Amazon Makes Huge Warehouse Investment In Germany & ChannelAdvisor Follows The Leader
Pin It On their Q2 call, Amazon executives dropped a little number on analysts that was a pretty big surprised. They noted they are adding 13 fulfillment centers (FCs) to the ~38 they have now. That’s a > 30% increase in fulfillment centers and depending on the size could be an even larger expansion from a sq-ft and thus capacity standpoint. That’s a big investment and it left people scratching their heads – why, where, how big, and does this mean Amazon is seeing another leg of growth (vs. slowing down)? Digging a little deeper on Amazon’s...
read moreeBay Supports Protections For Small Businesses Against Federal Tax Law Change
Pin ItA group of states calling themselves the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP) is lobbying Congress to give them the authority to require out of state businesses to collect and remit sales taxes for Internet commerce. The complex rules and tax rates could be regularly modified and changed by a Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, comprised of a group of state tax officials from the member states. The SSTP does not propose establishing a single sales tax rate among the states, nor does it even require a single sales tax rate within each state. Instead, the Internet sales tax regime...
read moreE-Commerce Sales Rise by 5 Percent to Reach $27 Billion
Pin ItE-Commerce Sales Rise by 5 Percent to Reach $27 Billion for the 2009 Holiday Shopping Season through Christmas Eve Season Features Early Start and a Strong Finish Larger Retailers Outperform Smaller Ones Consumer Electronics Category Shows Strongest Growth RESTON, VA, December 30, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported retail e-commerce spending for the holiday season from November 1 through Christmas Eve. During this period, approximately $27 Billion was spent online, which represents an increase of 5 percent over the same period a...
read moreJohn Donahoe Is Not Giving Much Hype About eBay’s Sales Data
Pin ItOn Monday, John Donahoe the CEO of eBay declined to give out much information on eBay sales for the holiday season. At the investors conference, Donahoe was giving most of the hype to PayPal which has seemed to be the song and dance of 2009. You talk about the moving ball to keep all eyes off the one that is sitting and not moving. I have noticed this a lot from the CEO in his most recent appearances, eBay does seem to be second to PayPal on the hype meter right now. Donahoe is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article saying, “There’s no killer item this year. There’s no Xbox or...
read moreBlack Friday Numbers Are In from National Retail Federation
Pin ItBlack Friday Verdict: As Expected, Number of Shoppers Up, Average Spending Down -Americans Spent $41.2 Billion Over Holiday Weekend- Washington, November 29, 2009 –As the closely-watched Black Friday weekend winds down, a National Retail Federation survey conducted over the weekend confirms the expected: more people spent less. According to NRF’s Black Friday shopping survey, conducted by BIGresearch, 195 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Black Friday weekend*, up from 172 million last year. However, the average spending over the weekend dropped to $343.31 per person...
read moreAmazon vs. Wal-Mart: Will Retailers Outperforming Pure Play eCommerce?!?
Pin ItThe latest eDigitalResearch eRetail Benchmark Study reveals that traditional retailers are now consistently outperforming their pure play and traditional catalogue rivals online, using multi channel technology and customer service expertise to their advantage. Now in its 10th year, the index surveyed 46 of retail’s top performing websites, using eDigitalResearch’s unique eMysteryShopper tool to evaluate each site based on the entire customer journey, from first impressions to shopping basket, purchase, delivery and supporting communications. However, when it comes to...
read moreRecord-Breaking Halloween: Sales Reach $6 Billion
Pin ItHoliday Sales Un-Spooked By Recession According To IBISWorld Data LOS ANGELES – (Oct. 13, 2009) – Despite economic gloom casting a spell on consumer confidence this year, America’s darkest holiday is looking bright for retailers. According to industry research firm IBISWorld, Halloween sales are expected to reach a record-breaking $6 billion in 2009, up 4.2 percent from the $5.77 billion generated last year. “Economic recovery appears to be around the corner and consumers are enthusiastically looking to escape their recessionary woes,” said Toon van Beeck, senior...
read moreI Got A Few Things To Sell: The eBay FP30 vs. Bonanzle Booth MythBusters Challenge
Pin It I am a HUGE fan of the Discovery channel show called MythBusters. What they do is they take a myth and they put it to a test. When they do their tests, they set up some parameters and then report the results. Based on the resulting data they come to a conclusion on if the myth was plausible or if it is BUSTED! Hence the name of the show "MythBusters" Well there is a mythical story surrounding the "eBay alternative" site called Bonanzle that has been permeating for about a year and I decided to put it to an pretty un-scientific test for fun and profit. ...
read moreWho Is Dawud Miracle? : Advice You Can Use To Grow Your Small Business
Pin ItMan, when things go right, you just KNOW IT. When you get a HOT ONE, you got to share it. So I gotz me a hot one baby! Let me introduce you to Dawud Miracle (accent on the miracle for real ), my dude is an absolute genius. Not only genius, but genuine. I just dig it when you meet smart people without them coming off as “know it all” jerks. I want the know it all, just leave the jerk part out of it, LMAO. You know how you meet people that are so smart, but you just can’t stand them cause they are so full of themselves? That is not a good mix with me. Today I not only build...
read moreThe TRUTH About eBay: Can You Handle The Truth — Part 1
Pin ItI am going all out on this one guys. It is 2009 and your boy John from ColderICE.com is back in full effect. I gotz new gear, new energy, a new beard and a new attitude. This is the one that has been bubbling underneath the surface and it is time to simply come out with it. I have held back the TRUTH for way to long and now it is time to let it hang out. Somebody has got to tell the freaking TRUTH about eBay. Yeah, eBay this and eBay that. I have heard others, but so what?!? Now, I got something to say. And make sure you remember this ain’t personal, this is STRICKLY business. You...
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