Happy Sunday,
Hereâs a quick roundup of last weekâs news :
Read of the week đ
In âAI and the Job of an Amazon Sellerâ Marketplace Pulse outlines the impact of AI on the seller space. What AI has (will have) an answer for, how itâs changing a merchants role, and why itâs not the key to building a perfect brand â but rather a perfect operations.
Movers & Shakers đ
E-Commerce Software Startup Shop Circle Raises $120 Million To Support Growing Number Of Online Merchants [Forbes]
E-commerce loan startup Wayflyer secures $1B deal from Neuberger Berman [TechCrunch]
Strategy đŠ
âAmazon has Hollywoodâs worst shows but its best business modelâ [The Economist]
âDeal Dive: I think I know why this company canât land a dealâ [Techcrunch]
âAmazon aggregators fall on tough timesâ [Axios]
Amazonâs cleanup #1: âAmazonâs Counterfeit Crimes Unit Files Lawsuits Against Bad Actors Attempting to Use Social Media to Knowingly Sell Counterfeit Luxury Itemsâ [Amazon]
Amazonâs cleanup #2: Final two U.S. based defendants in Amazon bribery case sentenced [Justice]
âHow CPG giants like General Mills are infusing AI into their Amazon strategiesâ [Modern Retail]
Khan warming up? âFTC may file suit against Amazon later this month, Wall Street Journal reportsâ [Reuters]
âAn evergreen constructâ: Behind Amazonâs global Prime marketing campaign [Modern Retail]
âSellers are dedicating more resources to Walmartâs third-party marketplace this holiday seasonâ [Modern Retail]
âTikTok is wading into South-East Asiaâs e-commerce warsâ [The Economist]
TikTok Shop: âTikTokâs New Amazon Copycat Is Full of Cheap Chinese Goodsâ [Bloomberg]
âWhy Dave Clark and Ryan Petersen Butted Heads at Flexportâ [The Information]
Going for the hard cut: âZalando removes product reviewsâ [eCommerce News]
Events đ€
For those coming to Accelerate, Jeffrey Cohenâs âKnow before you go guideâ is a must read. Say hi if you are around đ
Amazon Accelerate, Sep 12-14, Seattle, US
eClimb Summit, Sep 21, London, UK
Seller Velocity Conference, Oct 11-12, New York, US
Amazon Ads unBoxed, Oct 24-26, New York City, US
Make this week count đ
Christian