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Amazon Advertising: a $10bn business

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American marketplace Amazon has published its results for the fourth quarter of 2018. In Q4, sales are up 20%, to $72.4 billion. A massive growth can be seen for Amazon Advertising - over the year 2018, net sales increased 31% ($232.9 billion). Net income increased to $10.1 billion, compared with net income of $3.0 billion in 2017. For the first quarter of 2019, Amazon expects

U.S. Retail Sales Grew 5.1% in 2018 Holiday Season

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A MasterCard report shows a robust holiday shopping season for the American market. Holiday sales increased 5.1% to more than $850 billion this year. This is the strongest growth in the last six years. Online shopping also saw large gains of 19.1% compared to 2017. “From shopping aisles to online carts, consumer confidence translated into holiday cheer for retail,” says Steve

Amazon Germany employees strike before Christmas

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There is an Amazon Germany workers strike taking place at two of Amazon‘s German warehouses. With just a week to go before Christmas, it’s raised concerns that gifts might not arrive in time. German news agency DPA has reported that workers in Leipzig (East Germany) and Werne (West Germany) went on strike on Monday morning. Amazon has 10 warehouses in Germany, located in Bad

Alibaba: king of the holiday season

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Tamebay.com reports that Alibaba, the most powerful, well-known Chinese marketplace platform, is the absolute king of the 2018 holiday sales. Comparing the United States versus Alibaba Holiday sales for 2018, Alibaba’s Single’s Day beat all four American Cyber weekend sales combined. Adobe tracked sales in the United States during Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday ($6.2

Small web shops in Belgium can’t compete with large online stores

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Belgian small online retailers are facing difficult times. The total amount of small web shops fell with 8.5% in 2017. The main given reasons to stop with their own shop is the profitability and price competition of large players like the platform Bol.com. This can be concluded from a research by UNIZO. Looking at the Belgian market, the total online spendings are 7.5

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