Amazon’s Push of Small Biz to New Platforms Signals a Happy Moment for those Who Hate Sneaker Resale, but it Ain’t All Roses

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Sneaker resale, like all resale, is one of the most misunderstood topics in business analysis. The Grey Market, or the place where retail arbitrage, bots and backdoors, operate to sell products for profit, is just that, grey. Consumers who hate resale and are unwilling to listen to any reasonable explanation for why it exists. Those…

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Before Nike Dropped Amazon, Birkenstock Led the Way in 2017 Exiting the eCommerce Giant

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Source: https://www.birkenstock.com/us The November 13th, 2019 announcement by Nike that they were ending their pilot program with Amazon’s brand registry is being touted as a smart business move by most media outlets and I agree. After reading through most sites and recognizing that the discussion around Nike was completely devoid of depth and a true…

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It Would Be Smart for adidas, Nike and Under Armour to End Their Amazon Relationships… but they can’t

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Amazon is falling into the same trap as GE. Or is it? Source: There’s precedent for Amazon competing with so many companies. It doesn’t end well. I know the chart above showing how Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods tanked the stock prices of grocery counterparts doesn’t quite fit a sports and sportswear website, but let…

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