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Amazon Fresh: Diversifying Grocery Business With New Expansion

When it comes to groceries, Amazon’s ambitions are big. Not only does the retail giant own Whole Foods, but it plans to open approximately 100 locations — at least — of Amazon Fresh stores worldwide. Amazon Fresh is Amazon’s grocery chain that offers low price points

Amazon 101: Amazon Follow

What is Amazon Follow? Amazon Follow is a program that gives brands and influencers more visibility and the opportunity to target and connect with shoppers who enjoy their products. Similar to social media, Amazon shoppers can curate what products, brands, and ads appear more often when

Amazon’s Battle Against Climate Change

Ever since Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge with Global Optimism in 2019, the retail giant has committed to several eco initiatives over the past couple of years in order to reach their goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. In this blog post, we cover

Amazon Launches Build It – A Crowd-Funding Program

With Amazon’s new Build It program, whatever you wish is their command.  Last month, Amazon launched Build It, a Day 1 Additions program that lets customers crowd-source the products Amazon produces. In the past, the marketplace released many products with Alexa that never took off, but

Mexico & Brazil: Amazon’s Hottest New Markets

Today, we’re catching up with our Director General of LATAM, Carlos Corona, for insight into the Latin American (LATAM) ecommerce landscape, recent Amazon Mexico trends and opportunities, and for an update on our new Macarta Brazil office. Currently, Carlos manages team operations for the Macarta

Amazon DSP: 6 New Features You Need to Know

Amazon’s demand-side platform (DSP) allows advertisers to influence shoppers by programmatically buying ad placements at scale. Displayed across multiple mediums, brands can present their products at the right moment in the consumer purchase journey through specific interest-based audience segments.  Read More: Amazon 101: Understanding the Amazon

The Evolution of Amazon Live

On February 16th, 2021, Mitsubishi released their newest SUV. While there wasn’t the excitement of an in-person auto show reveal due to the pandemic, there was the next best thing: Amazon Live. Viewers around the US tuned in to watch the big launch on Amazon’s

Amazon’s Q4 Strikes Big at $126 Billion in Revenue

Last Tuesday (February 2, 2021) Amazon dropped some big news: The company crossed a milestone of more than $100 billion in revenue for a single quarter with $125.56 billion in sales during Q4 2020. The announcement was made in Amazon’s Q4 Earnings Report, making headlines in news

SEO de Google vs. SEO de Amazon

No todo el SEO se crea igual. De la misma manera en la que los motores de búsqueda difieren, la estrategia SEO de cada uno también debe ajustarse para adaptarse a la plataforma que estás utilizando. Entonces, ¿cuál es la diferencia entre el SEO de

Macarta’s 2021 Amazon Trends & Predictions

It’s no secret that 2020 saw big changes in consumer spending. With Covid-19 upending everyday life and confining people to their homes, a massive growth occurred in online spending, landing Amazon with even more market share and sales volume.  As the dust settles into 2021, there’s

Travel the World Virtually with Amazon Explore

Nostalgic about the days you could explore ancient ruins or peruse local boutiques from around the world? Wish you could learn how to make homemade pasta from a local Italian chef? With Amazon Explore, “the world is at your fingertips” — right from the comfort

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A Guide to Amazon Sponsored Brands Video

In October 2019, Amazon released Sponsored Brands Video, allowing sellers to use their video assets to engage customers on the e-commerce platform better. While these short, attention-grabbing ads are relatively new, having an up-to-scratch Amazon video marketing strategy is incredibly important to improving ad performance