#178 - Amazon Issues Attack Warning, The Great Supply Chain Reversal, and more
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The Great Supply Chain Reversal
Just two years ago, the battle lines in e-commerce seemed clear. Amazon dominated through speed and convenience, built on decades and billions invested in domestic fulfillment. Temu and Shein disrupted through price, shipping directly from Chinese factories to exploit the $800 de minimis duty exemption. Today, both sides are sprinting toward what the other perfected, driven by evolving regulations worldwide and the realization that modern retail demands supply chain flexibility, not purity.
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5 Charts Showing How Big CPGs Are Losing to Third-Party Sellers on Amazon
Big consumer packaged goods brands are losing to small brands on Amazon, according to a new report from IPG’s Agentic Systems for Commerce. The report is based on data from AI-powered analytics firm Intelligence Node, which IPG acquired last year. The report describes a new self-reinforcing system disrupting longstanding brand power dynamics between large and small brands across the CPG industry.
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Amazon Issues Attack Warning: What Users Need to Know Right Now
Amazon is one of the world’s largest online marketplaces, with millions of daily transactions, account logins, and financial exchanges happening every minute. Because of this, the platform is a prime target for cybercriminals who constantly search for vulnerabilities to exploit. Recently, Amazon issued an attack warning, alerting users about a rising number of attempted breaches, phishing schemes, and fraudulent activities targeting customer accounts.
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Good to Know
Amazon Expands Service that Grades and Resells FBA Sellers’ Returns
Amazon launched the Grade and Resell service for FBA sellers in 2021, and this month it expanded the program to additional categories “with smarter features.” Amazon describes the program as follows: “The FBA Grade and Resell program allows you to recover value from your unfulfillable customer returns by allowing you to relist and sell your products as Used, instead of paying to remove the inventory.
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The Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) is a global team dedicated to partnering with law enforcement, brands, and other stakeholders to disrupt counterfeiters and their networks. Learn more about the CCU, and continue to visit this page for the latest news and updates.
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Amazon Seller Inventory Stuck in Closed Warehouse
Sellers counting on Amazon to fulfill their orders during the Christmas holiday shopping season discovered some of their inventory is stuck in a warehouse in Arkansas. Amazon informed sellers last week that it had to temporarily closed the LIT1 fulfillment center "to perform a building assessment after the structural engineering firm that designed the building notified us of design errors."
ecommercebytes.com
‘Made in China?’: House panel demands Amazon come clean on product origins
In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy obtained by Fox News Digital, chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., urged Amazon to clearly identify the origin of its products, including listing what percentage of parts are U.S.-made and whether the seller is a U.S. or foreign entity.
foxbusiness.com
Annual net sales of Amazon in selected leading markets from 2014 to 2024
Founded in 1994, Amazon has grown into one of the biggest e-commerce marketplaces and cloud computing platforms worldwide. In 2020, Amazon was ranked first in terms of company revenue among global publicly traded internet companies. With an annual revenue of approximately 386 billion U.S. dollars, the e-retailer ranked far ahead of closest competitors Google (181.7 billion U.S. dollars) and Alibaba (109.5 billion U.S. dollars).
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Helping customers save money has always been central to Amazon’s mission, which is why we're proud that—for the ninth consecutive year—a study from Profitero, a third-party analytics and research firm, has confirmed that Amazon is America’s lowest-priced online retailer, offering the most affordable prices across 23 major online retailers.
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Amazon Sellers Can Now Set ‘No-Ship’ Dates
It’s nearly impossible for sellers to take a day off from shipping orders because of strict delivery deadlines set by marketplaces. But Amazon is now giving sellers who fulfill their own orders a break with a new Fulfillment by Merchant feature. The only alternative until now had been to use the Vacation feature, but that hides sellers’ listings from shoppers.
ecommercebytes.com
Amazon Goldmine: How Young People Are Turning Clicks Into Cash
It wasn’t long ago that Amazon was just a bookstore. Today, it has become the largest marketplace in the world, connecting millions of buyers and sellers across every continent. For young people, this platform has quietly opened the door to something extraordinary: the chance to build real businesses, earn global income, and even achieve financial independence – all without leaving their bedroom.
vocal.media
Tips and Tricks
How to find new suppliers for your Amazon business?
If you want to build a sustainable business on Amazon with repeat customers, your sourcing strategy can’t just be about finding the cheapest suppliers offering the lowest rates. You need to build a smarter, more resilient supply chain–and that involves finding the right suppliers.
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Podcasts
New Amazon Ads Features & Launch Tactics
What if you could crack the code to scaling a million-dollar business in a fiercely competitive market? Join us as we chat with Mansour Norouzi, Director of Advertising at Incrementum Digital and a passionate supplement seller from Canada, who has already surpassed $1 million in revenue and is aiming for $2 million. Mansour shares the secrets behind his success in the e-commerce world, particularly on Amazon, revealing his strategic approaches to launching and promoting products.
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