Goat Consulting News & Insights

This is the Goat Consulting news and insights section of the blog, where our team shares company updates, awards, conference recaps, and perspective on the Amazon selling industry. You'll find announcements about new hires and team milestones, recaps from industry events like Amazon Accelerate and Prosper Show, leadership commentary on Amazon policy and platform changes, and occasional analysis of what we're seeing across our client work.

Every post is written by a member of the Goat Consulting team, so the takes here reflect how practicing Amazon consultants actually think about the work. If you want to know more about the people behind the posts, you can meet the team and learn about the practitioners leading our Amazon consulting practice.

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What Amazon Experts Think Will Matter Most in 2026

Amazon continues to evolve rapidly, with changes to the search algorithm, content formats, and compliance requirements constantly changing how brands succeed on the platform. As we move into 2026, sellers must adapt to a more advanced, AI-driven marketplace where traditional tactics and set it and forget it type management are no longer sufficient. This post covers the key Amazon trends to watch in 2026, based on insights from Goat Consulting account managers who actively manage seller accounts every day. Their perspectives reflect real world experience across a wide range of categories and provide practical guidance on what brands should prioritize to remain competitive in 2026 and beyond. Check out what our account managers have to say below. 

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Amazon Accelerate 2025 Recap

This year’s Amazon Accelerate 2025 brought together 1000s of selling partners to Seattle for three full days of learning, launches, and connections. The major theme this year was similar to last year's, reaffirming the huge role AI will play in the marketplace and selling moving forward.  Here is a short 3-day recap that covers anything and everything that was interesting at Amazon Accelerate 2025. 

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Goat Consulting Offering Amazon Marketing Cloud Services for Clients

Goat Consulting is proud to announce that we are offering Amazon Marketing Cloud for our clients. Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) is a secure, privacy-safe, and cloud-based clean where we can perform custom analytics and build audiences for Amazon Ads. This allows Goat Consulting and our clients to more clearly answer performance measurement questions, create actionable insights from data, and build custom audiences (not available by default) for Amazon Ads campaigns. This can lead to more understanding of what is going on in your Amazon account and tools to better reach your Amazon Ads goals. This post will help you understand what Amazon Marketing Cloud is, analytics within AMC, and audience solutions for advertisers.

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Predictions and Best Practices for Amazon Sellers in 2025 from Industry Experts

As 2024 comes to an end, we are looking towards next year and have compiled a from industry experts for tips and best practices for Amazon sellers in 2025. Every year Amazon continues to change in order to provide the best experience for Amazon customers. As sellers, it is important to be on top of these changes in order to be on top of how to best reach customers. These predictions, tips, and best practices cover a wide range of topics from risk mitigation, marketing, advertising, merchandising, promotions, research, and fulfillment. Tell us if any of these topics resonate with you or if you want to have the Goat Consulting team help you get ahead in 2025 and beyond.

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New Amazon Seller Products and Services Announced at Amazon Accelerate 2021

Amazon just concluded the 2021 Amazon Accelerate event where new Amazon seller products and services were announced. This free virtual event provides an update on where Amazon is at and the vision for the future through sessions on topics for sellers on Amazon to utilize best practices as well as new product and service announcements. This post will provide a recap of some of the areas we are excited about as they will help sellers on Amazon increase sales, mitigate risk, reduce costs, and provide a better shopping experience for Amazon customers.

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Most Important Attributes to Help Hire an Amazon Account Manager

An Amazon account manager is a position that allows your Amazon account to run smoothly on a day-to-day basis. An Amazon account manager is there not only to keep on top of new policy changes but also there to guide your business during its growth phase through Amazon Advertising. Since your future account manager may be running an entire online division of your company, you will want to make sure you hire the right person or agency.

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Hire an Amazon Account Manager with Leadership Expectations

If you are going to hire an Amazon Account Manager or an Amazon Consultant, I recommend you partner with a team like Goat Consulting where each Amazon Account Manager on our team continually works toward becoming a better leader every day. Throughout this article, you will hear directly from our Amazon Account Managers about how they think about leadership of your Amazon account. The purpose of this post is to share the type of team we are at Goat Consulting and the leadership expectations we strive for, which includes: honesty & integrity, effective communication, and engagement.

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