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Amazon Q3 2022 Earnings Recap

Amazon Q3 2022 Earnings Recap The Results Revenue strengthened, especially in online and physical stores, which added $3B this quarter and grew 7% y/y. Net Income of $2.87B wasn’t a great story, expecially since about half of this is a favorable impact from Rivian. Q4 guidance was lower than analyst expectations, and the stock tumbed as […]

Allume Group Launches a Comprehensive eCommerce Strategy Certification Program for Brand and Retail Practitioners

Allume Group Launches a Comprehensive eCommerce Strategy Certification Program for Brand and Retail Practitioners SEATTLE – October 20, 2022 – Allume Group, the leading destination for knowledge and insights on digital commerce, today launches a comprehensive certification program on eCommerce Strategy based on the company’s proven eCommerce Success Framework. Prior to today, practitioners – including brands, […]

Borne of eCommerce, Retail Media is Here to Stay

Chat GPT on Digital First Strategy Allume Group asked ChatGPT to write a 250-word essay on the importance of consumer brands adopting a digital-first strategy. This is un-edited, but parts we thought were particularly good are starred. Not bad ChatGPT! “In today’s increasingly digital world, it has become essential for consumer brands to adopt a […]

How to beat Amazon at its own game

How to beat Amazon at its own game This article originally appeared in Drugstore News Amazon is a force, but a tried-and-true strategy of differentiation could help retail pharmacy compete.By Andrea K. Leigh Amazon’s success, bolstered by the pandemic-driven shift to e-commerce, is inarguable. With revenue of $302 billion in 2021 and more than 157 million […]

Three Shopper Trends in Post-COVID eCommerce

digitally-minded adult couple shopping via ecommerce

  As observed by all, the last two years spent quarantining has drastically affected our constantly developing market. Initially starting with a recession, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly changed our economy and it seems that some alterations may last.  Over the past year, we’ve slowly emerged from our homes and are readjusting to our old ways. However, […]

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. […]

The Three Keys to Success in eCommerce Marketplaces

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.