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ArticleAmazon is up and running in Sweden
Amazon ’s dedicated Swedish platform, Amazon.se – which leaked over the summer through a Finnish software developer – is now live. It offers about 150 million products in 30 categories, with free delivery on orders exceeding 229 Swedish krona (€22.20-$26.10). There is a mix of Swedish ( Electrolux ...
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News briefsLifeStraw sells out during Amazon Prime Day in U.S. and Canada
Third-party sellers on the Amazon Marketplace generated sales of more than $3.5 billion during the company’s recent Prime Day promotions on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses. This represents an increase of nearly 60 percent from last year’s promotion, outstripping the growth in Amazon’s own sales. Prime Day ...
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Oeko-Tex to certify products for Amazon
Oeko-Tex , an international association of 18 independent research and testing institutes that set safety standards for textiles and leather, will be certifying the environmental bona fides of products on Amazon ’s behalf. The huge American e-tailer relies on the certification of many such labs to bestow its Climate Pledge ...
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ArticleAmazon: The Janus-faced company
The current Covid19 crisis has accelerated Amazon ’s consumer goods business exponentially. The Silicon Valley giant doubled its profits in the second quarter of this year and increased its turnover to nearly $89 billion. The share value has also nearly doubled since the middle of March. On Sept. 1, Amazon ...
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ArticleAmazon’s Swedish website has leaked
After the entire website has leaked thanks to a Finnish software developer, one thing is for sure: After years of speculation, Amazon is finally being launched in Sweden. Until now, Swedish consumers and companies have only had access to the other European Amazon websites. According to the Swedish trade ...
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OpinionAmazon and other marketplaces could be held accountable for illegal sales
Why the sale of illegal products through online platforms could become a problem for Amazon and other marketplaces – and why the widespread circumvention of EU competition law may soon be over
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ArticleWGSN sees three major consumer groups emerging from the crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated societal changes and is forcing industries worldwide to adapt to the resulting changes in consumption. Thus, WGSN has set out to predict what consumers will be looking for in the next couple of years. In its annual Future Consumer white paper, the ...
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Lockdown doesn’t necessarily help e-tailers
The shutdown of sporting goods stores because of the coronavirus epidemic is not automatically benefiting the pure online players. While Amazon says it is recruiting 5,000 more workers in the U.S. to face a surge in online orders, Tradeinn , the biggest Spanish online store for sporting goods, has ...
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