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

Issue #108

Christian Umbach
Apr 30, 2023
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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 🎯

Powered by Xapix - reach out to us for custom insights for your products.

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

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