Early Learnings from Natura’s Acquisition of Avon: A Stronger Amazon Strategy?
Hannah Symons
Following the announcement of Natura&Co’s acquisition of Avon back in May, reporting focused on the synergies between the two companies as traditional direct sellers. While the two complement one another, there are also valuable lessons to…
Why Does Amazon Do Prime Day?
Euromonitor International
Amazon’s fifth edition of Prime Day will take place from July 15-16, 2019, featuring discounts and promotions on a wide range of products and services. Since the first Prime Day in 2016, it has become a global shopping event. Prime members in 18…
Amazon to potentially open grocery stores across the US
Euromonitor International
The reports that Amazon is pursuing a more aggressive entrance into brick-and-mortar grocery retail aren’t necessarily a huge surprise. Rather, it would be in line with the company’s growing investments in recent years in physical locations,…
CES 2018: 인공지능과 음성 인식 기능을 필두로 한 2018년 IT 산업 주요 전망 포인트
Karissa Chua
구글, 작년CES 인기제품 알렉사에게 도전장 지난 CES 2017의 주인공이 아마존 ‘알렉사’ 라면, 이번 CES 2018의 주인공은 구글 이었다. (구글 어시스던트를 필두로) 구글은 차량용 인포테인먼트 시스템, 가전 제품, TV, 스피커 등을 아우르며 전 세계적인 브랜드들과의 주목할 만한 파트너쉽을 선보이며 한층 더 발전된 모습을 보였다. 올해에는 구글의 구글 어시스던트, 삼성의 빅스비를 비롯한 바이두, 애플 등이 발표한 것과 같이 음성 인식…
Urbanisation and Technology Create Opportunities for Households
Pavel Marceux
Rapidly urbanising households in emerging markets are creating a new market for technology. Newly urbanised households are lucrative as they aspire to fulfill possibilities unavailable to them previously in less advanced rural areas. Dairy and meat…
Amazon exploring ways to offer branded bank accounts
Ryan Tuttle
Reports emerged Monday that Amazon.com was in conversations over offering Amazon-branded banking accounts. This should not come as a surprise, particularly given that other significant ecommerce players like Alibaba and Rakuten offer similar banking…
Three Interesting Initiatives by Amazon in Mexico
Euromonitor International
Amazon made headlines in Latin America in October 2017 when it announced a more complete launch of retail operations in Brazil (the company previously sold only Kindles and books). The expansion in Brazil is not the only notable move the company has…
Amazon Launches in Australia
Hianyang Chan
After much speculation, we’ve finally seen the long-awaited arrival of a local platform for global internet retailing giant Amazon in Australia. But what does it all mean for Australian retailers and consumers – and even for Amazon and its major…
Amazon Expands Operations in Brazil
Euromonitor International
Brazil is the largest internet retailing market in Latin America. Euromonitor estimates that internet retailing sales totaled US$13 billion in Brazil in 2016, compared to approximately $4.6 billion in Mexico, the second-largest internet retailing…