Amazon Deepens Footprint In Online Education

Amazon is looking to deepen its ties to the education world with a new online marketplace for lesson plans, curriculum, and other resources that debuted on Monday, called Inspire.

Until now, Amazon’s presence in educational institutions has been mostly limited to its original business of selling digital and physical books. The e-commerce giant has partnered with a handful of universities to open co-branded online bookstores for selling textbooks and a number of physical campus stores as package pick-up centers.

But lately, Amazon has been making inroads in early education as well. Earlier this year, Amazon signed a deal with New York City public schools, one of the largest U.S. school districts to provide digital books to its million-plus students. The contract was worth an estimated $30 million, according to The New York Times. In 2013, Amazon bought online math education startup TenMarks.

Inspire is an online marketplace where Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers can search for and find free resources, such as school plans, lessons apps, software, and other educational content. Teachers can search the library by grade, and subject matter, and can also access reviews of the materials by fellow teachers.

For now, it appears that all of the resources that are searchable and downloadable are free for teachers. The market for selling online education technology and material to schools could be massive. According to one report, global education technology spending will reach $19 billion by 2019.

Amazon isn’t the only technology company that is looking to capitalize on this massive market. According to the New York Times, Microsoft also said Monday that it would work on training programs for school administrators, and other digital services for schools. Google also offers a number of productivity tools for educators, and on Monday, debuting a new projecting technology for teachers and student.

- Fortune

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Quality products, intelligence, creativity and innovation were the themes of the day at eBay China’s recent 2016 top seller’s summit in the city of Xi’an.

Referring to the summit as the ‘new Silk Road’ of cross border exports, speakers referred to the cultural significance of Xi’an as the starting point of the ancient Silk Road – a network of trade routes linking east and west – and the city’s fascinating history as an economic, political and cultural metropolis.

Vice President and Managing Director of eBay Greater China, John Lin, opened the conference, reminding guests how sellers can now use eBay’s investments in CBT – advanced IT systems, improved logistics, overseas warehousing – to increase site traffic, develop their supply chains and provide smoother transactions.

“Thanks to the fact that more and more sellers are embracing overseas warehouses, Chinese sellers can sell products in more categories, as well as make deliveries faster and provide a better user experience with efficient return services,” he said.

Extending the metaphor, Lin also talked about the ‘road’ Greater China sellers must travel to sustainably develop their businesses and how China’s cross-border trade has matured over the years. With the support of eBay, Lin Suggested that sellers should reinvest profits to upgrade infrastructure and processes and subsequently grow their enterprises.

A guest speaker, Dr. Yuan Yue, founder and chairman of LingDian Consulting Company, spoke about the importance of product quality and the value of the ‘Made in China’ label. “The mission and role of the CBT seller is not just to be a good seller making money, but reformers who are revolutionizing the process and model of manufacturing,” he said.

Quality, meeting customers’ demands and efficient delivery have never been more important for sellers and manufacturers seeking to win global consumers, Yue added.

Following the speeches, sellers participated in a team-building event, with the day concluding with a grand awards ceremony. It celebrated great achievements from the past year and awards were handed out to elite sellers. Prizes were presented to top performers in merchandise categories (Fashion, Electronics, House and Garden, Parts & Accessories) as well as those who had taken the initiative in warehousing, expanding into emerging European markets and providing an excellent customer experience.

Concluding the summit, Lin observed that one of his main goals now was to encourage more Chinese enterprises to participate in the cross-border retail revolution. “We can use the internet business to change the world,” he said.

Source: ebayinc

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