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E-Commerce
8 min read

How to Improve Your Amazon Ranking When You're the Brand, Not the Seller

A brand team spends a quarter rebuilding A+ Content for its flagship SKU, new images, a rewritten Brand Story. Six weeks later, the ranking hasn't moved. Here's how to tell if the problem is content or something happening around the ASIN.
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Analytics
8 min read

Why You Should Monitor Your Marketplace Hourly

Imagine, on a random morning, a new seller appears on Amazon with one of your highest-volume SKUs. A few hours later, another reseller joins the listing. By the afternoon, Buy Box ownership has changed several times and pricing behaviour across the marketplace looks noticeably different.
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Insights
8 min read

Using Retail Price Data to Strengthen Retailer Negotiations: A Practical Guide for Brand Commercial Teams

Retail buying teams arrive at annual negotiations with structured data on your brand. Most KAMs arrive with a deck and a relationship. Here's how market intelligence closes that gap, legally and practically.
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Insights
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Pricing Intelligence for Consumer Electronics Brands: What It Covers and What It Makes Possible

Most pricing intelligence tools are built for retailers. A manufacturer's problem is different: understanding what is happening across your entire distribution network, who is selling your products, how the market is moving, and what that means for the decisions on your desk.
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Insights
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From Reactive to Proactive: What Market Transparency Actually Means for Brands in Ecommerce

Most brands discover what's happening in their distribution channel weeks late, through a sales rep, not a system. Here's what real market transparency looks like and what it takes to get there.
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Analytics
8 min read

Beyond Price Monitoring: Implementing Strategic Price Intelligence in the DACH Region

For manufacturers and brands in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, "keeping an eye on the competition" is no longer enough. This article explores the shift from reactive price monitoring to strategic price intelligence, a data-driven approach designed to protect margins and support commercial decisions in an increasingly volatile European market.
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