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📦 The Order : Weekly Roundup - AnyMind & Apparel benchmarks March vs Holiday Season

Issue #104

Christian Umbach
Apr 2, 2023
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Happy Sunday,

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

Chart of the week 📈

Marketplace Pulse highlights Amazon marketplace performance in “Amazon’s fastest growing markets”:

Benchmark of the week 🎯

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

Deep dive into the clothing, shoes & jewelry category - this time with a comparison of March conversion rates versus the holiday season:

Movers & Shakers 🙌

  • Japan: With $186M in revenues 2022 Asian eCommerce platform AnyMind IPOs in Tokyo [Anymind]

  • US: Pattern & Win Brands Feature - “Will more direct-to-consumer brands join holding companies?” [Thingstesting]

  • India: “D2C Ecommerce Acquires Leading Lifestyle Electronics Brand HiLife from Hungama” [Live Mint]

Strategy 📈

  • Shoptalk News 1: Pacvue takes over Assembly: “As competition for the $45 billion retail media market heats up, one of its biggest players is expanding beyond advertising to stay on top” [Business Insider]

  • Shoptalk News 2: Skai Takes On Walled Garden Media [P2PI]

  • “Amazon Starts Warning Customers About ‘Frequently Returned’ Items” [The Information]

  • “Amazon sellers are using ChatGPT to help write product listings in sprawling marketplace” [CNBC]

  • ‘Fair pricing’ policy at the center: “Amazon loses bid to toss consumer antitrust lawsuit” [Reuters]

  • Livestreams: “TikTok and Amazon Bet on China’s Ecommerce Model. It’s a Dud” [Wired]

  • “Amazon targets multiple bad actors in novel lawsuit, further protecting selling partners from fraud” [About Amazon]

  • “Amazon sues sellers for issuing bogus takedown requests on competitors” [The Verge]

  • When ‘working for the community’ goes beyond ethical and legal boundaries: “Amazon Consultant Pleads Guilty in Bribe Plot to Aid Merchants” [Bloomberg]

  • ‘What a Ban on TikTok in the US Could Mean for Brands and Retailers” [PYMNTS]

  • Shopify CEO interview: “Shopify's President Breaks Down the Best Ways to Grow Your Ecommerce Business” [Entrepreneur]

  • “Alibaba, China’s E-Commerce Giant, Will Split Into 6 Units” [New York Times]

  • '“Polish e-commerce firm Allegro eyes higher Q1 profit, shares rise” [Reuters]

Events 🎤

  • Seller Barcamp, May 19, Dortmund, Germany

  • Seller Sessions Live, May 13, London, UK

Make this week count 🙌

Christian

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