For sports lovers, Super Bowl Sunday is the most exciting event of the year. For advertisers and marketers, Super Bowl Sunday is the most exciting event of the year. This year viewers saw newcomers to the Super Bowl commercial lineup, some long-standing favorites, political ads and
Yesterday Amazon released 2019 4th Quarter earnings, sending stock prices soaring. The Q4 report also pushed Amazon’s market cap above $1 trillion, entering a stratosphere only Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft have reached. It was a good day for Amazon stock holders, with CNBC reporting the following
Originally published on the Amazon Advertising Case Study wesbite, this Red Kap Case Study highlights the brand's 2019 Prime Day Success. Thank you to the Red Kap team for your continued partnership and our friends at Amazon for the feature. The company From its first set of
A Golf Great is Born Tyler Stuart, John Krosky and Matt Mockus love golf, but hate traditional golf shoes. The trio had trouble finding cool, comfortable golf shoes that were equally functional and stylish. They thought, "What if we could just add traction to a pair
Ahead of the 2019 holiday season Amazon hired 200,000 seasonal workers, doubling the holiday workforce number from last year. Amazon added holiday employees to customer fulfillment and delivery facilities, however, some customers are still experiencing delays in their orders. Online Shopping Rush An Amazon spokesperson released a
The 2019 ‘Turkey 5’ has come to a close. The five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, coined the Turkey 5 by Amazon, saw record-shattering revenues this year. According to the National Retail Federation’s 2019 holiday forecast, US consumers will spend an average of $1,047.83 this
Amazon Posts are a new browse and discovery experience on Amazon specifically focused on brand shopping. The appearance of Posts are closely mirrored after Instagram so the experience feels natural to shoppers. This new feature helps shoppers discover new products by browsing brand-curated posts. Each image
From November 15 - November 18 Mexico celebrated El Buen Fin. Business analysts predicted that the event would generate 118 billion pesos (US $6.1 billion) but sales surpassed expectations and rang in 120 billion pesos. What is Buen Fin Last weekend Mexico celebrated El Buen Fin, an
We continue Macarta’s Industry Spotlight Series to discuss the world of influencers and influencer marketing. The Industry Spotlight Series aims to highlight experts within the advertising, marketing and creative industry to deliver you more information that can help improve your Amazon business and expand your
When shoppers are looking to make purchases on Amazon, many immediately filter search results for ‘Amazon Prime’ — it guarantees that items will arrive within 48 hours or less and comes with Amazon’s A-Z Guarantee. As a result, more sellers are offering Prime shipping to their
At Macarta, we love to learn. That’s why we are continually seeking out industry experts to gain new insights into current best practices to deliver the best service possible to our brand partners. At the end of October we attending Content Jam 2019 and had
UPDATE: Amazon’s Project Zero program is now open to any qualifying brand. In an effort to combat counterfeits on the selling platform, Amazon has implemented the Amazon Project Zero (APZ) program to help crack down on fake products. Goodbye, fake handbags. Hello, APZ. Third-party sellers account
Amazon has the same appeal to entrepreneurs as YouTube does to independent filmmakers. With the help of platforms like Amazon and YouTube, makers and creatives can go straight to their intended audience without a middle man. Once upon a time, businesses had to go through
Amazon has launched into their 16th country with the addition of Amazon Singapore. For the last two years, shoppers in Singapore were able to shop through Amazon Prime. Now, but the country now has their own localized Amazon site (amazon.sg) for the Southeastern Asian country. Singapore
Amazon’s Demand-Side Platform (DSP) is a unique advertising platform that helps brands influence shoppers along their purchasing journey. The DSP serves ads at the right moment through very specific interest-based audience segments, bridging the gap between brand discovery and purchase. Read More: Amazon 101: Understanding the