{"id":10106,"date":"2017-01-13T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T10:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?p=10106"},"modified":"2020-01-24T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T10:38:15","slug":"amazon-ecommerce-news-130117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/amazon-ecommerce-news-130117\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Interesting Stories from the World of Ecommerce This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Welcome to this week&#8217;s eFocus, RepricerExpress&#8217; weekly round-up of ecommerce and Amazon news.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>9 reasons why you should add wholesale to your Amazon FBA business:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fulltimefba.com\/author\/stephen\/\">Stephen Smotherman<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fulltimefba.com\/\">Full-Time FBA<\/a> looks at nine reasons you should consider adding wholesale to your FBA business. Whether you choose to do private labelling, retail arbitrage or wholesale is entirely down to a seller&#8217;s personal choice. This articles focuses on sourcing from wholesale suppliers. One of the key reasons sellers choose wholesale is profit potential\u2014you can find items with great return on investment (ROI) for resale on Amazon because you buy them at a low wholesale price. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fulltimefba.com\/reasons-add-wholesale-amazon-fba-business\/\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon just got slapped with a $1 million fine for misleading pricing:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recode.net\/authors\/jason-del-rey\">Jason Del Rey<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recode.net\/\">Recode<\/a> reports that Amazon Canada has been hit with a hefty $1 million fine by a Canadian enforcement agency for what could be construed as misleading pricing practices. The investigation centred on the practice of Amazon displaying its prices compared to higher \u201clist prices\u201d \u2014 suggested manufacturer prices (MSRPs) designed as marketing gimmicks to make people think they are getting a deal, even though it\u2019s often the case that no shopper ever pays that price. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fulltimefba.com\/reasons-add-wholesale-amazon-fba-business\/\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Amazon arranges its warehouses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5TL80_8ACPc?list=UUVLZmDKeT-mV4H3ToYXIFYg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Walmart&#8217;s new gas-and-grocery hybrids could become a major threat to Amazon and Kroger:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/author\/hayley-peterson\">Hayley Peterson<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/\">Business Insider UK<\/a> reports that Walmart is opening convenience stores, called Walmart Pickup and Fuel, which will offer same-day pickup for groceries ordered online. There is only two locations at the moment but if expanded, could threaten Amazon and Kroger who have bet big on the growth on online grocery shopping.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/walmart-opens-new-type-of-store-2016-12?r=US&amp;IR=T&amp;utm_content=42831795&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon maintains lead on Google for place to begin searches:<\/strong> Laurie Sullivan at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/search-marketing-daily\/\">Search Marketing<\/a> reports on a data by analysts at Raymond James which concluded that Amazon is Amazon taking search market share from engines as the preferred place to begin researching for information about products and services. In December 2016, Amazon led search engines, 52% to 26% when it comes to searching for a product to buy online. Those percentages rose dramatically from 28% for Amazon and 55% for search engines in December 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/article\/292470\/amazon-maintains-lead-on-google-for-place-to-begin.htm\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon sellers&#8217; woes for not shipping on Christmas bank holidays:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/tamebay.com\/author\/dan\">Dan Wilson<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/tamebay.com\/\">Tamebay<\/a> reports that several readers have contacted Tamebay to say they have been suspended from selling on Amazon because Amazon didn&#8217;t take into account some of the seasonal bank holidays when calculating a seller\u2019s Late Dispatch Rate metric. The cases typically involved sellers shipping to the EU, specifically France and Germany. <a href=\"http:\/\/tamebay.com\/2017\/01\/amazon-sellers-suspend-for-not-shipping-on-christmas-bank-holidays.html\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our newsletter for pro tips for selling on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this week&#8217;s eFocus, RepricerExpress&#8217; weekly round-up of ecommerce and Amazon news. 9 reasons why you should add wholesale to your Amazon FBA business: Stephen Smotherman at Full-Time FBA looks at nine reasons you should consider adding wholesale to your FBA business. 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