EP260 - March Retail Sales Data, Amazon Shareholder Letter 

March Retail Sales

March retail sales data from the US Department of Commerce is out.

March retail sales were $556,935B, up 26.9% from March of 2020. Year to date retail sales are $1,589,538B up 16.4% from Jan-Mar of 2020. Non-store sales were $93,111B, up 16.7% from March of 2020.

Bezos Shareholder Letter

Jeff Bezos published his final annual shareholder letter as CEO of Amazon. As always it’s a must read. Don’t forget to re-read the original 1997 one as well.

• 200 million Prime members globally
• 1.9 million 3P sellers
• 100M smart devices connected to Alexa

Episode 260 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday April 15, 2021.

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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.