Despite widespread predictions that escalating U.S. tariffs would prompt American sellers to expand internationally as a risk mitigation strategy, Marketplace Pulse data reveals this anticipated pivot ...

The summer sales calendar now revolves around Amazon's anchor, with most major U.S. retailers scheduling competing events within days of Prime Day's expanded four-day window.

Amazon sellers now face less competition than in 2021, with over 30% more traffic per active seller available across its global marketplaces. The competitive shift provides a notable counterbalance to ...

The e-commerce industry is bracing for impact as U.S.-China trade tensions intensify. Following the introduction and rapid escalation of reciprocal tariffs on Chinese goods by the Trump administration ...

Amazon continues to add international marketplaces, but most sellers aren't following them across borders. Despite Amazon's efforts to make global selling easier, nearly 70% of sellers remain active ...

Amazon's third-party sellers accounted for an all-time high of 62% of units sold in Q4 2024, though this is more by Amazon's design than sellers' dominance.

China-based e-commerce platforms built multi-billion dollar businesses by exploiting a customs loophole. That loophole – Section 321 'de minimis' thresholds – is now closed, and with it, the current ...

In 2024, China-based sellers increased their market share to more than 50% on Amazon. American sellers have dropped below 50% nearly two years ago. However, Chinese sellers have grown above 50% only ...

The seventh edition of the Year in Review report condenses the topics explored on Marketplace Pulse in 2024. Disruptors from China - Shein and Temu - and Amazon's reaction to them, the unique shopping ...

Two years after its launch, Temu overtook eBay to become the world's 2nd most visited e-commerce website.

Walmart's marketplace reached 150,000 active sellers as new sellers joining the platform continue to accelerate, attracted by growing GMV.