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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 shareholders fear Amazon is a barometer […]

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, brand-enablers, and retailer professionals – could advance their careers and further their company’s success […]

Borne of eCommerce, Retail Media is Here to Stay

The COVID-driven shift to e-commerce has profoundly impacted commerce. As shoppers flock online in droves, 75% of they report changing brands during the pandemic, and many won’t go back to previous brand loyalties. Brands have scrambled with supply chain disruptions and activating the shopper in this new omni-commerce world, including shifting their connection points with […]

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. […]

Retail Future Shop Podcast: Amazon, Omni-commerce, the Metaverse and What Comes Next

Future Shop Podcast Episode 34

Episode 34 of the WSL Future Shop Podcast for retail strategists and shopping futurists features a discussion with Allume Group Founder Andrea K. Leigh. Wendy Liebmann and Andrea discuss digital shopping entering the fourth generation of commerce and considerations for engaging shoppers when they are now in “always on” mode.  As Wendy proclaims, “If you […]

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.

Allume Group Releases the Q1 2022 eCommerce Insider Quarterly (EIQ) Report

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.