DAGEN?
DAGEN: THANK YOU BLAKE BURMAN
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, FOR US,
GOOD TO SEE YOU BLAKE.
>> YOU BET.
DAGEN: TO GIVING SMALL
BUSINESSES A BIGGER SPOTLIGHT
AMAZON LAUNCHING A NEW ONLINE
STORE EXCLUSIVELY SELLING
NEARLY 20,000 PRODUCTS FROM
SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
BUSINESSES ACROSS ALL 50
STATES, ONE OF THOSE
BUSINESSES MICHIGAN BASED
LITTLE FLOWER COMPANY JOINING
US FIRST ON FOX INTERVIEW VICE
PRESIDENT AMAZON NIC DENISON
WITH LITTLE FLOWER COMPANY
FOUNDER HOLLY, NICK TO START
MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES HAS
WHAT IS YOUR GOAL HERE.
>> SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
BUSINESSES HAVE PRODUCTS
COMMERCE LOVE CURRENTLY OVER
HALF PRODUCTS ON AMAZON COME
FROM SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
BUSINESSES WITH AMAZON STORE
FRONTS LAUNCHING
AMAZON.COM/STOREFRONTS
OFFERING ONE MORE INNOVATIVE
SHOPPING WINDOW TO DISCOVER
GREAT SELECTION A MILLION
DIFFERENT PRUKTS FROM 20,000
DIFFERENT SMALL AND MEDIUM
SITED BUSINESSES ALL 50 U.S.
STATES U.S. STATES BUSINESSES
WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED.
>> STARING AT MY PHONE WHERE
WILL YOU FIND IN IT APP WILL
YOU LOCATE YOUR STOREFRONTS
LOCATE WHERE BUSINESSES ARE
SHOPPING --
>> WITH LAUNCH TODAY THERE IS
GOING TO BE PLACEMENTS ON HOME
PAGE CUSTOMERS CAN FINDS IT
MOBILE, YOU WILL SEE THE
WONDERFUL SELECTION OF SMALL
AND MEDIUM SIDES OF BUSINESSES
DOING THROUGH AMAZON IF ANY AT
ALL HOW DID YOU GET CONNECTED
WITH THE NEW STOREFRONTS?
>> WE BEGAN ON AMAZON IN 2016.
SELLING IN HANDMADE
DEPARTMENT, AND WE JUST HAVE
GROWN OUR BUSINESS SINCE THEN
LEAPS AND BOUNDS HIRING NEW
PEOPLE, AND BUSINESS DOUBLED
SINCE WE JOINED AMAZON
HANDMADE A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
FEATURED WITH STOREFRONTS, I
MEAN, IT IS UNPRECEDENTED.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO
KEEP UP YOUR PRIMARY BUSINESS
AS YOU MAKE THESE DELICIOUS
SMELLING.
>> NOT FOR CONSUMPTION
OBVIOUSLY.
>> ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND
POTENTIALLY YOU MIGHT GET FROM
THIS.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TRY WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING HARD CREATING A
BIG STOCK OF ESSENTIALLY ARE
OIL SOAP, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN STILL ALL ORDERS NOT JUST
-- BUT MY TEAM IS HARDWORKING
WE'VE GOT SEVEN EMPLOYEES NOW
ALL MONTH TO MAKE SURE WE
HANDLE EXTRA BUSINESS.
>> WHAT IS IN IT FOR AMAZON,
IS IT JUST A WIDER VARIETY OF
PRODUCTS NOT LETTING --
BECAUSE, AGAIN, I WAS TALKING
WITH YOU ABOUT THIS IN THE
BREAK, INSTAGRAM IS INCREDIBLE
AVENUE TO DISCOVERY SMALLER
BIFRZ SEND PEOPLE DIRECTLY TO
THE PIPE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET
>> WELL, YOU KNOW AMAZON WE
FOCUSED ON THE CUSTOMER, AND
SO WE REALLY YOU KNOW, WHAT DO
AS MENTIONED COMMERCE SAY ARE
BUYING A LOT OF PRODUCTS FROM
SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
BUSINESS WE WANTING TO CREATE
ONE MORE INNOVATIVE SHOPPING
WAY TO DISCOVER THE SELECTION.
>> I WANT TO GET TO THIS "THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL" THIS
MORNING REPORTING THAT AMAZON
IS INVESTIGATING CLAIMS THAT
EMPLOYEES OFFERED TO LEAK
CONFIDENTIAL DATA AND DELETE
NEGATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWERS IN
EXCHANGE FOR MONEY FOR BRIBES,
THE JOURNAL, SAYS THAT THE
PROBLEM IS PARTICULARLY PRO
ANNOUNCEED IN CHINA, WHAT IS
GOING TO DO TO CRACK DOWN ON
IT.
>> DATA PROTECTION, FOR US, IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE ALSO HAVE A VERY CLEAR AND
VERY STRICT BUSINESS EMPLOYEE
ETHICAL GUIDELINES, WE ARE
CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THESE
CLAIMS AND WE WILL TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTIONS.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT IT
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT
THE CLAIMS, THEN WE WILL KNOW
MORE AND TODAY WE ARE EXCITED
TO LAUNCH THE STOREFRONTS AND
HELP SMALL BUSINESSES IN U.S.
>> NICE PIVOT THERE [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU FOR -- ANSWERING
THAT ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION.
>> HOW ARE YOU CHOOSING THE
COMPANY THAT YOU ARE
PARTNERING WITH?
BY THE WAY, I READ --
YESTERDAY, THAT YOU GUYS
DELIVERED FIVE BILLION PRIME,
5 BILLION DOLLARS PRIME
PRODUCTS 2017 ASTRONOMICAL
FRONTS ARE U.S. BASED SMALL
AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES
ALL BUSINESSES FEATURED IN
THIS CURATED STORE HIGH
THERE ARE 25 DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES WE INCLUDE SEASONAL
CATEGORIES HALLOWEEN,
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, EVEN
DEALER DAY-TO-DAY FROM SMALL
BUSINESS, THAT HAS A -- A VERY
NUTRITIONAL HEALTHY SNACK SO
THERE IS ALL KINDS OF
OF THE OFFER.
>> NICK ENTREPRENEURS LIKE
HOLLY HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES
ABOUT WHERE TO SELL PRODUCTS A
WHAT IS YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION
>> ACTUALLY WE ARE ALSO,
LAUNCHING A TV CAMPAIGN AT
CAMPAIGN ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTS
HOW AMAZON IS SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESSES IN ESSENCE AMAZON
IS A BIG COLLECTION OF SMALL
AND LIKE -- BASED ON IN
THE WORLD SHE CAN KOVRT BETTER
TELL HER STORY HOW WE ARE
HELPING HER THAN I CAN.
>> AMAZON HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY
SUPPORTIVE LIKE AS SOON AS WE
SIGNED UP, AS I WAS BUILDING
MY SHOP I HAD A QUESTION IT
WAS QUICK AND EASIER TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION GOT ONE ON PHONE
HAD ANSWERS FOR ME EVEN HAD A
GENTLEMAN HELPING ME SET UP
SHOP GAVE PERSONAL CELL PHONE
INVITED PLEA TO TEXT HIM TO
MAKE SURE THEY HAD GONE
SMOOTHLYLY SO EASY CONVENIENT
AS SON AS LIVE OCTOBER 2016 WE
IMMEDIATELY STARTED SALES OUT
OF THE GATE WE SAW THAT
CHRISTMAS A HUGE GROWTHS OF
OUR BUSINESS, THANKS FOR THAT
PLATFORM.
>> HOW DO YOU SPENT THAT
BUSINESSES DON'T RISE TO THE
TOP AND PEOPLE FIND THEM
BECAUSE AGAIN THEY BET PUSHED
TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM OR ISSUE.
>> WE OFFER OUR SELLING
PARTNERS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
TOOLS, AND PROGRAMS, TO HELP
MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS, ON
AMAZON.
USE WITH AMAZON STOREFRONTS
LEACHING DEDICATED WINDOW
SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT
SELECTION FROM U.S. SMALL
BUSINESS.
>> WHERE ARE YOU PUTTING THE
SECRETARY HEADQUARTERS?
>> GREAT QUESTION I THINK I
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT I
WAS HOPING IT WAS GOING TO BE
IN RESEARCH TRIANGLE AREA NEAR
RALEIGH I THINK NORTH CAROLINA
COULD USE HELP BUT I JUST PUT
YOU ON SPOT IF YOU WANT TO
ANSWER PLEASE GOD.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS
GOING TO BE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT, BY THE END OF
THE YEAR.
>> OKAY.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH SO GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.