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Prime Day 2023: What Do We Know So Far?

Back in 2015, Amazon launched Prime Day to celebrate their 20th Anniversary. Nine years later, it

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Improving Fulfillment Capabilities Using​ Buy with Prime

Amazon once again rocked the ecommerce industry with their newest release, Buy with Prime. This new

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How to Find the Synergy between DTC and Amazon to Deliver The Ultimate Customer Journey

As you might have heard, Blue Wheel merged with Retail Bloom — and this powerhouse duo are now

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The Ins & Outs of Amazon Brand Registry

Most of us have heard of Amazon’s Brand Registry program, but there tends to be a lot of confusion

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Three Tips for Effectively Monitoring MAP Pricing Across a Large Product Catalog

Getting started, or just getting better, at monitoring and enforcing your brand’s Minimum

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Amazon Makes Changes to FBA Capacity Limits Coming March 2023

If you stay current with any of the Amazon news articles or LinkedIn forums, you already know that

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Why More is Not Always Better Online

For many brands we talk with, the sales world has been flipped on its head. Traditionally, before

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Walmart Brand Portal: How does it compare to Amazon Brand Registry?

The $1 million (or more) question: Will Walmart’s new Brand Portal tool operate as well as (or even

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Promo Proliferation: Short-term Gain but Potential Long-term Pain

You get the itch. Prime Day deals have to be submitted. A lightning deal opportunity just popped

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Five Reasons to Choose an Amazon Agency as Your Preferred 3P Seller

As a full turn-key 3P solutions agency, we buy, sell, and ship your items to provide your brand

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Considering Amazon’s Local Selling Strategy: Buy Online Pickup In Store (BOPIS)

Providing the best of online and in-person shopping, its new program, Amazon Local Selling, gives

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Channel Alignment and Brand Control in eCommerce Teams

High performing channels are cross-organizationally aligned both internally and externally, with a

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Prime Day Early Access Sale Announced for October 11-12

Amazon has finally confirmed the rumors – there officially will be a “Prime Day” equivalent sale

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Preventing Drop Ship Retail Arbitrage on Amazon

You may have seen news articles recently highlighting Dum Dums’ problems on Amazon (the suckers—not

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Should Sellers Be Wary of Amazon’s Customer Service Metrics Beta?

Anyone who has experience selling on Amazon knows that things change rather quickly, and Seller

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How Amazon Matches Your Sponsored Product Ads May Be Different Than You Thought

The method by which Amazon Advertising targets your Sponsored Product ads tends to be primarily

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Is There a Prime Day 2.0 Around the Corner?

It was reported that Amazon plans to have a second Prime Day event this year and has sent notice to

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Why Amazon TACoS and ACos Are Not One Size Fits All

There is no shortage of metrics you can monitor when advertising your products on Amazon, CPC, CTR,

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Will Your Brand Be Using These Amazon Advertising Strategies For Prime Day?

The buzz around Prime Day only continues to get larger and louder as the years go on.

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Seller Auto-Enrollment in Remote Fulfillment on Amazon Program

This week, sellers on Amazon signed into their Seller Central accounts to see a widget update on

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How Changes to Amazon's Business Reports Tool Affects Sellers

Amazon recently announced changes to its to Business Reports, which give insight into your traffic,

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Best Practices for Online Multi-Channel Commerce

The following is a guest blog written by our partners at SolidCommerce.

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Four Tips for Receiving Amazon's Coveted Best Seller Badge

An Amazon badge is one of the best ways to set your product apart from your competitors and

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Preparing for Prime Day 2022: It's Official

Amazon has officially confirmed their Prime Day dates. 

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The Fundamentals of Amazon FBA Reimbursements

The following is a guest post written by our partners at Getida. 

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How do I get Amazon and Walmart to Follow Our MAP Pricing?

Ok, let’s keep this one short. Answer? You don’t.

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Amazon's Strategic Account Services Program Benchmarks

Benchmarking data and insights were provided by Cleveland Research Company. 

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How to Avoid Suppressed BuyBox on Amazon

In this post, we review BuyBox suppression and how to avoid it. 

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The Amazon Hybrid Model: Updates, Managing Blocks, and Weighing Risk

With the recent changes to Amazon policies, some hybrid vendors are facing setbacks when attempting

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Inflation and MAP Pricing on Amazon and Other Online Sales Channels

Well, we’ve all run into now—inflation. It’s no longer a “overseas” problem or a “logistical

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Balancing Organic and Paid Traffic as Part of a Full Funnel Strategy

This post was created with insights and data from our partners at Profitero.

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Guide To Starting An FBA Business

The following is a guest post written by Kate Bahshieva of AMZ Scout. 

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Amazon Announces Changes to Restock Limits

Amazon announced it has begun to loosen its grip on FBA restock limits on December 21, 2021. 

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Mitigating The Rising Threat of Amazon Chargebacks

This post was created with reports, data, and insights from our partners at Cleveland Research

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How Retail Bloom Utilizes TrackStreet for Brand Protection Services

If you have had the chance to check out some of our previous blogs or catch one of our brand

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Check Your List Twice: Your Last-Minute Amazon Holiday Checklist

With the holidays just around the corner, you can never be too prepared when it comes to Amazon and

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3 Important Brand Protection Tips To Remember When Prepping for Q4

At Retail Bloom, we not only help our clients in all areas of marketplace management, but we are a

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Best Practices in Managing Amazon Product Reviews

As consumers increased the amount of time spent on their couches shopping, reviews have became an

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3 Key Takeaways from Amazon's Accelerate Conference 2021

Amazon recently hosted their Amazon Accelerate annual virtual conference in which its effort is to

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Rebate, Coupon, & Marketing Policy Posted to Seller Central Forum

To many sellers’ surprise, on November 2nd, 2021, Amazon provided extreme clarity on Amazon’s

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Returns Performance Dashboard & Returns Analysis Page in Seller Central

Amazon announced two new updates coming to Seller Central on October 21, 2021. 

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Expectations When Using Amazon's Brand Registry Program

Let's dive into Amazon's Brand Registry program. 

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AMZ Updates: Order Handling Capacity Setting in Amazon Seller Central

On September 13, 2021, Amazon announced this new setting in Seller Central. 

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Reevaluating Amazon Ad Spend to Align with the Increasing Demand

This post was developed with insights and data from our partners at Pacvue & Cleveland Research

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AMZ Updates: Amazon Expands the A-Z Guarantee

This update went into effect as of September 1, 2021. 

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AMZ Updates: New Automated Removal Settings

On September 22, 2021, Amazon announced two new settings in Seller Central. 

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AMZ Updates: New Refurbishment & Liquidation Options

Amazon announces two value-recovery services options for automated removal of unfulfillable

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Differentiating Between Trademarks & Copyrights: Enforcement Practices

Make sure to check out our first blog post in this mini-series if you missed it: Differentiating

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Differentiating Between Trademarks and Copyrights: Which is Which?

If we want to get technical, a trademark, according to the Oxford Languages Dictionary, is “a

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Retail Bloom’s SellerSight Marketplace Enforcement Tool

Watch our SellerSight Tool Overview video where we walk through how our team utilizes our

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Thinking Like a Seller to Capture Share of the Digital Shelf

This post was created as a guest blog for RetailX, with insights from our partners at Howard

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Big Retailer + Big Revenue = Big Challenges

Find the balance between keeping larger retailers happy while not disrupting your established

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Prosper Show 2021: Marketplace Strategy Takeaways

After the past year, our team was ready to hit the expo halls to discuss big topics, learn,

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Pricing and 1P: The Amazon Hybrid Model

We’ve seen several recent changes that have many brands asking about a hybrid model as Amazon

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Simplifying the Complexities of Multichannel eCommerce

This post was developed with insights and data from our partners at Solid Commerce. 

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Insights from Prime Day 2021

Prime Day 2021 was unlike any other in its history. Let's break down the results, insights and

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Handling Copyright Infringement in the Age of Amazon

How should your brand handle copyright infringement in the Age of Amazon?

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Developing an eCommerce Sales Strategy for Expanding to Walmart.com

Walmart has invested nearly $14 billion in capital investments to drive long-term sales growth and

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Two of the Most Common Brand Protection Questions, Answered

There are two questions that I get more than any others in discussing brand protection with

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Prime Day 2021: Your Brand Strategy Guide

Prime Day will be taking place June 21-22. What is your brand strategy?

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Amazon FBA Stock Limits to Offer Flexibility in Managing Shipments

Amazon announces FBA Stock Limits to Offer Flexibility in Managing Shipments.

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Retail Bloom & Profitero Bring Best-in-Class eCommerce Insights

Retail Bloom is proud to announce our partnership with Profitero.

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What DO Amazon and Walmart Actually DO to Protect Your Trademark?

What Do Amazon and Walmart Actually “DO” to Protect Your Trademark?

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Update to Amazon US Referral & FBA fees: Effective June 1, 2021

  There has been a notable update from Amazon in regards to their referral and Amazon FBA fees for

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Amazon Advertising and Brand Protection - What They Have in Common

This post has been completed in collaboration with our advertising partner, Pacvue.

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MAP Price: Where does it start? Stop? What is an 'advertised price'?

Minimum Advertised Price (MAP)—a term growing ever more common among the eCommerce selling (and

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Brand Protection Lessons Learned in 2020

Wow—2020. What a year. It definitely had its challenges: Worldwide pandemic, polarizing societal

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Eyes in the Back of Your Brand: A 360 Approach to Serve & Protect Your Brand

It would be hard to tell you exactly just how many times we have heard the hesitation from a client

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Protecting Your Brand in Europe – Understanding Selective Distribution

We have had many conversations in the past few months with clients who are exploring expansion into

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Protecting Your Brand on Walmart.com

We know there are countless articles, webinars, blogs, you name it out there giving you tips and

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How to Protect Your Brand on Amazon in Q4

It’s coming! Leaves are falling, football is in (and hopefully “on”) the air, and Christmas

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Prepping for Amazon's FBA Restrictions in Q4

With all of the FBA restrictions, receiving delays, and shipping window changes, we thought it

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2020 Marketplace eCommerce Insights: Looking Back and Moving Forward

So we've made it through the majority of the year and it appears the worst of what 2020 has to

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The Recipe for an Effective MAP Policy

We know you’ve likely heard many different takes on “MAP” and how you should handle it. We wanted

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Setting the Stage for a Successful Channel Management Strategy

In the world of brand protection, it is crucial that your brand controls the various channels

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We Tried Amazon Sponsored Brand Video Ads. Here Are The Results.

In this blog, we discuss the most important aspects of the new Amazon Sponsored Brand video ads,

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Amazon Has Paused Non-Essential Orders. Retail Bloom's FBA Onsite Can Help!

As previously communicated on March 17th, 2020, Amazon released a statement that they will be

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Our Study on Amazon’s Increase in FBA Fees

There has been a notable update from Amazon in regards to their referral and Amazon FBA fees for

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Do your Amazon Listings Pass the Retail Readiness Test?

Are your Amazon listings not getting as many sales as you’d like? Are you concerned that your ads

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Ultimate List of Amazon Terms and Abbreviations: Part 1

  We’ve been helping brands boost their sales on Amazon for more than 5 years. With this

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Guide to Choosing an Amazon Agency

By now, you probably know all of the reasons why you should hire an Amazon agency. When looking for

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[4 Tips] How to Successfully Launch a Product on Amazon

Finding success on Amazon isn’t as easy as it used to be. Now, there are more variables that

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"Where's the Beef?" of eCommerce Brand Protection

Five steps to creating an effective enforcement foundation for your brand online.

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What is Amazon Attribution and How Can It Help?

Do you know where your Amazon sales are really coming from? Chances are if you’ve been advertising

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New Amazon Update: Amazon Search Just Became More Fair

New Update: Amazon recently just switched back to promoting its own products ahead of their sellers

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How to Get the Most Out of Amazon's New Feature - Amazon Posts

If you're selling products on Amazon, then you're familiar with posting images and creating

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5 Most Important Reasons to Hire an Amazon Agency

Selling on Amazon can be easy but selling on Amazon with consistent sales growth is another story.

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Secure Your Amazon Sales With Brand Protection

Taking a product to market requires a lot of time and money invested into an idea. You create

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Top 4 Free Amazon Keyword Tools

An essential part of growing Amazon sales is making products easy to find. Amazon keyword tools

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Top 5 Black Friday Tips for Amazon Sellers

How is Amazon seller Black Friday different from other retailers? Amazon isn't just the largest

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Creating a Profitable Amazon Advertising Campaign

Every day, thousands of Amazon sellers start their workday with one common goal: Increase sales.

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Prime Day Is Coming: What Do I Need to Know?

  It’s no secret. Prime Day is a huge opportunity to gain sales on Amazon — and the proof is in the

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