This is the 4th blog in a series that riffs off of chapters from: “Behemoth: Amazon Rising” by Robin Gaster. In “Chapter 5 – “Marketplace: Amazon as Platform” – Gaster offers investigative facts about and guidelines for the Darwinian Jungle known as “Marketplace”.
This is the third in a series of blogs that riff off of chapters from: “Behemoth: Amazon Rising” by Robin Gaster.
In Chapter 8 – “Amazon the Anti-Brand” – Gaster posits that AMZ’s:
All allow new brands – from any plant worldwide – to quickly create interactive access to end-users. And, the total fees for their new, AMZ, end2end channel are less that the costs of trying to crack and push goods through traditional channels.
Continue reading 239. Amazon Erodes Old Brands, Invents New Ones
I touted this book to distribution channel brass in last week’s blog. This blog is the first of a few to riff on some of Gaster’s chapters. This week, his: “Chapter 4: Logistics as Leverage”
Gaster details how Amazon’s logistics evolved to ever-greater from a “1.0” garage, e-bookstore in ’95 to it’s present “4.0”. Then, from 4.0, he speculates on how known trends and experiments foretell “5.0” by 2023 and beyond.
Scanning news on Amazon is good. But, far better is to digest Gaster’s deep investigative work. Your concerns about and ideas for partnering and countering Amazon will leap.
Continue reading 238. Amazon’s Current “Logistics 4.0” Going to What “5.0”?
…is a just-published book. I concur with the reviews at (naturally) Amazon. I will add more thoughts in this and a few blogs to follow.
Continue reading 237. B2B BRANDS, DISTRIBUTORS: A Must-Read, Amazon Book
Best, customer-profitability analytics provide many insights for distributors. A common opportunity is an accumulated sea of small, unprofitable accounts: Minnows! Typical group stats: 50% of all accounts that yield only 5% of the gross profit dollars on 18 – 30% of all transactions. Their cost-to-serve expense dollars greatly exceed their margin dollars for a big, hidden loss.
The “$15-hour living wage” movement will continue. It will: buy votes; liquidate jobs; and boost McDonald’s prices more than the new, net wages. Although many voters are weak at system-thinking math, Amazon and Costco are not.
Continue reading 235. Embrace All-Win, High-Hourly Wages (like Costco)