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Misunderstanding Amazon's Fulfillment Costs...
Misunderstanding Amazon's Fulfillment Costs...
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Keep Moving ...Mar 5, 2015
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If you're not moving forward, then you're moving backward! The world is constantly evolving. Each day: 5K+ new books…
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Joshua Ketter shared thisThanks for sharing Shweta!!! This is the differentiated culture we aspire to have. We aren’t perfect, but we are trying our best. Great to see / hear it’s showing up. That’s exactly what we want.Joshua Ketter shared thisFive months at Spreetail , I watched a manager do something I hadn't seen before. In the middle of a demanding delivery cycle, deadlines, pressure, the whole thing, they told a team member to take time off. No questions asked. No guilt. No "let's see how the week goes first." Just: you need to be with your family. The work will wait. I've been in HR for the past 15 years. I've seen a lot of manager behaviour. And I know how rare that actually is. What struck me wasn't just the gesture. It was how unremarkable it seemed to everyone around it and how everyone pitched in. Like it was just... the obvious thing to do. That's when I realised — this isn't a culture that performs its values when it's easy. It lives them when it's hard. At Spreetail, most of our team works remotely. People work across teams, across time zones, often without ever being in the same room. And yet the thread that holds it all together is six values that show up not in town halls or slide decks — but in moments like that one. Act Like an Owner — owners think long term. They know that a person who feels genuinely cared for will bring more to the table than one running on empty. Make Spreetail Better — this value isn't about output. It's about people. Support, collaborate, celebrate, and grow with everyone at Spreetail. That manager lived every word of it. Practice Humility — knowing that your team's humanity matters more than this week's deliverable takes a kind of quiet confidence that doesn't get talked about enough in leadership. Be Relentless I Pursue Challenges I Raise Your Bar — these are the values that drive performance. But they only work sustainably inside a culture where people feel safe enough to be human first. And then there's Motivosity — where every week, across time zones and teams, people recognise each other for exactly these moments. Not just the wins. The who you were behind the wins. Values aren't what you write. They're what your manager does on a random Tuesday when someone needs to step away — no questions, no guilt, just: go. This is the culture I'm proud to be part of 💚 #PeopleAndCulture #Leadership #CompanyCulture #Spreetail #RemoteWork #HRCommunity #EmployeeExperience
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Joshua Ketter reposted thisLately I’ve been reflecting on how much workplace culture can actually impact our well-being, and I’m genuinely grateful to be at Spreetail, a company that walks the talk. One thing that stands out is how much we prioritize sleep consistency. It’s not just a buzzword here, there are real initiatives encouraging us to build healthier routines, track our rest, and treat recovery as essential, not optional. Even more impressive? Spreetail recognizes and rewards us for it. From small incentives to fun prizes for successfully prioritizing sleep and sticking to consistent schedules, it turns something personal into a shared, supportive experience. It might sound simple, but better sleep has a huge ripple effect, more focus, better collaboration, and a healthier team overall. It’s refreshing to see an organization invest in something so fundamental yet often overlooked. #WorkplaceWellness #SleepHealth #CompanyCulture #EmployeeWellbeing #SpreetailJoshua Ketter reposted thisCongratulations to our Q1 WHOOP Sleep Challenge prize winners: Jodi Andresen, Hadas Page, Ashley Davila, and Cameron Maciejewski! 👏 At Spreetail, we believe thriving at work starts with how well you rest. Our WHOOP program embraces this mindset, empowering our team to build healthier habits by supporting total wellness with sleep at the core. Thank you, Spreetailers, for making sleep a priority and showing just how powerful rest can be in fueling our focus, decision-making, and performance every day. 🌙💤
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Joshua Ketter shared thisYesterday I had the privalege of learning from Hall of Fame Coach Dick Vermeil. He came to speak to our team at Spreetail . He didn’t talk about X’s and O’s. He talked about people. Culture. Caring so deeply about your team that they run through walls for you. I’m standing here looking at his actual playbook — this guy figured out the stuff that matters decades before most of us even started asking the questions. Grateful for the reminder that the fundamentals never change. Thank you Coach for a day I’ll never forget. And lessons I’ll carry with me.
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Joshua Ketter shared thisI love this!!! This is my "aging goal" -- 100% I want to set the world record in the 200M or 400M when I'm 80+. Way to go Kenton Brown!Joshua Ketter shared thisAN 81 YEAR OLD JUST RAN A 29.70 IN THE 200m 81 year Old Kenton Brown is closing in on Robert Lida’s World Record of 29.15 for 80 year olds in the indoor 200m that was set in 2017. What an absolute INSPIRATION. 🤯🤯🤯🤯 📹- SBakerMd #Sports #trackandfield #athlete #family #RG3 #RobertGriffinIII #RGIII #football #NFL #outtapocket #grandparents #grandpa
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Joshua Ketter shared thisThanks for having me on!Joshua Ketter shared thisToday we kick off Part 1 of a 3‑Part Series with Spreetail, featuring Joshua Ketter global CEO of Spreetail—former Amazon and Target leader with a global perspective shaped by 84 countries and decades inside the world’s biggest retail engines. We discuss Amazon’s early days, Target’s digital transformation, supply chain strategy, and what brands must understand about the future of retail. A must‑listen is live now! ➡️ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gGgfhtaN ➡️ Apple podcast: https://lnkd.in/gWx37-Sh ➡️ YouTube:https://lnkd.in/gVcsV4nu
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Joshua Ketter reposted thisJoshua Ketter reposted thisWe designed True Ads to solve one of advertising’s toughest challenges: unlocking true incremental growth. Ad platforms today optimize for activities like clicks and ROAS, rather than incremental sales. Too often, brands are paying for sales they would have made anyway, spending more on ads each year, without seeing a spike in performance. That’s why we built True Ads, the industry’s first campaign-level marketing incrementality engine, leveraging Spreetail’s marketplace scale and proprietary ad data across all major channels and targeting types. Here’s how it works: → Isolates the true incremental impact of every ad dollar with causal AI → Detects and eliminates over 50% of non-productive spend → Connects paid media to shifts in organic rank and market share → Maps diminishing returns and reallocates spend to profit-positive growth So far, our brand partners using True Ads have achieved 78% YoY growth in incremental ad revenue, without increasing spend. Turning ads from a cost center into a predictable source of net-new profit. Check out True Ads here: https://lnkd.in/gGYYxvra
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Joshua Ketter shared thisGreat conversation today at Retail Collective on finding the balance of DTC & Marketplace. Great insights from the industry's top leaders. Ben Perkins from &Collar Marcus Sorensen from Caddis Sports Jason Kimball from Beard Club Rachel Nilsson from Rags Aaron Starks from X47G
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Joshua Ketter shared thisJoshua Ketter shared thisSpreetail is on a journey to become the most brand-centric company in the world. That doesn’t mean we're overlooking our channel partners or the end consumer, but rather every relationship we build, every investment we make, all start with the brand in mind. As part of this journey, we began tracking our brand relationships through NPS surveys, and the results have been remarkable. Our partners are seeing improved operational efficiency, growing market share, and stronger collaboration across the board. Our focus on the brand is driving improved experience for all parties involved. In our latest survey, brands highlighted our strengths in: - Collaboration & Partnership - Communication & Responsiveness - People & Relationships - Unique Value Proposition - Reputation One partner even said, “In my 65 years of working with every major retailer in the USA, Spreetail ranks in the top three.” There’s no better feeling in business than knowing your work is truly helping others succeed. I’m incredibly proud of our team and grateful for the progress we continue to make with our partners.
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Joshua Ketter shared thisJust reflecting on our Spreetail connect week! So great to get together for in-person time, collaboration, ideation, and learning... i.e. "Getting Better" Thank you Alan for joining us and the kind words! We don't often have speakers also sit in our All Hands, but Alan literally hung out with us for a couple of days. So it's meaningful to have someone who worked with Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, etc. validate that the principles we're applying are aligned with "Elite Performance Culture's" ... That's what we're going for, that's why we do things differently, from our partnership with WHOOP to our obsession with tracking the process. We're not just doing our best... but we're making our best better every day."Joshua Ketter shared thisYesterday I delivered a keynote for 200+ team members at Spreetail in Lincoln, Nebraska… and my goodness… I LOVE their culture, feel so aligned with their core values, and really admire/respect their perspective, philosophy, and approach. They have 1,300+ employees and their leadership team purchased a Whoop band for anyone that wanted one (several hundred team members opted in). Whoop is a wearable tech that measures biometrics… sleep, steps, HRV, resting HR, caloric expenditure… and helps monitor recovery and readiness (I happen to wear an Oura Ring that does the same thing). They do a phenomenal job of encouraging their team to prioritize self-care… particularly sleep. And they back it up by rewarding those that participate with all sorts of prizes. Before I took the stage, I watched them give away several Peleton bikes to the team members that made the biggest improvements to their sleep scores over the previous two months!!! Imagine that… a company that incentivizes working out and sleeping!!! They know that having a fit, well rested team will yield better performance and productivity over time… with improved energy, focus, and mental clarity… as well as higher levels of problem solving, executive function, and mood! And it’s working. They are seeing impressive results… to their bottom line. They are proving that “You get what you emphasize” and “That which gets measured gets improved.” Way to go Spreetail, I salute you!
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Joshua Ketter reacted on thisJoshua Ketter reacted on thisIn honor of National Small Business Week, I’m excited to share Amazon’s 2025 Small Business Empowerment Report. Our partnership with independent sellers is rooted in helping small businesses grow with the right tools and resources. In 2025, sellers continued to scale their businesses with Amazon, and we're continuing to invest in areas like AI-powered tools and logistics to support how they build and operate every day. Small businesses saw incredible growth last year: - More than 75,000 independent sellers surpassed $1 million in sales in Amazon’s store, a 36% increase from 2024 - Independent sellers in the U.S. averaged more than $375,000 in annual sales in Amazon’s store, representing a nearly 30% increase from 2024 - Over 11,000 U.S.-based sellers grew their sales by over 10x We're also seeing how AI is making a real difference. Seller Assistant, our agentic, AI-powered expert, had more than 230,000 monthly users, and sellers accepted its recommended actions more than 90% of the time. This impact extends beyond individual businesses. In 2025, independent sellers supported more than 2 million jobs across the U.S., helping support local economies. We’re proud to work alongside independent sellers as we reimagine what’s possible when entrepreneurship meets innovation. Our goal has always been to expand access, giving small businesses the capabilities and reach they need to grow and scale. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ggHMjyCG #Amazon #AmazonSellers #SmallBusiness #SellingPartnersA record number of independent sellers in Amazon’s store surpassed $1 million in sales in 2025A record number of independent sellers in Amazon’s store surpassed $1 million in sales in 2025
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Joshua Ketter reacted on thisJoshua Ketter reacted on thisI have been blessed with a meaningful and rewarding career with many of what I would call “business school bucket list” items checked off the list (ringing the bell at the NASDAQ, having an HBS case study published about my work to name two big ones). And now I can check off “showing up on the Apple stock news feed” (granted it company specific and thank god positive). I am excited for this new challenge ahead as Domo’s Chief AI and Analytics Officer. Will share more on that change later as well.
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Joshua Ketter reacted on thisJoshua Ketter reacted on this(Speechless) Say what you will, the arrogance on display is astounding.GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen $56B eBay offer: 'An opportunity to build a much larger business'GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen $56B eBay offer: 'An opportunity to build a much larger business'
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Joshua Ketter reacted on thisJoshua Ketter reacted on thisFive months at Spreetail , I watched a manager do something I hadn't seen before. In the middle of a demanding delivery cycle, deadlines, pressure, the whole thing, they told a team member to take time off. No questions asked. No guilt. No "let's see how the week goes first." Just: you need to be with your family. The work will wait. I've been in HR for the past 15 years. I've seen a lot of manager behaviour. And I know how rare that actually is. What struck me wasn't just the gesture. It was how unremarkable it seemed to everyone around it and how everyone pitched in. Like it was just... the obvious thing to do. That's when I realised — this isn't a culture that performs its values when it's easy. It lives them when it's hard. At Spreetail, most of our team works remotely. People work across teams, across time zones, often without ever being in the same room. And yet the thread that holds it all together is six values that show up not in town halls or slide decks — but in moments like that one. Act Like an Owner — owners think long term. They know that a person who feels genuinely cared for will bring more to the table than one running on empty. Make Spreetail Better — this value isn't about output. It's about people. Support, collaborate, celebrate, and grow with everyone at Spreetail. That manager lived every word of it. Practice Humility — knowing that your team's humanity matters more than this week's deliverable takes a kind of quiet confidence that doesn't get talked about enough in leadership. Be Relentless I Pursue Challenges I Raise Your Bar — these are the values that drive performance. But they only work sustainably inside a culture where people feel safe enough to be human first. And then there's Motivosity — where every week, across time zones and teams, people recognise each other for exactly these moments. Not just the wins. The who you were behind the wins. Values aren't what you write. They're what your manager does on a random Tuesday when someone needs to step away — no questions, no guilt, just: go. This is the culture I'm proud to be part of 💚 #PeopleAndCulture #Leadership #CompanyCulture #Spreetail #RemoteWork #HRCommunity #EmployeeExperience
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Joshua Ketter reacted on thisLately I’ve been reflecting on how much workplace culture can actually impact our well-being, and I’m genuinely grateful to be at Spreetail, a company that walks the talk. One thing that stands out is how much we prioritize sleep consistency. It’s not just a buzzword here, there are real initiatives encouraging us to build healthier routines, track our rest, and treat recovery as essential, not optional. Even more impressive? Spreetail recognizes and rewards us for it. From small incentives to fun prizes for successfully prioritizing sleep and sticking to consistent schedules, it turns something personal into a shared, supportive experience. It might sound simple, but better sleep has a huge ripple effect, more focus, better collaboration, and a healthier team overall. It’s refreshing to see an organization invest in something so fundamental yet often overlooked. #WorkplaceWellness #SleepHealth #CompanyCulture #EmployeeWellbeing #SpreetailJoshua Ketter reacted on thisCongratulations to our Q1 WHOOP Sleep Challenge prize winners: Jodi Andresen, Hadas Page, Ashley Davila, and Cameron Maciejewski! 👏 At Spreetail, we believe thriving at work starts with how well you rest. Our WHOOP program embraces this mindset, empowering our team to build healthier habits by supporting total wellness with sleep at the core. Thank you, Spreetailers, for making sleep a priority and showing just how powerful rest can be in fueling our focus, decision-making, and performance every day. 🌙💤
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Joshua Ketter reacted on thisJoshua Ketter reacted on thisAn incredible night at the National Soccer Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Dallas! Heather O'Reilly, Tobin Heath, Kari Seitz... Right where they belong!
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Joshua Ketter reacted on thisJoshua Ketter reacted on thisI’ve written this post 100 times and kept deleting it. We are shutting Zinnia down. I had a different version drafted. “Zinnia has been acquired by XYZ.” And to be transparent, we did explore acquisitions. Some looked good on paper. One was mostly for optics. But none of them felt right. They either didn’t align with our belief in human-first selling, or they weren’t truly acquisitions in the way people imagine when they hear the word. I could’ve taken the easy headline. I could’ve added “2x exited founder” to my LinkedIn. But I couldn’t do it. My entire ethos has been built around ruthless authenticity. So here’s the reality: We lost access to our primary data source. We started Zinnia in a pre-LLM world. The market changed fast. Companies don’t need more AI tools right now. They need help understanding how to actually use AI. AI consulting became 10x our SaaS revenue. So we called it. And I’m proud of that decision. I’m proud of the product we built. I’m proud of the customers we helped. I’m proud we gave it everything we had. And more than anything, I’m proud of the team behind it all. I’m especially grateful for the lifelong friendship I built with my cofounder, Marco Dell'Olio. Thank you to every customer who trusted us, every investor who believed in us, and every person who followed along and cheered us on. We named the company Zinnia because zinnias are known for growing quickly and thriving through difficult conditions. We wanted to help revenue teams do the same. In the end, I think I grew more personally than the company ever could. And ‘Resilient’ has become my middle name. This isn’t the end of our story, just the end of this chapter. I will share more on what we learned and what's next soon, but for now, thank you indefinitely for the support. 💛
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