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Battle of the superapps: GoTo vs Sea in Indonesia

Inside Retail

Although both superapps boast a number of digital services, the main business lines are e-commerce, on-demand services (primarily ride-hailing and food delivery) and fintech (financial services, consisting mainly of e-payment systems). Online food delivery: dead heat on a major battleground. The company has 2.5

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 305 Amazon and Shopify Q1 2023 Earnings

Retail Geek

18:58] Ratcheted back their service level a little bit like you’re seeing a lot of people starting to charge more for returns you’re starting to see delivery promises get stretched out a little bit and you know Amazon is kind of. 11:40] So that was a that was a long part but that was I thought it was kind of interesting.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

Soon, merchants everywhere began to experience what many thought could only happen in third-world economies and banana republics – panic buying, empty shelves and bottomless backlogs to fill them. But in the process also opened global consumer markets to risks that would make the cotton collapse of 1861 look like a picnic.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 265 – News, retailer earnings, and listener questions.

Retail Geek

The more reasons Amazon has for people that join Prime the more money they make on this whole ecosystem of services around Prime and it’s. Approved and and this one will have to go through that process as well a minor fun fact there. It’s one of their biggest competitive advantages versus other.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 251 Annual Predictions 2021

Retail Geek

5% of retail in 2019, could be 8-10% in 2020 (as measured by IRI, for CPG private label). Installment Payments heat up – At least one company is acquired (Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, QuadPay, Sizzle) Yes (IPO’s). Amazon – Opens affordable grocery concept. Digital grocery wars heat up. Owned brands continue to grow.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 257 – Cookies, IDFA, and Commerce Deep Dive

Retail Geek

Safari (19% share) 3P cookies blocked as of March 2020 Firefox (4% share) 3P blocked as of Sept 2019 Chrome (64% share) will block 3P January 2022. Apple Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) – Goes from Opt Out to Opt In Q1 2021 Google Play Services ID for Android (GPS ADID) – Still Opt Out.