The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News EP218 - Amazon Q1 2020 Earnings and Covid News
EP218 - Amazon Q1 2020 Earnings and Covid News
Episode 218 covers some Covid-19 related e-commerce news, and provides an analysis of Amazon’s Q1 2020 Earnings.
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- Shopify becoming a marketplace?
- Google shopping is now free
- Covid impact
- 630,000 retail businesses have been closed since mid-March (about 61% of sf sq)
- Forrester 16% E-Com -> 25% in april (70% digital influence)
- 3% digital grocery -> 10% digital Grocery
- Goldman Sachs: Retail Chain down 20.9%
- ShopperTrack: Traffic down 48%
- Bankruptcies – JCREW, Neiman, JCP, Tuesday Morning, Lord & Taylor
- Gordon Brothers 25,000 stores and 100,000 restaurants could end up closing permanently this year
- UBS 100,000 retailers close by 2025 (15% -> 25% e-com penetration)
- Everyone making PPE
- Happy Story: Pets (“adopt a pet” surged about 335% in volume)
Simon Properties Opening Plans
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Episode 218 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday, April 30th, 2020.
Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.