Amazon isn’t just popular with consumers – it says it has over a million business customers in the US across healthcare, education, government and commercial organizations. Amazon Business offers business-only pricing on millions of products and access to more than Read more
Amazon has numerous features to encourage customers to reorder items they’ve purchased in the past. Walmart is fighting back with a new feature called Easy Reorder, and it has something Amazon doesn’t have – information about in-store purchases. eBay sellers Read more
eBay Canada opened up entries for its 13th annual eBay Canada Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The awards, open to both part-time and fulltime sellers, recognize Canadian entrepreneurs who harness online commerce opportunities to build thriving businesses. Announcement board post Read more
Amazon is opening a new head office in the UK and is doubling the number of R&D positions to 900 at its London Development Center. By the end of the year, Amazon will have over 5,000 corporate and research and Read more
Amazon UK opened a new “Shop the Future” store on its marketplace featuring cutting edge products. Coinciding with the store launch, Amazon commissioned a report with predictions from two futurists on the consumer products set to redefine the future. Press Read more
eBay issued an “important update” for sellers in Australia regarding product identifiers upon which its structured data initiative is based. The marketplace will tighten product identifier validation, it said, warning sellers to ensure their listings contain all the correct product Read more
Dsco helps retailers work with suppliers to create efficiencies in fulfillment and standardizing the way they exchange inventory, order, and catalog data. It’s now partnering with shipping software company Shippo to help clients make better informed decisions about which carrier Read more
RetailMeNot predicts August 5th will be the top shopping day for the back-to-school season, which actually spans between July 9 and September 9. Its survey also found most retailers and brands will offer more back-to-school deals in 2017 compared to Read more
Shyp is scaling back its pickup-and-packaging service and announced layoffs. CEO Kevin Gibbon explained in a blog post that Shyp is suspending operations in three of the four cities where it operates and will focus on achieving profitability in a Read more
A week after announcing it would be accepted as a payment method by Apple, PayPal announced it would soon be an accepted payment method in the Samsung Pay mobile wallet. PayPal’s Bill Ready explained the strategic partnership would enable customers Read more
