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AMZN: Ops Excellence
| Title: | AMZN: Ops Excellence |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2008/12/31/amzn-ops-excellence/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- December 31, 2008
- 1 comment
Amazon’s fufillment system is mind-bogglingly good. So good, I only notice it when buying elsewhere.
read more...An Amazon Without Tabs? Downright Wrong, or Finally Right? You Decide
| Title: | An Amazon Without Tabs? Downright Wrong, or Finally Right? You Decide |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/09/27/an-amazon-without-tabs-downright-wrong-or-finally-right-you-decide/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- September 27, 2007
- 1 comment
Yep, the site that made tabs a ubiquitous e-commerce navigation convention is at least considering making them go away.
But of course, Amazon always used tabs incorrectly, anyway. Right?
Subscribe and Save beta at Amazon
| Title: | Subscribe and Save beta at Amazon |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/07/17/subscribe-and-save-beta-at-amazon/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- July 17, 2007
- 1 comment
As a marketer, wouldn’t you love to receive permission to charge your customer’s credit card for a new order once a month? Or at least every 2 months? Or three?
How much of your margin would you be willing to sacrifice for this frequency?
Cheaper Than Free: -$5 Shipping at AMZN’s Endless.com
| Title: | Cheaper Than Free: -$5 Shipping at AMZN’s Endless.com |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/04/23/negative-five-dollar-shipping/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- April 23, 2007
- 1 comment
Shipping isn’t really free, even when retailers price it at zero. Amazon raises (lowers?) the bar again, with negative $5 shipping for the Endless.com launch. The direct marketing industry shudders.
read more...Amazing Breaking News!!!
| Title: | Amazing Breaking News!!! |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/04/01/amazing-breaking-news/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- April 1, 2007
- 0 comments
A great news day across the web, truly amazing stuff!!!
read more...Database Scaling: War Stories From Leading Sites
| Title: | Database Scaling: War Stories From Leading Sites |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/03/12/database-scaling-war-stories/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- March 12, 2007
- 1 comment
If your own IT wizards are responsible for the care and feeding of your web app databases, I highly recommend this series of fascinating posts on database strategy put up by O’Reilly last spring. Tim O’Rielly interviewed prominent web sites on the nuts and bolts of their database approaches.
read more...AMZN Posts Strong Holiday ‘06 Sales
| Title: | AMZN Posts Strong Holiday ‘06 Sales |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/01/19/amazon-strong-holiday-2006/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
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- January 19, 2007
- 0 comments
According to DMNews, Amazon reported holiday 2006 sales up 26%, an all-time company record.
read more...Rant: Amazon’s Poor Site Search
| Title: | Rant: Amazon’s Poor Site Search |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2006/12/26/rant-amazons-poor-site-search/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- December 26, 2006
- 0 comments
User testing shows search is the most important navigation path for online shoppers. Poor site search is inexcusable in 2006. So why is search so poor at Amazon? They own A9, for goodness sakes!
read more...Amazon’s “Customers Vote” Promotion
| Title: | Amazon’s “Customers Vote” Promotion |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2006/11/17/amazons-customers-vote-promotion/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- November 17, 2006
- 1 comment
Each week for the next four weeks, Amazon will offer four deals, allowing consumers to vote on which of the four is actually offered for that week. I have no doubts this aggressive promotion will turn out to be a shrewd marketing investment.
read more...What We’re Reading: ‘Code Name Ginger: The Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen’s Quest To Invent a New World’
| Title: | What We’re Reading: ‘Code Name Ginger: The Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen’s Quest To Invent a New World’ |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2006/08/07/what-were-reading-code-name-ginger-the-story-behind-segway-and-dean-kamens-quest-to-invent-a-new-world/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- August 7, 2006
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Steve Kemper’s “Code Name Ginger: The Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen’s Quest To Invent a New World” details the birth of Dean Kamen’s self-balancing transporter, the Segway.
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