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How Amazon Could Upend the Luxury Fashion Sector

17 January 2020 • By BoF Team

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How Amazon Could Upend the Luxury Fashion Sector

The e-commerce giant enters a crowded field of digital luxury players. But to brands, it offers two invaluable assets: an unparalleled logistics capability and 100 million Prime members.

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Amazon Ramps Up Counterfeit Reporting

13 January 2020 • By Reuters

13 January 2020 • By Reuters

The retail giant is planning to give more data on counterfeit goods to law enforcement, said a person familiar with the programme.

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Amazon Ramps Up Counterfeit Reporting

The retail giant is planning to give more data on counterfeit goods to law enforcement, said a person familiar with the programme.

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Amazon to Face Protests From Traders During India Trip

11 January 2020 • By Reuters

11 January 2020 • By Reuters

India's 70 million brick-and-mortar retailers have been waging a battle against online retailers Amazon and Walmart-controlled Flipkart since 2015, accusing them of deep discounts and flouting India's foreign investment rules.

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Amazon to Face Protests From Traders During India Trip

India's 70 million brick-and-mortar retailers have been waging a battle against online retailers Amazon and Walmart-controlled Flipkart since 2015, accusing them of deep discounts and flouting India's foreign investment rules.

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Amazon Says Holiday Shopping Broke Records This Year

26 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

26 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

The number of items that were delivered with one-day or same-day shipping quadrupled compared to last holiday season.

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Amazon Says Holiday Shopping Broke Records This Year

The number of items that were delivered with one-day or same-day shipping quadrupled compared to last holiday season.

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Super Saturday Generated a Record $34.4 Billion, Analyst Says

23 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

23 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

The Saturday before Christmas topped Black Friday's numbers, resulting in the best weekend of the season for many struggling retailers.

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Super Saturday Generated a Record $34.4 Billion, Analyst Says

The Saturday before Christmas topped Black Friday's numbers, resulting in the best weekend of the season for many struggling retailers.

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How 'Direct-to-Consumer' Blew Up Retail

19 December 2019 • By Chavie Lieber

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How 'Direct-to-Consumer' Blew Up Retail

As part of our series reflecting on the 2010s, BoF’s Chavie Lieber examines how a new class of digital-first, venture-backed brands pushed established players to pivot drastically — or face extinction.

Global Currents

Online Battle Heats Up in Latin America

12 December 2019 • By Graciela Martin

Global Currents

Online Battle Heats Up in Latin America

Despite social unrest and a sluggish economy, Latin America’s fashion e-commerce sector is forecast to grow by more than 20 percent each year from 2019 to 2021. Here’s how to get in on the action.

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Op-Ed | Online Shopping Is Growing, But Isn’t Creating Jobs

10 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

10 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

Because so much of their interaction with customers is virtual and automated, e-commerce players don’t necessarily need to increase headcount as sales rise.

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Op-Ed | Online Shopping Is Growing, But Isn’t Creating Jobs

Because so much of their interaction with customers is virtual and automated, e-commerce players don’t necessarily need to increase headcount as sales rise.

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Amazon Critics Protest Outside of Jeff Bezos' Home for Cyber Monday

2 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

2 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

The coordinated efforts hope to bring attention to warehouse worker deaths and injuries, the environmental costs of fast delivery and the increasing amount of information tech companies gather about customers.

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Amazon Critics Protest Outside of Jeff Bezos' Home for Cyber Monday

The coordinated efforts hope to bring attention to warehouse worker deaths and injuries, the environmental costs of fast delivery and the increasing amount of information tech companies gather about customers.

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Cyber Monday Deals Surge After Record Black Friday Sales

2 December 2019 • By Reuters

2 December 2019 • By Reuters

The US economy's biggest online shopping day is expected to reach $9.4 billion, a 19 percent increase on the same day a year ago.

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Cyber Monday Deals Surge After Record Black Friday Sales

The US economy's biggest online shopping day is expected to reach $9.4 billion, a 19 percent increase on the same day a year ago.