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6 E-Commerce Trends Affecting Amazon Vendors In Particular [Podcast]

December 10, 2021

6 E-Commerce Trends Affecting Amazon Vendors In particular [Podcast]

In this episode… Marshall Taplits, the founder of East Coast 3PL Ship It Done, joins us again on the podcast, this time to share his e-commerce expertise and catch us up on 6 major trends affecting online retailers in late 2021. This is useful information, especially if Amazon is a key platform for you, as he focuses on what they're doing now and likely to be doing in the near future. It's not all good, either, as you won't be impressed by the costs or some of the ways that Amazon might compete … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-Commerce Tagged With: Amazon, e-commerce sellers, Fulfilment By Amazon, podcast

Does The Safety & Quality Of Products Sold On Amazon Pose Risks?

June 7, 2019

Do Products Sold on Amazon Pose Higher Safety & Quality Risks?

A few weeks ago, a journalist asked me whether products sold on Amazon present higher safety risks and whether their quality is inferior (relative to other distribution channels). My guess is that yes (I have no solid data to back that up. It would be quite difficult to come up with such data), for a similar product positioning (price & quality), those sold on Amazon present higher risks for consumers. Here's why. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: Amazon, amazon sellers, FBA, FBA sellers, product quality, product safety, products sold on amazon

Chinese Factories Designing, Branding, and Selling on Amazon: Q&A

February 13, 2017

Latest Trends in China Sourcing, Compliance, and Quality Control

I wrote before about the challenges of Chinese factories to sell on Amazon. And yet, it seems to be an emerging trend. I asked Fredrik Gronkvist (from China Importal), who has also been observing the latest trends, for his opinion on this. Q: Ten years ago, Chinese factories ‘made to order’, and seeing one of them ‘make to stock’ was a rare occurrence. Have you seen more and more manufacturers 'make to stock’? What do they do with it? First, Chinese manufacturers still ‘make to order’ and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China Insights Tagged With: Amazon, China manufacturing, chinese factories, FBA, Fredrik Gronkvist, Latest trends, made to order, make to stock, qa


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