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Amazon once again had a record Prime Day, at least in the USA: Prime Day sales there grew by 11 percent to 14.2 billion dollars. Retaildive.com
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MediaMarkt‘s marketplace is now also available in Italy. At launch, 100,000 third-party products are available. Particularly exciting: Local hero Unieuro announced a few days ago that the e-commerce channel was “not strategic for the company” and that it wanted to focus on more profitable channels. DDay
Douglas has raised its annual target and now wants to grow by 8.5 percent. The company is also selling the online pharmacy Disapo. Fashionunited
TikTok launches a creator tool for shoppable videos. With CapCut Commerce Pro, creators can create videos with a sales option that can be used not only on TikTok but also on other video platforms. Speaking of TikTok: TikTok Shop has grown fourfold in Southeast Asia to a turnover of 16.3 billion dollars in 2023. Exciting Commerce Asia Nikkei
German decoration and furnishing retailer Depot has filed for insolvency under self-administration. Wiwo
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Almost half of the vendor players on Amazon also sell directly or via a third-party provider in the seller program. 17 percent of vendors want to eliminate unprofitable products from their range next year. The longer the annual negotiations with Amazon take, the less profitable the result for the vendor. Martin Heubel has compiled these and other exciting Amazon vendor figures from a survey of 250 manufacturers. LinkedIn
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