Ecommerce Industry News
Amazon is giving employees a financial incentive to launch a small business – but not as online sellers. It’s giving US employees up to $10,000 and 3 months’ salary to build a package delivery business […]
Some Amazon customers in the Washington DC and Baltimore areas are experiencing delays in delivery estimates due to the tornado that struck a Baltimore Sortation Center on November 2, according to the Washington Post. The […]
Amazon is improving package-tracking capabilities, according to Cnet. Buyers have always been able to get detailed tracking through the numbers provided by shipping carriers. But Amazon had provided less transparency for orders shipped through its […]
Amazon will build another fulfillment center in Ohio, its sixth in the state. In addition to the centers currently operating in Etna and Obetz, Amazon will launch operations at previously announced fulfillment centers in North […]
Amazon opened a state of the art logistics center in Germany, calling it its first “Inbound Cross Dock” distribution center (IXD) in Europe (redistribution centers in Amazon logistics parlance). Items come to the facility in […]
It’s no secret that Amazon is building out its logistics capabilities with fulfillment centers, sortation centers, and a network of vehicles and planes to move inventory from point A to point B. But Amazon also […]
Amazon is working on a way to increase its warehouse capacity with zero capital expenditure. How is that possible? Turn its sellers’ warehouses into FBA fulfillment centers. It has already invited a small percentage of […]
Amazon launched a new program for FBA merchants called Supply Chain Connect designed to increase efficiency and boost its control of inbound shipping to its warehouses. Sellers currently have two ways to get inventory from […]
Amazon has considered putting delivery lockers on wheels to bring them closer to customers. Amazon lockers are an option for customers who wish to avoid the risk of front-porch theft and are located at convenience […]
It may come as a surprise to learn that postal services from around the world are openly wondering if Amazon is friend or foe. It’s normal for online merchants to have mixed feelings about Amazon […]