Makers of biggest household staples have little control over where Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa sends consumers “A great but scary article on the future of retailing and Voice activated shopping.” -OAD Click to play Wall Street Journal’s Video Online voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa are threatening the decades-old high-exposure marketing model for consumer goods. WSJ’s … Read more
In the fourth quarter and in 2017 as a whole, U.S. online retail grew faster than it has since 2011. E-commerce represented 13% of total retail sales in 2017 and 49% of the growth. Amazon is responsible for much of the gains. Fareeha Ali contributed reporting for Digital Commerce 360. A blockbuster fourth quarter contributed … Read more
“An interesting article that puts things in proper perspective. Just because Amazon decides to enter a space does not mean they will dominate over established players but that’s how they get the headlines while adding efficiency to their system. “ The shipping titans have a large head start over the online retail giant Paul Ziobro … Read more
