Tag: Amazon Business
SMBs take over Amazon
Amazon has reported that more than half of units sold in its US online stores in 2018 were from SMBs.…
Hot Topic: Creative disruption
The growth of Amazon Business in the past three and a half years has been impressive by anyone’s standards, including…
Amazon increases sales and profit | HP Inc and Apogee deal approved |...
Amazon has reported Q3 2018 sales of $56.6 billion, an increase of 29%. Pre-tax profit was $3.4 billion, ten times more…
Amazon Business upgrades Prime
Amazon Business has launched new Business Prime benefits in a few select countries. Available in the US, Germany and Japan,…
Business owners favour Amazon
According to new research, almost two thirds (62%) of business owners are more inclined to buy products for their company…
Amazon Germany hones in on office supplies
Amazon Germany has launched an online store specifically dedicated to the most popular office supplies. Amazon.de/büroklassiker (which translates into ‘office…
Amazon Business tops $10 billion in sales
Amazon has revealed that sales on its B2B platform Amazon Business have exceeded $10 billion on an annualised basis. In…
The State of the OP Industry Report 2017-18
Once again, the last 12 months have seen the global office products (OP) industry continue to change substantially: Despite economic…
Piranha Business – Light. Key Insights Into The Appeal Of Amazon Business
In June 2017, Martin Wilde Associates (MWA) and OPI published “Piranha Business”, the first in-depth study of Amazon Business OP customers…
Piranha Business: Investigating the appeal of Amazon Business
A New Research Study By Martin Wilde Associates and OPI Back in the summer of 2014, Martin Wilde Associates (MWA)…
Research: Finding that anchor
The fifth incarnation of The View from the Top: The State of the OP Industry 2017-18 is highly indicative of…
Amazon trumpets its small business benefits
Amazon has just released a report showing how it supports small businesses across the world, especially in the US –…
OPI releases 2018 State of the Industry report
OPI and Martin Wilde Associates (MWA) have released their annual market research report investigating the state of the office products…
Analysis: Which road will Essendant take?
At the end of February, US business products wholesaler Essendant reported a set of challenging 2017 financial results, with sales…
Hot Topic: Consolidating the future
There is nothing so constant as change. The OP industry is no exception. It has spent the past two decades…
Big Interview: The full (Canadian) package
Denis Mathieu, President of Novexco, is a man on a mission. Having arrived at the Canadian multichannel operator when his…
Amazon plans SMB credit card
Amazon is reportedly planning to launch a credit card for its SMB customers in the US.According to Bloomberg, the e-commerce…
Essendant reveals jan/san industry’s digital shift
US business products wholesaler Essendant has shed light on how the jan/san industry is evolving alongside the rise of e-commerce.A…
Analysis: Other options for Essendant
OPI follows up on yesterday’s article about business products wholesaler Essendant.In the article, we looked at the possibility of Essendant…
Hot Topic: The dynamics of pricing
Dynamic pricing (or real-time pricing) has been around for some time, but so far has been mainly relegated to discussions…
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GSA provides e-commerce update
One month before it is due to submit a report to Congress on its federal e-commerce marketplace initiative, the US…