Wayfair (W) Could be Taking Home & Garden Share from Amazon (AMZN) - Cowen
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Analyst John Blackledge noted that the effort will be done in conjunction with its monthly Internet Retail Tracker. The firm surveys about 2,500 U.S. consumers across Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) top 30 product categories.
Blackledge said, During the first 9 months of '14, AMZN's Home & Garden purchasers largely grew in line with the overall number of EGM purchasers, +13% y/y vs. +15% y/y. Since Oct. '14 (through 1Q15), which coincides with Wayfair’s IPO and ramp in marketing/advertising, AMZN's H&G purchaser growth relative to overall EGM growth has decelerated, with H&G growing ~5% below EGM in 4Q14 (+15.7% y/y vs. +20.3% y/ y) and ~14% below in 1Q15 (+3.5% y/y vs. +17.1% y/y). Furthermore, with 2/3 of 2Q in the books, H&G is under-performing EGM by ~5% (+27.6% y/y vs. +32.3% y/y), though AMZN's May '15 H&G purchaser growth did accelerate with 31% y/y growth (vs. 11% y/y growth in April '15) and grew almost in line with overall EGM (+33% y/y).
Explanations include:
- AMZN's H&G purchaser base is saturated or it is a lower priority than Apparel / Consumables categories, where purchaser growth has been significant;
- W is having an impact on AMZN's Home vertical, as W's customers increased 54% y/y in '14 (albeit off a lower base); and/or
- Other retail and eCommerce Home companies are gaining share.
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