July 10, 2024 4 minute read Midway through the year, our longstanding Amazon pulse benchmark checks in with the industry to understand real-time sales and advertising performance on Amazon as well as promotional dynamics and inventory levels. In this edition, we place a particular focus on how digital leaders should be thinking about the ultra-competitive […]
July 8, 2024 2 minute read Navigating Amazon’s competitive landscape requires knowing which strategies will drive the most profitable growth for your brand. Our latest benchmarking analysis and competitive edge diagram reveal the high impact yet underutilized tactics, while debunking common practices that may not yield significant results. In this article, we dive into the […]
June 27, 2024 2 minute read Log in to download the full report linked at the bottom. With 2024 AVNs closed out for most brands, Stratably and Consulterce teamed up on a benchmark study to understand how the negotiations ended up, the impact to trade terms and profitability, and brands’ key focus areas going forward. […]
June 25, 2024 Now that the 2024 AVN season has concluded, brands are eager to understand how their experience compared to their peers and how they can set themselves up for success in the year ahead and for 2025 negotiations. That’s why we partnered with Martin Heubel of Consulterce on a benchmark study of 252 […]
June 24, 2024 3 minute read Amazon provides brands with an unprecedented number of tactics, tools, and programs (“levers”) to grow and manage their business. This challenges brands as it is difficult to parse the signal from the noise, especially if Amazon is pushing certain levers aggressively and / or media publications tout the latest […]
June 19, 2024 Measuring retail media incrementality is rare, confrontational, and has the potential to radically change media allocation. To learn more about this topic, we were joined by Meghan Corroon and Amanda Milling of Clerdata, a data science firm specializing in neutral incrementality measurement. They define incrementality in a precise way. Rather than sales […]
June 17, 2024 2 minute read Log in to download the full report linked at the bottom Consumer brands built around brick & mortar (B&M) have found launching products on Amazon to be very challenging because: Amazon orders small initial qualities Amazon does not take responsibility for driving traffic to new items Brands must jumpstart […]
June 13, 2024 5 minute read All digital leaders face the same challenge: so much to do, so little time (and budget, and resources)! With so many variables to manage – inventory, pricing, content, advertising, brand control, variations, brand stores, you name it! – one of the most important facets of the job is deciding […]