by timkilroy | Jul 4, 2018 | advertising, Amazon, e-commerce, Retail
I published this on LinkedIn first, but reposted here for your enjoyment. Yeah – That is Jeff Bezos laughing. If you’ve ever heard his laugh, it is a generous, authentic, and loud. And Mr. Bezos has a lot to laugh about these days. He is the richest man in...
by timkilroy | Oct 28, 2013 | Amazon, Books, Kindle
OK, Sportfans, quick ramblings on a chilly Monday morning in Boston: Amazon: My curious 4 year old twins are truly denizens of the digital age. They were able to spend $23.99 on their favorite TV show on our Kindle Fire (which, btw, for $139 is an awesome deal –...
by timkilroy | Jan 29, 2013 | Amazon, e-commerce
It is Amazon 4Q earnings day. Normally this is a day of both joy and despair. The e-commerce community revels in the sheer scale of Amazon’s revenues, thinking that they can capture some fraction of that. Amazon is ongoing proof that e-commerce is a rocketship....
by timkilroy | Jun 13, 2012 | Amazon, e-commerce, Google, m-commerce, social media
Google Shopping is Scary: With the eventual demise of the free Google shopping feeds, retailers are feeling under the gun from Google. The GOOG eats up 50% of their digital budgets anyway, adding shopping to that makes lots of people angry. My take- it will hurt for...
by timkilroy | Apr 4, 2012 | Amazon, e-commerce, marketing
I have just about had it. If I get one more e-mail, or site banner, or follow-up offer that says “Just for You”, I am going to scream. In this age of personalization, we all expect that there will be something RELEVANT or even remotely interesting in these...
by timkilroy | Dec 28, 2011 | Amazon, e-commerce
Bernard Moon, CEO of Vidquick, has written up his 2012 predictions over at Venture Beat. Among them, he opines that Amazon will have a tough 2012 because of looming sales taxes. His thinking is that with the addition of sales tax, Amazon’s pricing advantages...
