Prime Day, running for 48 hours on July 15-16, is expected to generate $5.8 billion in global sales, with an estimated 250 retailers drafting in its wake as more of them realize the huge potential. Also, Prime membership has grown to 105 million in the U.S., and electronics, home goods and apparel are the hot categories.
Amazon’s Prime Day 2018 became the biggest shopping day in its history, beating out Cyber Monday and Black Friday, resulting in a whopping 100 million products sold and an estimated $3.4 billion in sales. With the July event continuing to expand both on and off Amazon, it is critical for retailers and brands to have a strategy in place to win this year’s Prime Day, even when you’re not Amazon. Here are four ways to help retailers have an Prime Day strategy of their own.
Marketplace facilitators like Amazon, Etsy, Rakuten, Walmart.com and eBay, are now required in 10 states to collect and remit sales tax resulting from third-party transactions, and several additional states will follow suit. Preparation is the name of the game to be compliant with ever-changing tax legislation.
One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in South Dakota vs. Wayfair forever changed the ecommerce taxation landscape in the U.S. In the latest MCM CommerceChat podcast, we talk with Mike Bernard, chief tax officer at Vertex, about the ripple effects from the ruling impacting the entire ecommerce ecosystem.
Brick-and-mortar stores continue to close their doors as ecommerce businesses are thriving in the global market. In fact, global ecommerce sales are projected to nearly double from $2.8 trillion in 2018 to $4.9 trillion in 2021. Here are four tactics merchants and sellers can begin integrating into their Amazon strategy today to increase their Buy Box share and maximize sales and profits.
The top 75 ecommerce marketplaces sold $1.55 trillion in goods in 2017, with marketplaces overall representing 50% of global ecommerce sales. So it’s the perfect time for merchants who have already mastered Amazon and eBay to consider other marketplaces. Join Multichannel Merchant and ChannelAdvisor for a live webinar on June 5 at 1 p.m. (EST) to learn all about marketplace expansion
