Off the back of Amazon’s pandemic-fuelled success, a wave of aggregator businesses are buying up smaller Amazon sellers and growing their brands in Europe.
Analysis
October 6, 2021
“In 18 months, there will be bloodshed” — what’s next for Amazon aggregators?
Investors are pumping billions into Europe's aggregator businesses — but could it all come crashing down?
5 min read
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