ICYMI: Amazon Seller News 4/13-4/19, 2019

The Aftermath of Bezos’ Shareholder Letter

• Bezos Third-Party Seller Shade Could Become Opportunity for Rival eBay
• Merchants Struggle on Amazon Despite Bezos’ Boasts
• eBay CEO Devin Wenig Rips Amazon’s Business Practices In Shareholder Letter

Third-Party Sellers

• Bezos Disputes Amazon’s Market Power. But His Merchants Feel the Pinch

The Growing Advertising Behemoth

• Amazon’s Ad-Supported Streaming Music Could Boost Its High-Margin Ad Business To $7B/Quarter
• Why Amazon Creates Groups of Advertising Teams – Subscription required.

Real or Fake? What To Do About Fake Reviews and Counterfeit Goods

• Amazon Touts Effort to Crack Down on Counterfeit Goods Amid Complaints

Money, Money, Money, Money…Money!

• Amazon Pressured Into Accepting Cash at Cashless Go Stores
• It’s Not Just Amazon: Many Top Retailers Are Growing Their Online Sales

Voice Data & Alexa

• How Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung treat your voice data
• Amazon Launches a Certification Program for Alexa Skill Developers

Amazon Abroad

• Victor Hugo’s ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ sales soar on Amazon France
• Italy Competition Authority Launches Amazon Inquiry
• European Parliament Passes Online Platform Rules Placing New Limits on Amazon and Google
• Amazon Will Close its Chinese Platform for Third-Party Sellers in July
• Battle For .amazon Domain Pits Retailer Against South American Nations

Amazon In Space?

• Amazon has Planes, Drones and Now…Satellites?
• Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Challenge Each Other in Space Race
• NASA is Renting out Another Piece of Historic Property to Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Company

Events

• Seller Labs’ annual Resonate event is fast approaching! This unique event delivers advanced knowledge and thought leadership you won’t find anywhere else. Join us May 7-8 in Atlanta for Resonate 2019. SPECIAL OFFER FOR ICYMI READERS: Grab your tickets now and use promo code ICYMI to save $200 per ticket!
• Upcoming Webinars:
  • Prepare Your Brand to Stand Out on Prime Day | April 23, 2019 2:00pm ET
  • Lessons Learned from Prime Day 2018 & How to Succeed for Prime Day 2019 | May 22, 2019 2:00pm ET
  • Prime Day Push: Advertising Must Do’s to Increase Sales on Prime Day | June 19, 2019 2:00pm ET

Seller Labs’ Posts & Resources From The Last Week

• Advice from Thousands of Amazon Advertising Campaigns
• Set Goals To Inform Your Amazon Data — And Not The Other Way Around

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