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Finance
Ecommerce M&A Stabilizing, Advisor Says
July 29, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
The halcyon days of 2021 are gone, yet plenty of buyers seek promising ecommerce businesses.
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Business
Mystic Gum Sees Early DTC Success
July 26, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Serial entrepreneur Braxton Manley envisions a family holding company of direct-to-consumer brands. Mystic Gum is his latest.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Amazon’s Direct-from-China Plan Criticized
July 25, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
Amazon aims to compete with low-cost, China-based providers. Observers say the move is counterproductive.
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Business
B2B Dev Buys D2C Brand, Part 1: Acquiring the Biz
July 22, 2024 • Kerry Murdock
Why would the owner of a busy B2B ecommerce development firm acquire a DTC food company?
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Prime Day 2024: What We Don’t Know
July 21, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
This year's Prime Day set records for overall sales volume. The details are unclear, however.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
DTC Toy Company Looks to Better Days
July 19, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Viahart makes innovative educational toys and sells them on leading marketplaces. Times are tough, post-pandemic.
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Payments
AI Unravels Payment Processing Statements
July 16, 2024 • Dale Laszig
Deciphering credit card processing statements is typically complicated at best. AI tools can help.
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Finance
Thrasio Slims Down in Comeback Attempt
July 15, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
The Amazon aggregator averaged one acquisition per week during the pandemic. Then it filed for bankruptcy.
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Inventory
Poor Marketing Kills Ecommerce Dropshipping
July 8, 2024 • Armando Roggio
The dropshipping model, while tempting, has little barrier to entry and thus many competitors selling the same thing.
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Finance
Payment Processing Fuels Shopify Earnings
July 7, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
Shopify's growth continues, with Q1 2024 revenue up 23% from the prior year, mainly owing to Shopify Payments.
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Staffing
Charts: Global Workforce Outlook Q2 2024
July 3, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Per a recent PwC survey, the global workforce is experiencing much upheaval from technology and other forces.
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Business
Successful Entrepreneurs Don’t Overthink
June 28, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Corey Wilks, a clinical psychologist, helps founders and creators improve their mindset to overcome obstacles.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Another Bad Year for Amazon Aggregators
June 27, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
In 2021, Amazon brand acquirers spent more than $6 billion. No more.
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Business
Charts: Consumer Loyalty Trends Q1 2024
June 26, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Global consumer spending habits are shifting as shoppers seek better prices and healthier goods.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Amazon Mid-2024: Earnings, Overview
June 23, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
Cloud computing drives profits, yet the marketplace impacts millions of merchants and consumers. We dive deep into the numbers.
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Payments
Merchants Weigh In on Payment Processing
June 20, 2024 • Dale Laszig
J.D. Power surveyed SMB merchants as to their satisfaction with payment processors. Here are the results and our analysis.
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Business
Charts: Top Ecommerce Sites by Traffic, Q2 2024
June 19, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Amazon is dominant worldwide, in the U.S., and in many countries in which it operates.
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Business
Natural Dog CEO Is an Acquisition Entrepreneur
June 14, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Bill D'Alessandro has owned eight ecommerce businesses across 14 years. Natural Dog Company is the latest. "My niche is acquisition entrepreneurship," he says.
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Cross-border Selling
Ecommerce in Brazil: Growth Despite Hurdles
June 13, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone
Retail ecommerce revenue in Latin America's largest economy doubled from 2018 to 2023, yet regulatory barriers and weak infrastructure remain.
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B2B
Colombia Sales Team Fuels B2B Supplier
June 7, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
PE Energy, a Houston, Texas-based industrial equipment supplier, thrives with Columbia-based sales pros.
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Business
Retailer 2BigFeet Shifts to DTC
May 31, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
For years Brandon Eley's online shoe company prospered by reselling prominent brands. But the profit margins narrowed as did the sources for large footwear sizes.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Amazon Marketplace Fears
May 26, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Amazon's marketplace accounts for most of the revenue for thousands of merchants. Therein lies the fear.
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Fraud Prevention
Combat AI-powered Fraud with AI, Experts Say
May 20, 2024 • Dale Laszig
The rise of AI-powered fraud attacks requires AI-powered tools, per researchers at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verizon Business.
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Staffing
Lessons from Building a People-first Culture
May 13, 2024 • Feras Alhlou
A serial entrepreneur looks back. Employees and attitude drove his success — more than the products or services.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Robots Are Coming to Ecommerce SMBs
May 13, 2024 • Armando Roggio
The warehouse automation industry remains focused on massive companies, but efforts toward smaller companies could offer growing brands more fulfillment options.
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Business
ARTO Owner on Generational Businesses
May 10, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Armen Alajian's children now work in the global ceramic business founded by his father.
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Inventory
Charts: U.S. Wholesale Trends Q1 2024
May 8, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Wholesale inventory levels foretell overall economic activity — growth or decline. Here are the latest numbers.
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Business
OverstockArt Founder Thrives 22 Years On
May 3, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Before Shopify, YouTube, and Facebook, there was OverstockArt. David Sasson launched the company on the Yahoo Store platform in 2002.
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Inventory
Charts: Investment Trends in Operations Q1 2024
May 1, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
PwC surveyed U.S. operations and supply chain executives on tech investments — plans and outcomes.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Can Retailer Co-ops Cut Ecommerce Shipping Costs?
April 23, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Retailers have used purchasing cooperatives for years to obtain volume pricing.
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