Tag Archives: Ecommerce

Amazon requesting some of its sales tax back from California cities

Posted on June 1, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 31, 2012) describes a request by Amazon, which recently agreed to collect sales taxes for purchases soon, to get back some of the sales tax as an incentive. The company claims that … Continue reading →

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From fashion show to web sales in a day

Posted on May 25, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (May 23, 2012) titled “Trying to Click Online”  describes sales of Oscar de la Renta fashion items, immediately after the fashion show, in the website TheFancy.com, with five sweaters sold within 24 hours … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s fashion plans

Posted on May 18, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (May 8,2012) describes Amazon.com’s plans to sell more fashion product, with the logic that shipping costs are independent of item price and thus fashion goods offer greater margin. Amazon does not plan to … Continue reading →

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Target pulls Kindles from its stores in a spat with Amazon

Posted on May 18, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (May 3,2012) describes a decision by Target to stop selling Amazon’s Kindles in its stores. The article describes worries by Target that “showrooming” – a practice of scanning items in the store to … Continue reading →

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Why did Amazon.com decide to provide Harry Potter e-books free ?

Posted on May 18, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 11,2012) describes a decision by Amazon.com to provide Harry Potter e-books free to libraries, while paying book publishers the wholesale price. The article argues that Amazon will obtain profits from other purchases … Continue reading →

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Possible reasons for Microsoft to invest in the Nook – Barnes & Noble’s ereader

Posted on May 1, 2012 by aviyer2010

An announcement of Microsoft’s investment in the Nook, Barnes & Noble’s ereader, was described in an article in the New York Times (May 1, 2012). But there are many possible reasons for this investment. Does the use of the Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Toys “R” Us retailing challenges – competitor impact

Posted on April 15, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (April 7,2012) describes competitors to Toys”R” Us, and the resulting sales challenges. Target and Wal-Mart have slashed toy prices, with Wal-Mart allowing layaway. Amazon.com continues to be aggressive in the toys category while … Continue reading →

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Did Apple’s agency model for ebooks enable collusion ?

Posted on April 15, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (April 12, 2012) describes a Justice department lawsuit accusing Apple and five publishers of e-books price fixing. Given declining e-book prices, five large publishers agreed to an “agency model” of pricing whereby Apple … Continue reading →

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Wal-Mart’s ecommerce approach to combat Amazon.com

Posted on April 3, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (April 2, 2012) cites WalMart’s 8 % growth in 2011 vs Amazon.com’s 41 % growth as reason for WalMart to innovate in the ecommerce space. The result (a) Endless Aisle – which permits customers to order … Continue reading →

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Supply Chain Coordination issues – Book Publishers, Apple and Amazon

Posted on January 28, 2012 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (Jan 30,2012) describes the conflict between publishers and Amazon.com ebook pricing plans of $ 9.99, the publisher controlled pricing model for sales on Apple’s iPad (termed agency pricing), and the resulting threat to without sales on … Continue reading →

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