ICYMI: Amazon Seller News 4/27-5/3, 2019

Amazon Examined, Evaluated, Assessed, Anticipated, Considered, and Opined Over

• For the First Time, Amazon’s Own Online Sales Make Up Less Than Half of Its Entire Business
• 1 Reason Amazon’s Sales Slowdown Isn’t as Scary as It Seems
• Amazon Wants to Be the Government’s Everything Store
• GuruFocus Editorial Series on Amazon as Monopoly
  • Amazon: Monopoly in the 21st Century, Part 1
  • Amazon: Monopoly in the 21st Century, Part 2
  • Amazon: Monopoly in the 21st Century, Part 3

Amazon Prime

• Prime Delivery Change: 2-Day Shipping Becomes 1-Day Shipping
  • Amazon Wants Prime Orders at Your House Tomorrow, and That’s Not All
  • Amazon’s One-Day Shipping Is a Perk Few Retailers Can Match
  • How Free One-Day Amazon Prime Shipping Will Cost Amazon — and How It Will Help
  • It’s Not Just Amazon: Free One-Day Delivery Is The New Normal
• More Prime News and Opinions
  • The Making of Amazon Prime, the Internet’s Most Successful and Devastating Membership Program (An Oral History of the Subscription Service That Changed Online Shopping Forever)
• EVENTS: Seller Labs Prime Day Webinars
  • Lessons Learned from Prime Day 2018 & How to Succeed for Prime Day 2019 | May 22, 2019 2:00 PM ET
  • Prime Day Push: Advertising Must Do’s to Increase Sales on Prime Day | June 19, 2019 2:00 PM ET

Amazon Expansion . . .

• Marketplaces and Openings
  • Amazon Launches New Middle East Marketplace, and Rebrands Souq, the Company It Bought for $580 Million in 2017
  • Amazon Opens Its Platform to Local Retail Market in Israel
• Freight and Fleets
  • Amazon Tries to Take on the Entire Trucking Industry
  • Amazon’s New Freight Brokerage Platform Is Undercutting Prices by Up to 33%

. . . And Amazon Contraction: Continued Coverage of the China Marketplace Closure

• It Is Still Too Early to Write Off Amazon in China’s e-Market
• Amazon China Site Collapses as Shoppers Rush for Discounts

Amazon Advertising

• Why Amazon’s Ad Sales Growth Has Slowed (and Why It May Pick Up Again)
• What Amazon’s Ad Revenue Slowdown Could Mean
• Is Amazon’s Ad Business Already Running Out of Steam?
• Thanks to Amazon, More Retailer Sites Will Bombard You with Ads
• Digital Advertising Surpassing Traditional Media

Your Data, Privacy, and Safety

• How to Download Your Entire Amazon Purchase History
• Pro Tips for Shopping Safe on Amazon
• When Your Amazon Purchase Explodes

All Things Taxes

• Small Retailers Who Sold Through Amazon Are Facing a Tax Time Bomb
• Profitable Giants Like Amazon Pay $0 in Corporate Taxes. Some Voters Are Sick of It

Amazon Warehouse Work and Workers

• Amazon Dismisses Idea Automation Will Eliminate All Its Warehouse Jobs Soon
• Amazon the Sweatshop

Niche Focus: Food and Drink

• Amazon Ramps Up Wine Sales
• How a British Grocer Thinks It Can Beat Amazon at Its Own Game

The Week’s Seller Labs Articles and Amazon Seller News

• 3 Strategies for Evolving Your Amazon Keyword Research
• Amazon Advertising Made Easier – 3 New Ignite Features
• Get More Out of Amazon’s Buyer-Seller Messaging – 4 New Feedback Genius Features
• 3 Ways to Prevent an Amazon Listing Hijack
• [TIP SHEET] 3 Amazon Business Metrics to Help You Boost Product Performance
• [TIP SHEET] 3 Tips for Better Financial and Amazon Inventory Management
• [CASE STUDY] Empowering the Visionaries Who Power Others
• [WHITE PAPER] Getting Started with Amazon Sponsored Ads
• Colleen Taylor: The Value of Soft Skills and Teams in Business
• [WHITE PAPER] A Guide to Getting Amazon Product Reviews and  Seller Feedback

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