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Amazon House Brands Are “Overblown” & Some Categories Fail To Impress

David Richards March 19, 2019 No Comments

Following our story yesterday about Amazon private label pop ups, a new report has suggested that most Amazon branded products are flops that won’t threaten major brands. The report also…

Amazon Using House Brand Pop Ups To Undercut Branded Products

David Richards March 17, 2019 No Comments

Distributors and manufacturers who are being asked to sell their products on the Amazon marketplace are facing the real possibility that Amazon will use their listing to undercut them with…

Amazon Scales Back Direct Sell, Pushes Marketplace

Roma Christian March 15, 2019 No Comments

E-commerce behemoth Amazon is reportedly scaling back its direct sell business, with its third-party Marketplace tipped to be a near replacement. According to Forbes, last week several suppliers received notice of removal…

Microsoft Gets Into Noise Cancelling Headphones, ‘What A Joke’.

David Richards March 5, 2019 No Comments

Specialist sound dealers are laughing at the thought of Microsoft flogging what they claim are premium Bluetooth noise cancelling Surface headphones. As one sound dealer said this week while attending…

Brands Bypass Amazon To Delete Fake Listings

Roma Christian March 1, 2019 No Comments

E-commerce behemoth, Amazon, has cracked down on counterfeit goods with the launch its new ‘Project Zero’ initiative, enabling brands to flag and delete suspicious listings themselves. The tool supersedes the…

Smart Speakers, Amazon Outperforms Google But Only Just

Orlaith Costello March 1, 2019 No Comments

Smart speaker shipments reached 78 million units worldwide in 2018, up 125% YoY, says a report from Canalys analyst group. Google was hot on the tails of Amazon, just 1.1% behind…

Amazon Turns On Retail Blow Torch, 500 New Aussie Jobs

Roma Christian February 27, 2019 No Comments

Whilst many local retailers claim they’ve gauged Amazon Australia’s measure, the e-commerce giant has thrown has down the gauntlet and announced 500 new permanent roles across its fulfilment network in…

Amazon Au Offer Free Galaxy S10 Launch Day Delivery

Roma Christian February 21, 2019 No Comments

Amazon Australia has thrown down the gauntlet against traditional retailers, opening local pre-orders for Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 series from 9:00am AEDT February 21. The e-commerce giant has pledged to…

Amazon Launch ‘One-Stop Shop’ Back To Uni Sale

Roma Christian February 20, 2019 No Comments

Amazon Australia has sought to be a ‘one-stop shop’ for tertiary students, with the launch of its ‘Off to University’ sale – featuring discounted laptops, headphones, textbooks, stationery and more.…

AWS Outage Sees MYOB Hit

Computer Daily News February 15, 2019 No Comments

Many customers of leading accounting software house MYOB were left hanging yesterday after the company was among a number of large outfits hit by problems at Amazon Web Services. The problems started…