KHD Buzz – Third Party Sellers Enjoy Profitable Prime Day, Facebook Adds Shops to WhatsApp and More
Amazon Third Party Sellers Enjoyed Prime Day Boost According to Amazon during the recent 48-hour Prime Day event, sales of goods from third-party sellers on the site exceeded direct sales. Total sales on the Amazon platform were up 6.1 percent this year compared to 2020, according to Adobe Analytics. Read More Facebook to Add Shops…
KHD Buzz – Amazon Worker’s Lose COVID-19 Lawsuit, eBay Execs Charged with Customer Stalking and More
Amazon Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit Dismissed In a move that some legal experts say may set precedent, a New York judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Amazon employees that had claimed that the company failed to implement proper COVID-19 safety measures. Read More Former eBay Executives Charged For Stalking Platform Critics Two former eBay employees have…
KHD Buzz – Amazon Stops Buying from Suppliers, Target Launches Third Party Marketplace and More
Amazon Stops Buying From Suppliers, Expands Marketplace Direct Selling According to a new Bloomberg report Amazon is severing long standing relationships with suppliers in favor of encouraging direct Amazon Marketplace selling, a move that nets the retail giant increased profit for minimal extra effort. Read More Target Launches Third Party Marketplace Following in the footsteps…
KHD Buzz – Online Retail’s Big Holiday Challenge, eBay Goes Retro for the Holidays and More
This Holiday Shopping Season May Be a Huge Challenge For Online Retail’s Digital Readiness By all accounts with a more stable economy and with consumer confidence high, this holiday season is likely to be a bumper one for online retailers. But according to many experts – and some new reports – the biggest challenge any online retail…
KHD Buzz – Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15, Toys ‘R’ Us May Not Be Dead After All and More
Amazon is Raising Worker Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour – How Will That Affect Other Retailers? Last week Amazon announced that the minimum wage across their workforce is being raised to $15 per hour. The new minimum wage, effective Nov. 1, will affect more than 250,000 Amazon employees as well as over 100,000 seasonal employees…
KHD Buzz -Emojis in Marketing Emails, In-Store Retail Experiences Push Customers To Shop Online & More
Emojis in Marketing Emails – New Report Says They are Big Sales Converters Do you use emojis in your email marketing campaigns? If not, you might want to start doing so, as a new report from Leanplum, the mobile-marketing platform states observed an 81% increase in open rates — and a 363% jump in revenue — from…
KHD Buzz – PayPal Debuts Personalized Checkouts, Facebook Quiz App Exposed Masses of User Data, Should Google Home Be Free and More
PayPal Personalizes the Checkout Process If your business takes PayPal as a form of payment you and your customers are in for a change. PayPal is rolling out personalization features that will not only make it easier for consumers to pay for goods but hep merchants gain extra insights into their preferred shopping and payment habits. Read…