The Order : Weekly Aggregator Roundup - Una Brands & Join

Chart of the Week

Joe at Marketplace Pulse has the one read that you don't want to miss as you prepare for 2022 covering the state & future of key eCommerce platforms:

GMV vs Forecasted GMV by platform in USD [Marketplace Pulse / Quarterly Company Financials]

New funding this week: —

Movers & Shakers 🤝

• Singapore's Una Brands commits $35 million to roll up Indonesian brands [The Jakarta Post]

• How house of D2C brands Join Ventures is tapping India’s $200B celebration market with dark stores [Your Story]

Strategy 📈

• "The biggest deals, exits, mergers, and acquisitions that shaped the Amazon aggregator space in 2021" [Business Insider]

• Good news for inventory: FBA storage volume limits down, restock limits up - "Amazon FBA Shares News about Restock and Storage Limits" [eCommerce Bytes]

• "How Shopify Outfoxed Amazon to Become the Everywhere Store" [Bloomberg]

• DTC Briefing: The 3 biggest e-commerce stories in 2021 [Modern Retail]

• "How Shein beat Amazon at its own game — and reinvented fast fashion" [Rest of World]

Events 🎤

• The Aggregator Show in Palm Beach (FL), Feb 7-9 2022

Last, but not least:

👀 "Amazon agreed to allow only five-star reviews for Xi’s book in China" [The Times]

Let's make this week count,

Christian