EP252 - Amazon FBA Roll-ups w Chris Bell CEO of Perch
[NOTE: The audio quality of this episode is not up to our usual standards due to some internet challenges. But we felt the content was valuable enough to publish the episode anyway.]
A number of firms are acquiring, or some would say rolling up, brands that primarily distribute their products on Amazon using Fulfillment by Amazon. By some accounts, these firms have cumulatively raised over $1B in capitol, and are rapidly acquiring brands.
This week we explore this trend, with the founder of one of these firms, Chris Bell, CEO of Perch. Chris sees Perch as a next generation CPG conglomerate leveraging the Amazon marketplace. While traditional CPGs may review their pricing quarterly, and set marketing strategies annual, Perch adjusts pricing strategy hourly, and advertising strategies daily.
“Amazon marketplace is 2x any CPG and growing faster.”
CHRIS BELL, CEO OF PERCH
In this interview we cover:
If you’re interested in selling your FBA business to Perch, you can reach them at info@perchhq.com.
Episode 252 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021.
Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.
EP251 - 2021 Annual Predictions
2020 Recap – Predictions made on episode 204
Scot
Score 3/5
Jason
Score 4.5/5
Jason:
Bonus – More store closures in 2021 than 2020.
Scot:
Bonus: post-covid anti-consumerism/materialism wave
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Episode 251 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, January 21st, 2021.
Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.
EP250- Holiday 2020 Recap
This week we recap the commerce results for Holiday 2020 (including the data sources you can use to get a read for yourself), give an update on #shipageddon, and cover some industry news.
2019 | 2020 | YoY %Ch | |
Stores | $864.69 | $822.79 | -4.8% |
Online | $140.28 | $190.47 | 35.8% |
Total | $1004.97 | $1013.26 | 0.8% |
Nov-Dec Sales estimates from e-marketer $B
Shipageddon Recap:
Episode 250 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday, January 7th, 2021.
Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.