3 Trends Signaling Permanent Advertising Budget Shifts to Retailer Ad Platforms
Brands reimagined their media plans during the pandemic, and many must now reconcile their previous approach with emerging digital ad opportunities they tried and adopted in that time. It’s not a coincidence that we are seeing a rise of retail media networks, such as Walmart, Target, CVS, Instacart and, of course, Amazon, since brands see the value in reaching online shoppers and grocery customers.
10 Actions Small Brands Can Take for Amazon Prime Day Success
Prime Day gives small business owners a unique opportunity to drive traffic to their Amazon site and increase brand awareness and conversion. In 2020, small businesses played a larger role in Prime Day as Amazon invested millions in promotional activities to help small businesses around the world increase their sales and reach new customers.
Salesforce Podcast Appearance: 2021 Trends – E-Commerce is Evolving, Are You Prepared?
In the wild world of ecommerce, the status quo is always changing. New companies enter the market to disrupt the norms. Legacy brands pivot to get a piece of the pie. Successful niche businesses get acquired left and right. With so much happening all at once, it takes a lot of work for brands to not only keep up but to get out ahead and win. Andrea Leigh and Melissa Burdick have made it their mission to stay on top of everything that’s happening and use their knowledge to help companies large and small make an impact in the market.
Pursuing a DTC Model: The Pros and Cons
One of the biggest retail trends influenced by the pandemic is the increasing popularity of the direct-to-consumer or DTC model. For many brands, a long-running DTC channel proved priceless over the past year as the pandemic disrupted global supply chains and left many others struggling to keep up with fluctuating consumer demands.
A Consumer Brands’ Guide to Understanding and Navigating Amazon’s Private Label Business
According to Coresight Research’s Inside the World of Amazon’s Private Label Offering report, Amazon now has over 22,617 products from 111 private label brands across nearly every category — three times the number of brands they had in 2018. While Amazon states that private label represents less than 1% of its total sales, when drilling down to specific categories, the picture is much different.
Five Ways to Reduce Chargebacks and Shortage Fees on Amazon
As more business shifts to e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon, understanding a brand’s cost serve each marketplace is critical. What’s more, knowing how to drive efficiencies in each of these areas is key to maintaining profitability of this fast-growing channel.
The Complete Guide To Brand Building In The Era Of Digital Transformation
The path to building a brand has changed dramatically in the last several years. Brands can be built faster, cheaper and bigger than ever before. And in many cases, well-established CPGs are rapidly losing share to smaller, niche brands.
Think Like Amazon Podcast Appearance
It was a delight to be a guest on Tyler Wallis’s podcast, Think Like Amazon, talking about the #Amazon leadership principle “Bias for Action.” We discuss when bias for action is good (and not good!), how to know when you need to act quickly vs. being more thoughtful, and how I (almost) once fired myself from Amazon. Thanks for having me, Tyler!
Beyond Amazon: Why Retailers Must Adopt Cross-Platform E-commerce Strategies
Nearly every brand has faced enormous disruption to the ways they reach consumers during the past year. Online platforms and the sales they enable have grown in importance, beyond even the most vivid imaginations. This shift brings both hurdles and new opportunities for those who are prepared to try new strategies. But, without a cohesive cross-platform strategy, that evolution can be quite painful.
The Complete Guide to Manufacturer Success on Amazon, Walmart, and Target
The COVID-19-driven seismic shift to digital commerce has left many consumer brands reeling. The pace of change has put many consumer brands in reactive mode, ensuring they are simply set up and advertising across all platforms.