It’s becoming increasingly important for every brand to monitor third-party (3P) seller activity online. Here, we explore 3P seller activity on Amazon, looking at which categories (and markets) are most susceptible to the “3P effect,” and why.
Nike’s highly publicized split from Amazon surfaces an issue that brands can’t ignore: the challenge of competing with third-party sellers. It’s bad enough when 3P merchants undercut your prices to steal away sales. It gets even uglier when they sell fake or otherwise “bad” products that can destroy your brand equity. Learn why every brand should keep close tabs on 3P seller activity.
eCommerce competition will be especially tough this season, with retailers locked in an arms race to win sales and retain market share. Profitero’s shopper survey finds that Amazon will win out as the dominant holiday destination this season.
Many U.S. consumers intend to hold out on spending big online until later in the holiday season. A clear indication that shoppers plan to splurge on Black Friday/Cyber Monday and bide their time waiting for other last-minute deals.
Prime Day is a great laboratory for testing promotional strategies that can be used for any key season of the year, such as Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. One standout area on Prime Day was how some brands were able to coordinate their promotions and AMS campaigns for maximized results.
Phew! That was a wild 48 hours. Now that the dust has settled on Prime Day 2019, how do we at Profitero think it stacked up?
Here’s our review across 7 factors.
The online shift is happening — and fast — for the home improvement industry, as discussed in Part 1 of this series. Therefore, it’s imperative that Tools & Home Improvement brands follow suit and figure out how to accelerate sales online, and more specifically on Amazon. Easier said than done though, right? Nearly everything about…
Not more than a few years ago, industry pundits thought the tools & home improvement category would be immune to eCommerce. A few reasons why: Major brick & mortar incumbents (The Home Depot and Lowe’s in the U.S.; or Argos, B&Q and Homebase in the U.K.) were too powerful Shoppers would never be willing to…
The eCommerce solution landscape continues to evolve at a brisk pace. New solutions are coming on board on what seems like a daily basis. By popular demand, we’ve updated our Developing Your Digital Toolkit guide to capture almost 50 new eCommerce solution providers since we last published in October 2018 — bringing you a total…
At Profitero, we’ve written a lot about the online retailer price wars and how it’s driving massive price erosion for brands selling online. The good news is: there is a way to fight back. Enter the MAP policy. A Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) policy is a tool brands have at their disposal to help deal…
The five-day shopping event starting on Thanksgiving and ending on Cyber Monday has affectionately been dubbed “Cyber 5” weekend. It’s a time of year when we, as consumers, channel our primal hunter instincts and battle each other (often physically) to find the biggest and best deals. Using our proprietary sales & share estimation technology, Profitero…