The Order : Weekly Aggregator Roundup - BFCM stats
BFCM in full swing
Adobe's shopping trends shows sales current sales performance. Additional stats in Adobe's Insights Report.
![US Holiday Season GMV [Adobe]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fe4e49e-d3b8-41da-be7c-6f909535f2f0_740x326.png "US Holiday Season GMV [Adobe]")
![Discount rates by category / US [Adobe]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf53ac4-ccb5-41a6-8bd7-b29d9f68c1c6_740x326.png "Discount rates by category / US [Adobe]")
![Additional discount rates / US [Adobe]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f4ffc0b-df81-427c-b433-52b98edb0426_740x326.png "Additional discount rates / US [Adobe]")
Also, Shopify is crushing it. Both their merchants - Total GMV on BF up 19% YoY (w/o currency effects) [Shopify] - plus the data viz team [Shopify Datastories 😍]:
![BCFM Real time visualization [Shopify Datastories]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6b6568-f600-4331-b8ab-8906ca65a9e8_740x389.png "BCFM Real time visualization [Shopify Datastories]")
Chart of the week:
Paypal published EU-focused stats on online shopping and payment behavior. Consumers across the EU & UK spend an average of 342EUR online each month. Access the detailed report here.
![Paypal EU/UK eCommerce & online payment spend [Paypal]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0204137-edbd-4a46-966d-ab5090caf83a_740x388.png "Paypal EU/UK eCommerce & online payment spend [Paypal]")
New funding this week: $ -- M
Funding Craze 💰
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Movers & Shakers 🤝
Thrasio Multichannel Ads Case Study - from Amazon: "Learn how Thrasio benefited from a partnership with Zeenk to combine multichannel insights" [Amazon Advertising]
Society Brands tech platform feature: "E-Commerce Aggregator Society Brands Has ‘Robust’ Pipeline Of Acquisitions; Rolls Out Tech Stack" [Forbes]
Strategy 📈
Is Amazon Pushing Prices Higher? Legal Wars Are Waging to Prove It [Cnet]
Not only in CA & DC: "Investigation Amazon by German antitrust watchdog extended" [eCommerce News]
India issues guidelines to curb fake reviews on e-commerce platforms [Yahoo]
Pinduoduo's sister shopping app Temu tops US App Store [Techcrunch]
"China set to fine Ant Group over $1 bln, signalling revamp nears end" [Reuters]
Flipkart chief warns startups of turmoil and funding crunch for another 12 to 18 months [Techcrunch]
BFCM Primer: Billions of Dollars Are at Stake in a Puzzling Holiday Shopping Season [NY Times]
Amazon Stock Is Down Big. Get Ready for a Huge Rally. [Barron's]
"How retailers are reshaping the advertising industry" [Financial Times]
\Events 🎤
Titan Holiday Parties, Dec (various)
eCom Camp, Jan 8-10, Orlando, FL
Black Friday was good? The best is yet to come 🎉
![US Sales Estimates by Day [Adobe]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08c25255-741d-43ae-bd65-407603f99a6a_740x531.png "US Sales Estimates by Day [Adobe]")
Let's make this week count,
Christian