eCommerce Today — July 21, 2017: Top things you should know about

Sabir Semerkant
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read

By Sabir Semerkant

Top eCommerce things you should know today — July 21, 2017.

  1. Chinese bike-sharing startup Ofo recently raised $700M led by Alibaba. Here’s a look at their bikes [TechCrunch]
  2. Sears to Sell Kenmore Brand on Amazon [WSJ]
  3. Snap Spectacles are now on Amazon. Snap, the maker of Snapchat, is now selling its Spectacles glasses on Amazon after months of only being available through pop-up stores and direct online purchases. The $129 glasses come in three colors and can record 10-, 20-, or 30-second video that is stored in the app. Snap only sold 60,000 Spectacles in the last quarter, according to Recode. [The Verge]
  4. In the B2B eCommerce world, Grainger: Lower web prices win over mid-sized customers. Helping to drive up sales volumes in both mid-sized and large companies was a new pricing strategy the distributor of industrial supplies kicked off earlier this year, when it cut web prices on some 400,000 SKUs, or about “25% to 30%” of its total SKU count, CEO D.G. Macpherson said today on a conference call with stock analysts, which is recorded on Grainger’s website. [Digital Commerce 360]
  5. It’s never too late to succeed: How this 60-year-old founder took her business from zero to $500 million in 6 years [CNBC]

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About the Author

Sabir Semerkant is a data-obsessed, Transformative and entrepreneurial Senior Marketing Executive in E-commerce and Digital Marketing offers progressive global experience at growth oriented companies in the consumer goods and e-commerce sector. He is currently the SVP of eCommerce at VaynerMedia working alongside Gary Vaynerchuk and team. He can be found via LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. His articles are posted on Medium.

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