📦 The Order : Weekly Roundup - Olsam, Bluebird Group & Tamara

Issue #142

Happy Sunday & welcome to the Santa Edition 🎅,

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

Chart of the week

Supply chains are experiencing the ‘Houthi bump’ as maritime traffic takes a hit with threats in the Red Sea - for route specific analysis see full Drewry index details.

Movers, Shakers & The Shaken

• Olsam Group acquires Dwarfs.io, Deepening off-Amazon platform expertise and omni-channel expansion strategy [EIN News]

• Acquisition of OneStone Solutions Group accelerates The Bluebird Group's vision to become a world-class multichannel commerce agency for brands [PR Newswire]

• Saudi shopping and BNPL platform Tamara tops $1B valuation in $340M Series C funding [TechCrunch]

Strategy 🦈

• Introducing the ‘Minimum Inventory Levels’ metric: “Amazon Adds Metric Designed to Help Sellers Avoid the New FBA Low-Inventory Fee” [eCommerceBytes]

• Amazon's AI Product Reviews Seen Exaggerating Negative Feedback [Bloomberg]

• Amazon in talks to invest in Diamond Sports [Reuters]

• The art of bundling: How brands are promoting buy more, save more deals this holiday season [Modern Retail]

• “Shein, Temu marketplaces with no US Sellers” [Marketplace Pulse]

• Flexport’s 2024 Goals: Triple Revenue While Slashing Costs [The Information]

• VCs predict the AI trends that will transform e-commerce in 2024 [Business Insider]

• What Coupang hopes to get out of its Farfetch acquisition [Modern Retail]

• TikTok Asks Advertisers to Spend 50% More Next Year [The Information]

Events 🎤

• National Retail Federation - Retail’s Big Show, Jan 14-16, New York, NY

• The Fortia Group’s eCommerce Summit for Acquirers, Jan 16, New York, NY

• ShopTalk, Mar 14-16, Las Vegas, US — Exhibitor opportunities

Happy Holidays 🎄

Christian