In today’s Amazon News Brief for August 22, 2016: Amazon is seeking women business owners, couch-potatoes, and car shoppers, and what brands should know about its private-label initiatives. First up: Seattle Times takes a look at the recent Amazon Women’s Entrepreneur Conference. Read more
China’s Alipay payment service has partnered with Ingenico Group as part of an initiative designed to bring Alipay to European retailers. The idea is for European retailers to be able to cater to Chinese tourists so they can conveniently pay Read more
eBay continues to try and attract consumer sellers, and in the UK, it’s launching new services as part of that strategy, including eBay Local. The service is designed to help bring buyers and sellers together locally by enabling local search. Read more
Amazon is testing a paid customer support model. For small sellers, it may sound ridiculously expensive at $400/month, but for larger merchants, that may be a small price to pay for help to resolve problems that impact their business. Amazon Read more
Lynn Dralle is excited about eBay Stores – specifically, the highest level eBay Anchor Store – thanks to the perks she receives through the paid subscription program. That became clear during a recent phone conversation, so she agreed to tell Read more
