The Tentacles of Adjacency

John and Glen celebrate Amazon Prime Day by comparing notes on this marketing phenomenon, discussing the collateral damage to brick and mortar retailers, and consider how banks and credit unions can combat the time-tested model of competitors pursuing adjacent markets. Plus a “Stranger Things” spoiler.

Links related to this episode:

CNN’s brief recap of Prime Day volumes (spoiler: it did well), which also lifted competitors’ sales: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/business/amazon-prime-day-sales/index.html

A rather comprehensive (and depressing) list of retail store closures among recognized mall mainstays:  https://www.ibtimes.com/store-closings-2019-full-list-retailers-closing-year-2790627

CNN also wrote about the environmental cost of next-day shipping:  https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/business/fast-shipping-environmental-impact/index.html Perhaps they hit a nerve, because this “they’re trying” story followed the very next day: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/business/amazon-cardboard-box-prime-day/index.html

The story on Wendy’s and next-day payroll: https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/09/pf/jobs/instant-financial-daily-paycheck/index.html The leader in this space is Instant Financial https://www.instant.co/ but Glen also mentions a younger Canadian competitor, Payfare https://www.payfare.com/

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