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5 Interesting Stories from the World of Ecommerce This Week

Welcome to this week’s eFocus, RepricerExpress’ weekly round-up of ecommerce and Amazon news.

Amazon is building its first fulfilment centre in New York City: Dennis Green at Business Insider UK reports that Amazon announced on Wednesday that it’s building its first fulfilment centre in New York City, in the borough of Staten Island. According to the release, the warehouse will measure 855,000 square feet and provide over 2,250 new jobs in the area. The workers will pack and ship orders to the tri-state area and beyond, working in conjunction with Amazon’s team of robots. Continue reading…

Amazon and Apple join the race for James Bond distribution rights: Mark Sweeney at The Guardian reports that Amazon and Apple have emerged as contenders to take on the multibillion-dollar distribution rights for the James Bond film franchise. The rights, valued at between $2bn and $5bn (£1.5bn-£3.8bn), according to Hollywood Reporter, are considered to be underexploited in a world where blockbuster global intellectual property is in high demand. Continue reading…

Ecommerce survey 2017, the trials and tribulations of a booming industry: Shanelle Mullin at Shopify reports on the results of a 23-question reader survey. They received nearly 2,000 responses from some of their most active blog subscribers. Continue reading…

Defining a digital commerce strategy to win: Harry Chemko at GetElastic reports on four questions every brand should ask. Does our business demand continuous differentiation? All in one? Or build with the best? Is our organization looking to change its business model? Cloud or Not? Continue reading…

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