Amazon grew total sales 17% to $181.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026, year-over-year (or 15% FX-neutral). North America segment sales increased 12% year-over-year, international segment sales increased 19% year-over-year (or 11% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). AWS Read more
Etsy Marketplace Gross Merchandise Sales grew 5.5% in the first quarter of 2026, year-over-year, to $2.5 billion (or 3.6% on a currency neutral basis), Etsy announced on Wednesday. Etsy said it provided standalone numbers for the Etsy Marketplace for comparison Read more
eBay sellers who use inkFrog are in turmoil after learning on Wednesday that its owner Wix is shuttering the listing tool in June. Other companies are stepping into the breach with offers for inkFrog customers. (More about inkFrog’s demise on Read more
Etsy has been sending lapsed buyers coupons that they can apply toward their next purchase. In July (2025), a seller reported on a Reddit thread that someone had received a “HEYAGAIN” coupon code to get $5 off a purchase in Read more
Amazon launched an audio “Hear the Highlights” shopping feature last year available through a button in the Amazon Shopping mobile app, and on Tuesday, it added a “Join the Chat” AI-powered feature to make the audio product summary experience “a Read more
Etsy changed how it displayed prices in the UK in February but announced this week it was reverting back after hearing sellers’ concerns. In its original announcement, Etsy said the change to displaying price-plus-shipping would help sellers comply with the Read more
Every wonder what happens to products returned by your customers? Amazon uses technology to check returns for functionality and safety, it said in a post on its corporate blog in Germany. It uses X-ray scanners, machine learning, drone cages, and Read more
US Customs and Border Protection launched a portal for processing IEEPA tariff refund requests on Monday for importers of record or their brokers. The move came after the Supreme Court ruling in February that struck down the IEEPA-related tariffs imposed Read more
The US Postal Service Inspector General issued a management alert on the problem of counterfeit postage on April 8, 2026. In the introduction of the heavily-redacted report, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) stated: “This management alert presents issues the Read more
Etsy will hold its annual shareholder meeting virtually on June 9, 2026. Shareholders will vote on a number of issues, including the reelection of former CEO Josh Silverman to the board of directors (as well as longtime director Fred Wilson Read more
