

Fresh record closing highs for both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P500 - Dow up +92-points or +0.33% to 27,783.59, also touching a record intra-day high (27,806.40). Walt Disney Co jumped +7% and touched a record high (US$149.92) after the company announced that its new streaming service had more than >10M subscribers in the wake of the service's Tuesday (12 November) launch. The broader S&P500 eked out a +0.07% rise to 3,094.04 to log its 20th record closing high of the year. The more defensive Utilities (up +1.47%) and Real Estate (+1.07%) led six of the eleven primary sectors higher, while Financials (down -0.57%) and Energy (-0.51%) the laggards. The technology-centric NASDAQ dipped -0.04%. Nike Inc announced that it will complete its current pilot with Amazon Retail as it focusses on direct sales. The announcement comes a year after Nike announced it would sell its products on Amazon.com. Foot Locker Inc rose +0.90%.

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John Pistone is the Senior VP of Ecommerce Development at Geneva Supply. He is the newest employee of Geneva Supply. He spent the last few months working for a Sales Representative firm that helps manufacturers sell their products on Amazon. He spent the majority of the time helping them organize their operations to be more efficient and prioritize appropriately. Before that, he was at Amazon for 11 years in Retail Business roles including Vendor Manager, Instock Manager, Category Leader and Director of Leadership Development and Training. He's most proud of creating process and systems to objectively measure performance for Amazon Retail employees-over 17,000 people were using the products my team built. Before Amazon, he worked as a District Manager at The Home Depot as part of their Store Leadership Program. And before The Home Depot served as an Infantry Officer in the US Army. He has an MBA from Boston College and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and a Bachelor of Science from The United States Military Academy at West Point. He also have a Certificate of Product Development from the University of California, Berkeley.  About BizTank Career Exploration Program BizTank provides local Junior and Senior high school students an opportunity to gain exposure to the world of business through a stimulating and interactive program. Consisting of three unique eight-week seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall), meeting once a week on Wednesday nights. Sessions are spent covering a range of topics, such as startups, marketing and on-trend business subjects. In addition, students record, edit and create their own episodes for the Kids in the Tank Podcast. For more information visit us online at https://biztanknonprofit.org/

Fear, Chaos and Pain Common subjects in the Christopher Nolan Batman films, especially when the Joker appears. How do we avoid the moments of fear, chaos and pain in real time? By preparing for it. Today we talk with Gremlin Inc founder and CEO Kolton Andrus. Kolton is co-founder and CEO of Gremlin. Previously, he was a Chaos Engineer at Netflix improving streaming reliability and operating the Edge services. He designed and built F.I.T., Netflix's failure injection service. Prior he improved the performance and reliability of the Amazon Retail website. At both companies he has served as a 'Call Leader', managing the resolution of company-wide incidents. Gremlin.com Twitter: @gremlininc

In this episode Gordon Miller, CEO (Chief Engagement Officer of Hairbrained shares some thoughts on digital disruption, the rise of Amazon in beauty, it's effects on salon retail, retail in general and what we can do about it. You can find Gordon on the gram @gordnm and Hairbrained at @hairbrained_official + hairbrained.me + hblive.me  

Kolton Andrus is the Founder & CEO @ Gremlin, the failure as a service startup finds weaknesses in your system before they cause problems. To date, they have raised over $8m in VC funding from some of the best in the business including the likes of Mike Volpi @ Index Ventures and Mike Dauber @ Amplify Partners. Prior to Gremlin, Kolton was a Chaos Engineer at Netflix improving streaming reliability and operating the Edge services. Fun fact, Kolton also designed and built Netflix’s failure injection service. Before that he improved the performance and reliability of the Amazon Retail website. At both companies he has served as a ‘Call Leader’, managing the resolution of company-wide incidents. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How a conversation in the hallway of a conference with a VC gave Kolton the confidence that he could leave the corporate world of Netflix and Amazon and start a startup? What were Kolton’s biggest takeaways from seeing the first hand scaling of behemoths like Amazon and Netflix? How did they fundamentally alter how he views goal setting today? How does Kolton look to achieve the balance of ambitious goal setting without the team losing motivation if they do not hit the goals? Why does Kolton believe that a decentralised workforce is merely an evolution in how we do business? What are the core fundamentals to achieving success in creating and scaling a remote workforce? What have been some of the biggest challenges in structuring the team this way? What is the single biggest tip Kolton has for other founders in ensuring high conversion rates from trials? Where do most founders go wrong with this? Today, is engineering buy in the only necessity to succeed in a bottoms up sales world?   60 Second SaaStr? What does Kolton know now that he wishes he had known at the beginning? If an investor can provide one thing, what is most important for Kolton? What are Kolton’s favourite SaaS reading materials? When is a stretch a stretch too far for a team member? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Kolton Andrus

Could the 21st century herald a new era of unlimited access to goods and services as opposed to the 20th century concept of buying and owning these same goods and services? Ten years ago you would buy a physical copy of a movie on DVD if you wanted to watch it again and again; now it’s just available to you 24/7 as part of a subscription to Netflix. What about on demand technology, from smartphones to cars being accessed via a subscription? It’s foreseeable, could yield greater benefits for our environment with resources only being used by those who actually need to use it at any given time, and it could divorce us from the notion that we could only find our standing in society based on how much we own. Steve and Ben look at this changing trend in ownership versus access, as well as the news that Amazon Retail will be coming to Australia.

In this week's podcast, QCon chair Wesley Reisz talks to Kolton Andrus. Andrus is the founder of Gremlin Inc. He was a Chaos Engineer at Netflix, focused on the resilience of the Edge services. He designed and built FIT: Netflix’s failure injection service. Prior, he improved the performance and reliability of the Amazon Retail website. Why listen to this podcast: - Gremlin, Kolton Andrus' new start-up, is focused on providing failure testing as a service. Version 1, currently in closed beta, is focused on infrastructure failures. - Lineage-driven Fault Injection (LDFI) allowed Netflix to dramatically reduce the number of tests they needed to run in order to explore a problem space. - You generally want to run failure tests in production, but you can't start there. Start in developemnt and build up. - Having failure testing at an application level, as Netflix does, so you can have request level fault injection for a specific user or a specific device. - Being able to trace infrastructure with something like Dapper or Zipkin offers tremendous value. At Netflix, the failure injection system is integrated into the tracing system, which meant that when they caused a failure they could see all the points in the system that it touched. More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ. http://bit.ly/2fT9YiM You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq

Ryan Grant is someone who I met at the Import Summit last year and I’ve been following his work every since. He runs the popular site OnlineSellingExperiment.com where he talks about all of his adventures selling physical products online. Now if you recall way back in episode 17, I had Jessica Larrew on the podcast to talk about her Amazon retail arbitrage business. Well Ryan has taken that same model of retail and online arbitrage and scaled it to small company with employees. What is online and retail arbitrage? It’s the process of buying from retail stores and liquidation outlets […] The post 132: How Ryan Grant Scaled His Amazon Retail Arbitrage Business To 7 Figures appeared first on MyWifeQuitHerJob.com.

Today's Sponsor: Dropship CEO Amazon Selling Course (Feedback Patrol tool included) Tim Jensen is one of our favorite Dropship CEO students. He and his wife in Onalaska, Wisconsin sell $1,000 of inventory through Amazon from retail arbitrage (scanning in items at discount stores and mailing them in) with no employees, from their living room and one-stall garage: "Amazon Retail Arbitrage" FREE Report Part 1: Big Picture (long term with Amazon) invest in inventory scale: invest the profits that come back in inventory turnover: sell frequently (30-90 days after purchase, or dump what's not selling) outsource some tasks: receipts, taxes, payroll Part 2: Flexibility sell evergreen items Use CamelCamelCamel.com to see if Amazon is selling the item you want to sell (so you can avoid it) Part 3: Pay Attention to Detail make sure your UPC code matches the listing follow the rules, there is no flying under the radar supply and demand: people pay higher prices for convenience Terms Tim Uses inventory: the items you're selling supplies: tape, boxes, etc. sourcing: where your items are coming from UPC: barcode SKU: stock keeping unit FBA: Fulfilled By Amazon MF: Merchant Fulfilled prep: bubble wrap, packing, labeling, etc. RA: retail arbitrage OA: online arbitrage wholesale: purchase items in bulk PL: private label (your own brand name)

Today's Sponsor: Dropship CEO Amazon Selling Course (Feedback Patrol tool included) Tim Jensen is one of our favorite Dropship CEO students. He and his wife in Onalaska, Wisconsin sell $1,000 of inventory through Amazon from retail arbitrage (scanning in items at discount stores and mailing them in) with no employees, from their living room and one-stall garage: […]

EP012 - Amazon Retail Stores, Google Earnings, Subscriptions, and Marketplaces. http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.