Retail Industry

• Prime Day is on 16 July, tell your mom
• Amazon is likely to be more expensive not just in the US, where the Supreme Court ruled that states can require online retailers to collect sales tax on their behalf (Amazon is…

- Zalando wants to double its gross market value by 2020 — it’s now £4.4bn. They are spreading to Ireland and the Czech Republic this summer.

• Joules CEO says he thinks more fashion companies will get into interior design
• Amazon Echo and Alexa now available in France
• Zalando is expanding…

Germany has been doing really well economically (their joblessness is hitting record low while everyone else in Europe is struggling). The economical ease seem to translate into online buying prowess too. Get everyone to sell in Germany!

UK retailers have reported the worst slump since 2008, so e-comm and cross-border are definitely helpful, but there are other alternatives — in the US, Kohl’s has decided to open up 81 of its stores for Amazon returns to leverage Amazon to drive foot traffic into its…

Trump is continuing his war on Amazon by ordering a financial review of Postal Service in the US. Amazon so far looks less than upset.

You probably know the deets: Prime membership will go $99 -> $110, 3P unit mix up to 52%, global sellers represent 25% of that. Amazon loves third party sellers — the revenue from 3p seller services accounted for 18% of total sales…

- Facebook Messenger is becoming more marketplace-y. Instagram has just added in-app payments feature. Both mean that Facebook is more serious about making money as a marketplace than ever before.

ChannelAdvisor’s Catalyst EU happened last week! If you missed David Spritz’s keynote, here is the TameBay writeup. Amazon accounts for 4.2% of UK retail. Around 51% of millenials don’t care about brands and that’s why Amazon’s ~ 80 private labels are making a killing…

Amazon is pushing for more products to have the add-on status, Prime users are not impressed. It is also developing a drone that will understand what you say (scary).

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