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Digital Funding for Club Channel; Shopify GMV Growth; Amazon AVNs
CRC’s recent research on the club channel suggests both Costco and Sam’s Club are coming to vendors asking for digital funding. Our work suggests Costco is still resistant to sacrifice margin within its eCommerce business and is working to get... Read More
Amazon SAS Program; Shop Pay Expands; Amazon 1Q21 Sales Growth
Amazon has increasingly pushed manufacturers to invest in what they now call their Strategic Account Services (SAS) resource [previously known as Strategic Vendor Services (SVS) and Amazon Vendor Services (AVS)]. In our recent manufacturer benchmark, 44% reported currently using the... Read More
Amazon Reaches $96B in 3Q20; Wayfair Grows ~67%; Funding Commerce Marketing
Last week Amazon reported its total revenue grew 37% in 3Q, reaching $96B (vs. $89B in the previous quarter), with North American revenue decelerating slightly to 39% Y/Y (vs. 43% in Q2). Overall, however, Amazon’s 3Q20 results suggest consumers demonstrated an elevated... Read More
Optimizing eCommerce Teams for Growth; TikTok Partners with Shopify; eBay Maintains Elevated Growth Rate in US
Just as the eCommerce industry has accelerated, hiring and investment plans originally slated for years out have also been accelerated, as 81% of brands report either slightly (48%) or significantly (33%) ramping up eCommerce investments relative to pre-pandemic plans. On... Read More
General Merchandise Spend Increases; SpartanNash Deal; Direct to Consumer Strategy
General Merchandise spend intentions have increased to a net 22% of shoppers anticipating buying more over the next 30 days (vs. a net 13% in July), likely in part due to Prime Day and other deal days from competing retailers. Apparel,... Read More
eCommerce Growth; Bezos’ Testimony; eBay and Shopify 2Q Results
According to our interview with Michael Lagoni, Founder and CEO of Stackline, eCommerce growth has normalized around 60-70% year over year for the past several months. This is down from 80-90% growth in March and April, but is well above... Read More
eTailer Feature Improvements, Amazon Europe B&M, Social Commerce
In an effort to better compete with Amazon’s leading marketplace, several pure play eTailers have recently highlighted new features on their marketplaces in an effort to drive improved conversion and improve the customer experience. Many of these match existing offerings... Read More
