📦 The Order : Weekly Aggregator Roundup - GoNorth

Issue #95

Happy Sunday,

Here’s a quick roundup of last week’s news :

Chart of the week #1: Shopify

Storeleads.app featured core Shopify stats this week:

Chart of the week #2: Shipping

Good news, freight costs are further down (…likely bottoming out). Data via Freightos / Visual Capitalist.

Funding Craze 💰

• EU: GoNorth adds $53M (550M SEK) in bond funding [Yahoo]

Movers & Shakers 🙌

• India: Thrasio-Style GOAT Brand Labs Acquires D2C Brand Imara [Inc42]

• India: Think9 Consumer is a new D2C brand houses in the making [Economic Times]

Strategy 📈

• A 20-40% per transaction fee covers Prime service fee, the fulfillment fee, the storage fee, and the payment processing fee — and gets brands the convenience of Prime: “Buy with Prime pricing” [Marketplace Pulse]

• Amazon Account Health intl expansion: “Amazon helps EU, UK and Türkiye sellers manage their account health” [Amazon]

• Amazon adding Nigeria: “E-Commerce Giant, Amazon Begins Recruitment For Nigeria Office, Begins Operation Next Year” [Legit]

• Jumping on the ads wagon: “A top Unilever exec breaks down the CPG giant's investments in e-commerce advertising and why it's pushing for retailers to adopt better measurement standards” [Business Insider]

• Ads Deep Dive: “The new 60/40 model: The ideal budget split to drive retail traffic” [Think with Google]

• “Walmart launches dedicated e-commerce site for businesses” [Retail Dive]

• Brand manufacturers going DTC: “Get ready for the fourth wave of eCommerce” [Inc]

• Battling the ad monopoly: “US Department of Justice sues Google over digital marketing dominance” [Ad Age]

Events 🎤

• Prosper Show, Mar 13-15, Las Vegas, NV

• Shoptalk, Mar 26-29, Las Vegas, NV

• Seller Sessions Live, May 13, London, UK

Make this week count 🙌

Christian