Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Physical Retail Strategy

Post by tkxxx7 » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 3:07 AM UTC

neilv wrote: post #62

Judgmentality wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Amazon (for all their warts) is much more adept at keeping customer experience in their crosshairs. Except when it comes to selling counterfeit merchandise. This is more than just a nitpick, they are cannibalizing their core business. What I don't know, and I assume they do know, is how bad is the problem. Is it impacting 1% of customers who ultimately leave their platform (which could easily be offset by other fac…

I've been wondering for a while why Amazon has been letting (my impression of) trust in the listings on its retail site be eroded so much. My best naive wild guess (as a techie, not an MBA) is that a solution is Amazon private brands. Amazon could exercise control over the supply chain, could keep other sellers from piggybacking on a listing, could keep the reviews generally positive (in various ways, including aggre…

Post by neilv » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 9:06 PM UTC

tkxxx7 wrote: post #121

neilv wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been wondering for a while why Amazon has been letting (my impression of) trust in the listings on its retail site be eroded so much. My best naive wild guess (as a techie, not an MBA) is that a solution is Amazon private brands. Amazon could exercise control over the supply chain, could keep other sellers from piggybacking on a listing, could keep the reviews generally positive (in various ways, including aggre…

This is basically already happening. There is a long list of Amazon-owned brands - not just AmazonBasics anymore