Amazon made 10x more money than any other e-commerce site during 2016 holidays

Amazon already told the world that the 2016 holidays were its “best-ever season,” and new data from retail analytics company Slice Intelligence is adding some perspective to the claim. Based on a panel of more than 1.3 million US online shoppers, Amazon claimed 38 percent of all online revenue during the just-completed holidays. That’s a…

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Amazon launches Digital Day, a new sales holiday for digital products

Over the past two years we’ve seen Amazon excel at creating demand for Prime Day, a Amazon-generated sales holiday. This week Amazon is launching a new sales day on digital media dubbed “Digital Day.” The first Digital Day will be a 24 hour event held tomorrow, Friday December 30th and is marketed like a Black…

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Amazon’s happy holidays: 9x growth in Echo family device sales

Amazon’s Echo Dot, the best-selling item on Amazon.com this holiday season Amazon had itself a merry little huge Christmas this year, especially when it comes to sales of its own family of Echo devices. Echo Dot, the newer and smaller version of the Echo, was the top-selling item on Amazon.com this holiday season. That was…

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US District Court judge orders Amazon to release customer data in connection to WEN Haircare lawsuit

Amazon has been ordered by US District Court Judge James Robart to disclose customer information for people who purchased WEN hair products on the e-commerce site. The ruling is connected to a lawsuit involving WEN Haircare products. According to a report on Media Post, Guthy-Renker, the company behind the WEN Haircare line, settled the lawsuit.…

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Amazon’s December email campaigns outperform competitors, earning nearly 20% read rate

Twin Design / Shutterstock.com According to eDataSource, an email marketing and e-commerce analytics platform, Amazon’s email marketing efforts have outperformed seven other retailers so far this month. Tracking campaigns sent between November 29 (the day after Cyber Monday) through December 10, the e-commerce giant sent 1,691 email campaigns – earning 96.6 percent inbox placement and…

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How to maximize your AdSense earnings with Amazon CPM ads

If you use AdSense on your blog or website, I’m sure you have looked into other AdSense alternatives to increase your revenue. And in most cases, there are two other alternatives: High quality CPM ad networks such as Conversant Media (formerly ValueClick), Exponential (formerly Tribal Fusion), Technorati, Adtegrity, Advertising.com and more Other creative ad units…

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How Amazon Uses Twitter to Drive Website Traffic: Bad Jokes Ahead

Thinking about all of the great retailers online, there is perhaps no bigger name in the industry than Amazon. They have created an incredible sales system that is centered around a website that is second to none, with an inventory that includes …everything from A → Z! With so much going on from their website…

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