📦 The Order : Weekly Roundup - Amazon Q1 & Pet Days

Issue #108

Happy Sunday,

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

Chart of the week #1 📈

Amazon announced its quarterly results this week — third-party seller services & advertising continue strong YoY growth [Amazon IR]

Chart of the week #2 📈

In “Amazon not yet back to normal” Marketplace Pulse digs into 1P sales which are trending sidewards — Amazon’s marketplace growth is much driven by 3P sellers.

Benchmark of the week 🎯

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In celebration of the upcoming pets days, here’s a deep dive into recent pets performance on Amazon.com:

Operationalizing Product-level Benchmarks

Benchmarks are now becoming even more powerful - and actionable: The Xapix Operations Assistant alerts on profit opportunities based on benchmark performance, and allows merchants to track day-to-day performance against benchmarks. That’s what the Pet Supplies Benchmarks then look like in Action:

Movers & Shakers 💪

• Canada: EMERGE Reports Full Year 2022 and Q4 Results [Yahoo Finance]

Strategy 📈

• Amazon ads keeps growing (23% YoY to 9.5B in Q4)

• “Amazon Pet Day will offer 48 hours of pet deals May 2 and May 3” [About Amazon]

• Amazon has quietly removed editorial recommendations from search results [Modern Retail]

• “Pinterest announces multiyear ads partnership with Amazon alongside earnings beat” [Techcrunch]

• “India warns e-commerce giants, urges adoption of open network” [Techcrunch]

• “How eBay’s authentication process pulls in the most dedicated sneakerheads” [Retailbrew]

• “Amazon’s Mideast Rival Noon Cuts 10% of Jobs to Pare Costs” [Bloomberg]

• “Competitors swoop in to win over Bed Bath & Beyond’s former customers” [Modern Retail]

• “Startup e-commerce platform Temu expands to Europe” [Reuters]

• “UPS profit falls on lower e-commerce demand” [Yahoo Finance]

Events 🎤

• Shoptalk Europe, May 9-11, Barcelona, Spain - ⚠️ While the first wave of signups are closed, brands can still apply for the “hosted retailer” program for a paid trip to the event in Barcelona. More info here.

• Seller Sessions Live, May 13, London, UK

• Seller Barcamp, May 19, Dortmund, Germany

Make this week count 🙌

Christian