Skip to content

Over Half of Retailers’ Local Ad Spend Goes to Digital

Last week Amazon announced that millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide are selling through Amazon (over one million alone in the U.S.). According to Amazon, it has helped more than 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses exceeded $500,000 in sales in its stores worldwide, and nearly…

Read more

A Look at Amazon's Entry into Home Services

Amazon Home Services has been in beta since November and has now formally launched. The service will take on Angie's List, Home Advisor and a slew of new players in the increasingly crowded home services space (i.e. Pro,com, Serviz, Home…

Read more

A Look at Amazon’s Entry into Home Services

Amazon Home Services has been in beta since November and has now formally launched. The service will take on Angie's List, Home Advisor and a slew of new players in the increasingly crowded home services space (i.e. Pro,com, Serviz, Home…

Read more

Is Amazon Testing a Local Marketplace?

Amazon has been reported to be prepping a local services marketplace test in one market. If the article is accurate, this effort won't necessarily be adopted into a nationwide product -- Amazon frequently tests product concepts -- but should be…

Read more

Amazon Gets Into Maps and Directories Via UpNext

Amazon has reportedly purchased UpNext, the five-year-old, 3-D mapping and directory service that now provides "clickable building"-oriented maps for more than 50 cities, including 23 that are enhanced in depth. The service has experimented with a number of features, including…

Read more

Amazon’s Dallaire: ‘It’s Advertising, Day 1’

Amazon doesn't usually speak at industry gatherings. But that was before it needed to reach out to the advertising community to sell display ads on its sites, ads on Kindle, national and local offers on Kindle, and extend its promotional…

Read more

Milo.com Positions Itself as Anchor for eBay Local

Inventory hasn’t yet emerged as a “must have” for merchants, but the strategic importance of tracking store inventory remains undiminished. Merchants will potentially use inventory levels to drive users to specific locations, build promotions to get rid of overage (or…

Read more

Amazon Buys TeachStreet; Folds It Into Amazon Local

Amazon.com, which is moving in multiple directions vis-à-vis local, has agreed to buy TeachStreet, the service for matching teachers and students. Amazon’s interest appears to be less in TeachStreet than in the underlying e-commerce platform for SMBs. The platform already…

Read more

Filing: LivingSocial Lost $558 Million in 2011

LivingSocial, in a battle with Groupon and other deal providers to gain (and keep) market share, lost an eye popping $558 million beyond its $245 million in net earnings, according to a regulatory filing by Amazon.com, which owns 31 percent…

Read more
Back To Top