📦 The Order : Weekly Roundup - Retail media, Thrasio & Amazon AI feature expansion
Issue #168
Happy Sunday,
Here’s a quick roundup of last week’s news :
Chart of the Week #1: Retail media
In “Amazon infiltrates Cannes Lions” Marketplace Pulse digs into retail media rise & how it is taking over traditional TV advertising.
Chart of the Week #2: Chinese ad push
Sherwood digs into the role of Chinese sellers for US tech in ‘Meta and Amazon are increasingly exposed to China at a moment when many are backing away’
Chart of the Week #3: Euro push
With the Euro Cup ⚽️ in full swing, HelloTax provides a snapshot into Europe’s expansion opportunity. Thinking about expanding, HelloTax offers a free analysis for your business here.
Amazon AI Announcement
Great news for merchants selling in Europe. Amazon is expanding its gen AI listing creation feature to Europe [Amazon].
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Movers & Shakers 🙌
Thrasio: Amazon aggregator Thrasio emerges from bankruptcy, appoints new CEO [Reuters]
Strategy 🦈
UK retailers taking on Amazon: “Sellers Call Amazon’s Buy Box ‘Abusive.’ Now They’re Suing” [Wired]
Amazon faces lawsuit for allegedly monopolising audiobook market [Yahoo Finance]
Modern Retail Rundown: Slowing U.S. retail sales, Thrasio’s comeback & Care/of troubles [Modern Retail]
Meta and Amazon’s growth is increasingly tied to China [Sherwood]
Shopify has a nearly $1 trillion opportunity according to this legendary Wall St. analyst [Fortune]
Flipkart's path to profitability will decide IPO timing, says Walmart CFO [Economic Times]
TikTok, Creators file briefs in legal suit to TikTok Ban [The Information]
Quick commerce targets e-commerce turf in India [TechCrunch]
Job Opportunity 👩🚀
Operations Specialist - Amazon Automation Control Center ]with Autopilot]
Events 🎤
Amazon Seller Partner Dev Summit, Jun 28-29 in Seattle
Amazon Accelerate, Sep 17-19 in Seattle
Make this week count 🙌
Christian