Retail Dive: Amazon’s balancing act is getting trickier
An article from Retail Dive mentioned RMW Commerce’s recent research article on Amazon Buy With Prime.
Supply Chain Dive: Shopify to expand program offering better delivery date visibility
RMW Commerce Consulting founder and CEO Rick Watson says Shop Promise won’t be a competitor to Amazon Prime and its “Buy with Prime” offering anytime soon.
Business Insider: Shopify is trying to lure sellers away from Amazon by promising seamless shipping and VIP access on container ships
Rick Watson, CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting and an expert in marketplace e-commerce, said the challenge of catering to small businesses will have to show up in the price.
The Loadstar: Returns a costly and speeding juggernaut for Amazon and parcel carriers
Although consumer surveys indicate that free returns are a high factor in determining whether or not an online merchant is picked, large retailers have introduced return or restocking fees for merchandise sent back, a strategy not viable for smaller sellers, according to Rick Watson, founder and CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting.
Retail Dive: Amazon expands ‘Buy with Prime’ to all US merchants
Rick Watson was recently quoted by Retail Dive discussing Amazon’s Buy With Prime. “At the end of the day, it’s not going to be meaningful for some time, because this is such a small program,” Watson said by phone.
Business Insider: 2 looming problems are threatening to hammer FedEx — and that's not even counting the recession
Rick Watson, the CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting, sees another trend in the mix when it comes to FedEx. He told Insider that UPS is growing faster with small and medium businesses, and is more profitable than FedEx. Meanwhile, Amazon continues to deliver an increasingly large percentage of all the packages on the road.
Retail Dive: Is Amazon done disrupting retail?
“It took them a long time, but Walmart is now basically copying Amazon’s playbook,” Rick Watson, founder and CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting, said by phone.
The Loadstar: E-commerce customers now prefer guaranteed delivery dates to speed
“This is more of a trend in retail, driven of course by Amazon. One of the things Amazon has learned over the years is that consumers dislike early delivery almost as much as late delivery,” said Rick Watson, founder and CEO of strategist RMW Commerce Consulting.
eCom Logistics Podcast: How Amazon And Shopify Are Shaping eCommerce with Rick Watson
I was featured on the eCom Logistics Podcast, where I give an insider's look into CommerceHub's acquisition of ChannelAdvisor and share rich insights on Amazon's new service called Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD).
Digital Commerce 360: Google takes yet another run at ecommerce — and Amazon
“For the past 15 years, Google has been trying to figure out commerce,” said Rick Watson, the head of RMW Commerce Consulting. “And they’ve never really executed.”
How Shopify Outfoxed Amazon to Become the Everywhere Store
“The pandemic just turbocharged them. It’s ridiculous,” says Rick Watson, an e-commerce consultant and host of Watson Weekly, a podcast about online selling.
