https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/confirmed-amazon-retail-i…
According to that article and multiple other sources
"We are excited to bring the Amazon Marketplace to Australia next … Become a seller on the Amazon Australia Marketplace and put Amazon's e-commerce expertise to work for your business," the firm said on Amazon.com.au."
What does this mean for local businesses like Harvey Norman or JB-HI-FI? Is more competition welcomed here in Australia?
But I like eBay
I wonder if this means Aussie sellers will have access to programs like FBA locally? Could end up being great for small businesses, despite all the fear mongering
anything is better than it was 25 years ago with only a couple of large organizations extorting people with there way over priced products such as Harvey Norman and grace bros/myer. yeah there's not much profit around now but at least it's shared around and the customer is also a winner. would like to see more profits stay in aust but nothing's perfect.
Goodbye Coles, Woolworths, BigW, JB, HN - have fun dying!
harvey was applexic at the though of amazon coming here! they dont pay taxs or make profits was his cry… true or not, HN are in HUGE trouble now
As long as they don't use Australia post for deliveries this will be amazing.
What company do you recommend?
To do it themselves.
Or else I will rather go in store and pick up stuff myself.
You'll most likely have to use parcel locker as most of their deliveries even overseas are subcontracted
One that rings the door bell at my house.
If they set up amazon lockers that will be fine.
they can just use drones :D
They're planning to use a wide variety of delivery service providers of different sizes, with the main criteria being fastest possible deliveries.
Source: this morning's Fin Review.
Jerry Harvey is going to have a massive whinge. The tool.
Yea, I look forward to it, warms my heart to see him whinge. I always feel like his on the fringe of a heart attack when he whines and whinges
You will not be disappointed. In approximate chronological order….
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/gerry-harvey-…
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/03/gerry-harvey-wants-austra…
http://www.powerretail.com.au/pureplay/gerry-harvey-amazon-p…
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/05/amazon-is-the-worst-possible-…
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/gerry-harvey-vows-…
Good point about the taxes though. More competition is good but it has to be fair competition.
By the way, I don't know what all the excitement is about, as most of the stuff they sell in the US is at or near the RRP. Sure they have a great product range, and there's the odd bargain to be found, and then there's the Black Friday, but the main reason people buy from them is their return policy.
Jerry Harvey… I'm now picturing him, with Seinfeld hair and a whiny voice trying to cut his Snickers with a knife and fork
I hate HN and never go into HN stores for over a decade now. Id not want a franchise money on the line!
It will live or die on their delivery system, more competition the better. It's not like Harvey will be starving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Harvey 1.5 billion net worth
Harvey isn't starving. But he'll whinge anyway.
Come on Amazon prime….
Night get prime
Bring it on… sick of Kogan and COTD
why dos the article read like Click bait ?
[Yawn] Don't get too excited. It's a USA company coming to Australia, and despite paying for feasibility and marketing studies, they always get it wrong. Often VERY wrong. I used ebay.com long before there was an ebay.com.au and man, the stupid things they did (and have never stopped since, lol).
I bet number of products available will be far less than the USA Amazon, equal or more expensive than we can get elsewhere, and you can just bet there will be problems and/or unnecessary restrictions.
e.g. When a product is being sold both here, and in the USA, I foresee something like this: You want to buy two items. Both are listed on Amazon USA, but one is available here. You try to order both from the USA. But Amazon wants to split the order. Forcing us to buy one item from each country. Thus making shipping cost ridiculous. I'm only guessing of course. But it's a pattern I've seen in the past.
I'm with Greg. I doubt Colesworth and the usual mob have much to fear, not even Harvey. I dont think Aus. customers are ready to jump full in.
The impact will be huge. Myer, BigW and Target are already in trouble. JB took over TGG. Dinosaurs like DJs & HN can't change. Given what Aldi did to the supermarket industry you'd be kidding yourself to think Amazon won't have a much larger effect.
There will be some impact however as you say, there are companies already on the brink…
DJs, Myer, BigW, Target, Kmart are already in tough times.
JB/TGG always do well.
HN has strengths in furniture/whitegoods/browngoods.
Aldi are doing things to Woolworths but Coles is still ok.
I personally dont think buying whitegoods/furniture via Amazon will be a thing. I also think people will still buy clothes and that from the Kmarts of the world.
I am happy to buy from Amazon but I also think many people arent especially not for things they arent used to.
I think the timing of this and gst on all imports is no coincidence.
Amazon will collect GST on its overseas stores and will mark up here. Win win for amazon lose for consumers.
Also reckon they will get favourable tax breaks for opening at this time.
Win win win for amazon lose lose for consumers and taxpayers.
People expecting a lot from Amazon here are deluding themselves. Odds are will still be cheaper with GST AND SHIPPING from Amazon us UNLESS THE AU TAX BREAK IS MASSIVE.
I keep hearing threats that distribution centres are being built in Australia for Amazon and how they are going to be a big threat to other online companies.
Does anyone know when this is going to happen if at all?
nice try Gerry Harvey
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/confirmed-amazon-retail-i…
They say in the video Amazon will be fully operational by the end of 2018 in Australia.
That's a long time yet, so I can't see how these eBay deals have anything to do with them.
Hopefully this will put an end to Ebay's targetting nonsense!