@drewfallon12 Brands often lose some differentiation after joining a mega-corp, even if the core product remains unchanged
My prediction is that the better-for-you, smaller brand value prop starts to dissipate
@Aidanb2b not in ecom but this is wrong
product development
manufacturing
inventory management
forecasting
category competition
after all that, you still have to run winning ads
The FTC just announced it was suing Amazon for misrepresenting its ads auctions.
My job is fully understanding Amazon Ads bidding and and its granular auction dynamics; I put together a piece that explains exactly what's going on with this lawsuit https://t.co/UjxjEv4cKG
The FTC just announced it was suing Amazon for misrepresenting its ads auctions.
My job is fully understanding Amazon Ads bidding and and its granular auction dynamics; I put together a piece that explains exactly what's going on with this lawsuit https://t.co/UjxjEv4cKG
@yonnuta@tipsheetai You’re right, but bids on thousands of auctions we ran indicated behavior that seemed improbable for any standard second price auction
@michaelpatron0 Blow after blow for sellers after many DTC brands had to switch to Amazon after CPMs went up post 2021
Lack of trust with Big Tech has to be close to all time highs in e-com
@AFergusonFTC trust is key in a market economy. If it's true they chose to ignore a "defect" that made them cash and hurt S->M size businesses, it would have been in egregiously poor judgment, especially as Amazon is often seen as having customer-first ideology.
@Forbes amazon exec, on giving ads team control of search slots going to ads:
"a risk of the fox . . . guarding the henhouse."
later, same exec:
"the hens are out of the house anyways."
per FTC lawsuit.