Amazon Listings
Amazon Listings is a data page on the Feed desk of Glassbox Auditing. What the tracked companies sell on Amazon.com, from Amazon's own pages: price, star rating, number of ratings, the 'bought in past month' badge, best-sellers rank and review tone against each company's own baseline. Sales and prices on the largest US online store are an early read on consumer demand and goods prices before companies and the government report them.
What does this page lead to?
- Company (Companies): Units sold on Amazon are part of a consumer brand's sales, so a sustained rise in its listings' 'bought in past month' badges tends to show in the revenue of its next 10-Q. (moves the same way; next quarter; company scale) Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts (10-Q/10-K).
- Products & Share (Companies): Best-sellers rank and ratings counts show which brands win in a category on the largest US online store, one read on the market share Products & Share reports. (moves the same way; weeks; company scale) Source: Amazon.com listings via Amazon Scraper API.
- Prices & Inflation (Macro): Listing prices of tracked brands are retail prices of goods; a broad rise across them is the same kind of change the core goods part of the CPI measures. (moves the same way; 1-2 months; economy scale) Source: BLS consumer price indexes (food at home and away, airline fares, core goods, gasoline, all items), via FRED.
- Business Activity (Macro): Online purchases are counted in the Census monthly retail sales as nonstore retailers, so wider sales on Amazon are part of what that report adds up. (moves the same way; monthly; economy scale) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Economic Indicators (retail, durable goods, construction, housing, business formation, inventories, trade).
- Competitors (Companies): Rank gains for one brand in a category come at its rivals' expense on the same search pages, so a company's climb tends to show as a slide for the competitors it names. (moves the other way; weeks; company scale) Source: Amazon.com listings via Amazon Scraper API.
- Trade Exposure (Companies): Listing prices of brands that import most of their goods tend to rise after new tariffs as importers pass on part of the duty; Trade Exposure shows each company's import dependence. (either way, depending on the cause; months; company scale) Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
What feeds this page?
- Trade Exposure (Companies): Sellers of imported goods tend to raise list prices after duties rise; Amazon listings show those price changes on the shelf. (moves the same way; weeks; company scale) Source: Amazon.com listings via Amazon Scraper API.
- Products & Share (Companies): Consumer brands' products are listed on Amazon, where ranks and review counts give a weekly read on the sales these revenue lines report each quarter. (moves the same way; weeks; company scale) Source: Amazon.com listings via Amazon Scraper API.