A new report provides some insight into Amazon’s 2015 holiday tactics. “One key trend this season is an unprecedented level of price dynamism on best-selling items, with some products repriced far more than others,” according to the report from 360pi. Read more
Which top retailer has the lowest prices? Online sellers know how competitive the Amazon marketplace is, but they may be wondering how it compares to other sites on pricing and product assortment. A new report from Boomerang Commerce takes a Read more
Pricing is seen by retailers and online sellers as a marketing tool, particularly sales and discounts – but sometimes it can land them in hot water. The latest example involves a top fashion brand, and while in this case it Read more
Shoppers on Amazon UK snapped up expensive items from merchants for just a penny on Friday, but the pricing wasn’t part of a sale. Rather, it was due to a glitch in a third-party repricing tool. Some gleeful customers will Read more
A veteran of Amazon and eBay, Guru Hariharan has raised $8.5 million for his company to help retailers compete with Amazon. While small and micro sellers won’t be using Boomerang Commerce’s services, they may wish to understand how the company Read more
An online shopper from Rhode Island, A. Cemal Ekin , Ph.D., has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon over its Prime Shipping program. Ekin paid $79 for Amazon Prime annual membership in order to receive free shipping on Prime-eligible Read more
Overstock.com said it would appeal the tentative ruling of a California trial court which prohibits the company from comparison price advertising unless done in conformity with court-mandated practices, which Overstock.com says diverge widely from industry standards. The problem for Overstock.com Read more
You may have heard about the recent pricing glitch at Delta Airlines that let shoppers scoop up ultra-cheap flights. Fares that normally cost thousands of dollars went for double digits. It’s every seller’s nightmare to inadvertently sell their stock for less than Read more
Competing with big name retailers like Amazon and Walmart on pricing represents a fool’s errand. Creative online sellers try to find niches that can be filled with unique items to avoid taking on the biggest companies head-on, and that’s looking Read more
