Amazon will open a robotics-powered fulfillment center in Michigan, the second in the state. The 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center will employ 1,500 fulltime employees and be used to fulfill smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and toys. Press release follows: Read more
Bank of America and PayPal entered into a strategic partnership that will soon allow Bank of America customers to pay for items with PayPal in stores and seamlessly link their Bank of America cards into PayPal. Press release follows: Bank Read more
Despite its increasing use of robotics at warehouses, Amazon is seeking 50,000 warehouse workers to help out in fulfillment centers across the US as it gets ready for the holiday shopping season, it announced on Wednesday. Amazon Jobs Day will Read more
eBay announced two new search features to help shoppers find items using images they have on their mobile devices or images they find on social networking sites like Pinterest. Image Search and Find It On eBay are powered by artificial Read more
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
