ICYMI: Amazon Seller News Jan 26-Feb 1, 2019

This Week’s Buzz: Amazon Earnings and Outlooks

• Amazon Falls in Spite of an Earnings Beat: 7 Key Takeaways
• Amazon Has Its First $200 Billion Sales Year, but Growth Is Slowing
• Amazon Sales Outlook Falls Short After Record Holiday Quarter
• With Sales Growth Slowing, Amazon Shows Its Age
• Amazon’s Physical Store Sales Fall 3%

Feedback, Reviews, and Reviewers

• The Secret Life of Amazon’s Vine Reviewers
• Seller Feedback vs. Product Reviews: It Takes Both to Build Your Reputation on Amazon
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News for and About Sellers

• Amazon: 3rd Party Sellers Are Customers Too
• Amazon Is Chasing Growth and Shifting Resources to Third-Party Sellers
• New Metric: Customer Product Reviews Policy Violations added to the Account Health Dashboard in Seller Central.

Brand News: Private Label and Amazon Exclusives

• Amazon Is Asking Companies to Create New, Prime-Exclusive Brands
• Brands Invent New Lines for Only Amazon to Sell
• Report: Three-Quarters of Major U.S. Brands Will Be Sold by Amazon Within Five Years
• Amazon Ramps Up Push for Companies to Develop Exclusive Brands for Its Platform

Amazon Advertising

• Retailer, Now Ad Giant: Why Investors Should Keep an Close Eye on Amazon Ads
• Amazon’s Big New Business: Here’s How Much Advertising Revenue the Company Generated in 2018

Big-Picture Takes and Opinions

• Amazon Is Everywhere, and Companies Can’t Stop Talking About It
• How to Stop Amazon from Swallowing the Internet

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