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MGR – Amazon Weekly News – October 7, 2019

MGR Amazon Weekly Update | October 7, 2019 Top News This Week Amazon Wants Sellers to Pay $5,000/mo for Access to a Dedicated Account Service Rep This option has existed for a while, but has been limited to only very select sellers. Now, Amazon is trying to

Is Your Advertising Budget Working? Understanding eCommerce Campaign Data | MGR Unplugged

Listen now on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Overcast “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”  John Wanamaker Well, it doesn’t have to be that way.  In this episode, Manuel Gil del Real and David Gil

How to Increase Your Customer Retention – eCommerce Strategies

According to Shopify’s State of Commerce Report,  Seventy-three percent of North American shoppers buy from brands they’re familiar with or with which they’ve had some prior business interaction. This is especially important as we approached the Holiday Season.  The additional stress of shopping for so many friends

MGR – Amazon Weekly News – September 30, 2019

MGR Amazon Weekly Update | September 30, 2019 Top News This Week The Rise of Amazon B2B Offers an Additional Revenue Path for Sellers Amazon is using its massive platform to capture B2B buyers, most of whom already use Amazon personally and are happily shifting their business

Longevity Hacks, How to Increase Your Health Span, and Living 120 Years | MGR Unplugged

Listen now on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Overcast Join Manuel and David in this animated discussion about how to increase our health span, longevity hacks that we can do on a daily basis and what would society be like if or when the average life

MGR – Amazon Weekly News – September 23, 2019

MGR Amazon Weekly Update | September 23, 2019 Top News This Week Amazon’s Algorithm Favors Products That Generate the Most Profit For Them, Which is Often Their Own Products This may not come as a huge surprise to most Sellers, but the details are important. Amazon is

How to Increase Your Average Order Value – eCommerce Strategies

For eCommerce store owners and marketing agencies, the end of the summer means nothing more than a reminder to start planning about the Holiday Season right away if you want to stay ahead of the game.  What used to be Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas shopping, has

A Preview of MGR’s New “eCommerce Edge Podcast,” Stripe’s New Valuation, and Facebook Comes to Your Living Room | MGR Unplugged

 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Overcast In this episode, Manuel Gil del Real is joined by David Gil to talk about MGR’s latest podcast for all things eCommerce.  We also talk about Stripe’s new record valuation after the latest investment round.  Apple’s

CCPA Will Be Bigger Than GDPR – What You Need to Know

GDPR sent shock-waves through Europe in 2018, but many US companies were able to get by without much trouble. But now, the state of California has passed a new bill titled the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is set to go into effect on January 1,

Video Marketing Statistics – 2019

It seems like no matter how much the Internet grows in so many directions, video content still dominates on all channels and platforms.  And I’m not just talking about the traditional streaming video wars between Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Hulu, etc.  This is purely video for the