Amazon Primes for More

As we know, Amazon dominates the world of online retailing. And it is a very creative firm.  Think about the Kindle, the Kindle Fire, Alexa, and Amazon Prime. Hence, the title of today’s post — Amazon primes for more.

Clearly, Amazon Prime has been a brilliant success. See Amazon Creates Its Own “Prime” Holiday and Amazon Prime: A Loyalty Program That Really Pays Off .
 

Amazon Primes for More

As reported by eMarketer:

“New data from Kantar Consulting estimate that an impressive 45% of households in the US are willing to fork over membership fees to Amazon in exchange for the promise of free two-day shipping on eligible items, along with ancillary benefits like access to Amazon’s library of streamable content. That’s a figure Kantar said is equal to about 56.9 million homes.”

And “According to a report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) released in October 2017, Amazon Prime members spent an average of almost $1,300 per year on the platform, compared with $700 for nonsubscribers.”

Take a look at these two charts.

Amazon Primes for More
 
Amazon Primes for More
 

This entry was posted in Online Retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

1 Response to Amazon Primes for More

  1. Pingback: Do a Good Deed with Amazon Smile | Retailing: From A to Z by Joel Evans

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