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@maxwelltani - unemployment doubled - economy was

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Shipments will not begin until late Spring, giving direct competitors like Peloton, Mirror, and Tonal the runway to market to as many former gym goers as their marketing budgets will allow. As premium fitness companies like Equinox face growing criticism for acting too slowly in

The 10 characteristics of a great consumer subscri

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9. Win-back potential. Can the company turn previously churned subscribers into paid subscribers again? For example, a free tier enables ex-customers to continue to see value out of the service, and to be engaged to convert back to being a paid subscriber over time.

Amazon launches a program to pay consumers for the

Source: eCommerce – TechCrunch
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Amazon has launched a new program that directly pays consumers for information about what they’re purchasing outside of Amazon.com and for responding to short surveys. The program, Amazon Shopper Panel, asks users to send in 10 receipts per month for any purchases made at non-Am

Facebook adds hosting, shopping features and prici

Source: eCommerce – TechCrunch
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It’s launching a way to shop for and pay for goods and services in WhatsApp chats; it’s going head to head with the hosting providers of the world with a new product called Facebook Hosting Services to host businesses’ online assets and activity; and — in line with its expanding

Despite pandemic, Amazon Prime Day expected to gen

Source: eCommerce – TechCrunch
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A new forecast released today estimates Amazon’s delayed Prime Day sales event will top last year’s by bringing in an estimated nearly $10 billion in worldwide sales when it runs later this month. According to eMarketer, which released its first-ever Prime Day forecast, consumer

Rafat Ali thinks the event industry is having its

Source: Waxy.org
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Zoom is the Napster of the event industry, the ease with which you can put on good-enough virtual events with a global audience, almost for free, much to the undercutting of the underlying economics of the physical events world. All types of business event — conferences, trade sh

The Census Bureau's Small Business Pulse Survey is

Source: Small Business Labs
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Things haven't improved much over the 6-week layoff according to the small businesses surveyed - 34% of the respondents said the pandemic has had a large negative effect on their business and 45% said it a moderate negative effect.  Only 6% said it had a positive effect. More int

Facebook is bringing a Shop section to its app, wh

Source: eCommerce – TechCrunch
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The company said that in the United States, it’s started testing a new section called Facebook Shop — like Instagram Shop, it’s basically a shopping destination where you can find products from a variety of different businesses. (This is distinct from Facebook Marketplace, which

Memo: Save the USPS

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Cost inflation is the most concerning obstacle ahead for digitally native retailers. Without the treatment that the United States’ oldest civilian service afforded Amazon in its infancy, it will be more difficult to build more businesses of Amazon’s scale. The economics were diff