📦 The Order : Weekly Roundup - 10Club, AnyMind & Amazon.co.za

Oct 22, 2023

Happy Sunday,

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

Chart of the Week 📊

The development of shipping costs has come to support profitability of merchants. Here’s a current snapshot of the Drewry World Container Index:

10 Club founder Bhavna Suresh on their journey towards a home brand [Linkedin]
Tokyo-listed AnyMind eyes 16x profit in 2023 as more seek online selling tools [Tech in Asia]

🇿🇦 Amazon announces the launch of Amazon.co.za in South Africa in 2024 [Amazon]
Amazon makes it easier for brands to join Amazon Transparency through new interoperability features [Amazon]
Amazon Pushes Advertisers to Commit Big to Prime Video [The Information]
Amazon to TV Ad Newbies: If You Buy Commercials, We’ll Make Them [The Information]
Leaked email shows Amazon's private label boss moved to a new job internally after the company cut dozens of in-house brands [Business Insider]
Amazon announces its first automated U.S. fulfillment center to eliminate plastic delivery packaging [Amazon]
Amazon wants shoppers to post influencer-style content [Vogue Business]
Amazon Seller Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Price Fixing [eCommerce Bytes]
Fake Reviews Conference Spawns New Coalition that Includes Amazon [eCommerce Bytes]
Walmart beefs up its third-party marketplace as it challenges bigger online rival Amazon [CNBC]
TikTok Shop Is a Content-First Shopping [Marketplace Pulse]
How Shopify Is Wooing Creators, the 'New Generation of Entrepreneurs' [Ad Week]
E-Commerce Unplugged: Insights and Trends With Eric Bellomo of Pitchbook – Part 1 [Withum]

Amazon Ads unBoxed, Oct 24-26, New York City, US —> Jeff Cohen’s Know Before you Go Guide [Linkedin]
Amz Innovate, Nov 13-14, New York City, US
ShopTalk, Mar 14-16, Las Vegas, US — Exhibitor opportunities

Make this week count 🙌

Christian