Evaluating only RetailMX’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Competition as the #1 likely cause. That’s exactly how it died.
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Documented cause
RetailMX built an e-commerce enablement platform for Mexican SMEs, helping small manufacturers and artisans sell online through a managed marketplace. The company signed 1,200 SME clients across Nuevo León and Jalisco. Amazon Mexico's aggressive SME seller program launched in 2019-2020 offered better logistics, lower fees, and a 3x larger customer base. RetailMX's 1,200 sellers gradually migrated to Amazon over 18 months, leaving the platform with insufficient GMV to sustain operations. The company could not differentiate as Amazon subsidized SME onboarding at scale.
Lesson
“If your SME clients can transact directly on Amazon or Mercado Libre, your value proposition needs to be the services wrapped around the transaction (financing, logistics, inventory), not the transaction itself.”