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What Amazon’s plan to improve worker safety reveals about the company’s true nature

An Amazon sign above the entrance to a sortation center. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop)

Addressing the issue of warehouse worker safety in response to a shareholder question this week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy described the company’s safety initiatives — most of them related to technology and invention. Wearable technology with haptic signals to let workers know when their movements are putting their safety at risk. A program with algorithms […]

Amazon Q1 2022 Earnings Hot Take

✔️#Profit took a nosedive as Amazon realized a loss of $3.8B, largely driven by a $7.6B loss on Rivian and an incremental $2B in incremental costs due to inflation and overstaffing / productivity. Netrevenue growth was lackluster at 7.3%, the second straight quarter of single digit growth. ✔️Amazon launched an increase in FBA fees (fuel & inflation surcharge) last week. […]

Industry Expert Andrea K. Leigh Launches Allume Group to Address eCommerce Strategy Expertise Gap

New Education Company to Deliver Scalable eCommerce Education, Certifications, and Community for Brands and Brand-Enablers to Win in eCommerce SEATTLE – April 21, 2022 – Allume Group, an eCommerce education provider for brands and brand-enablers, today announced its official launch to empower consumer brand professionals, and those who work with them, with the knowledge and […]

Amazon Q3 2021 Earnings Recap

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Amazon released their Q3 2021 earnings on October 28, 2021. Here are a few takeaways on the eCommerce giant’s financial results and go-forward strategy:

The Evolution of Omnichannel Retailing

The Evolution of Omnichannel Retailing

In this 2 part video series with Jeffery Woldt of Chain Drug Review, Andrea K Leigh analyzes Omnichannel Retailing and its impact on the retail marketplace and talks about Amazon’s relentless pursuit of consumer-centric innovation, ongoing efforts to carve out a bigger presence in the food and health care sectors, and synergies between the company’s online and brick-and-mortar assets.

F.I.R.M. Framework for Amazon Annual Vendor Negotiations

F.I.R.M. Framework for Amazon Annual Vendor Negotiations

Andrea K Leigh discusses her F.I.R.M. Framework, which will help any company prepare for their Amazon Annual Vendor Negotiations in 4 straight-forward steps:

F = Find Your Data
I = Isolate Your Points of Leverage
R = Relax & Go Slow
M = Mine for Information