EP078 - Amazon News
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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.
In Episode 78, we catch up on a lot of the new Amazon news including:
- Amazon Bookstore opens in Chicago (very near Jason's home)
- A number of analyst raise their guidance on Amazon stock, which is now almost double Walmart's market cap
- Amazon hosting a summit to help brands sell direct
- Amazon Private Label update
- Amazon Go store delayed
- Amazon gets NFL Thursday night football
- Amazon hiring work from home customer service people
- New Product - Amazon Connect, AWS cloud SaaS callcenter application
- New Product - Amazon Chime, AWS cloud SaaS video conferencing application
- Amazon Opening 1m sq-ft FC facility in VA
- Amazon acquired Souq.com - middle east marketplace - Dubai, Abu Dabi, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain
- Amazon shuts down Quidsi
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Episode 79 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday April 6, 2017.
