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Amazon said Wednesday that “tens of millions” of people started Prime free trials or paid memberships this holiday season. Its annual holiday brag report was again short on hard numbers, with the company calling it […]
Mississippi will get its first Amazon fulfillment center. Amazon will use the 554,000-square-foot fulfillment center to fulfill items such as lawn and garden products, toiletries, and other household consumer goods. Press release follows: Amazon.com today […]
Amazon is adding 10 cargo planes to its fleet for a total of 50 aircraft, the company announced Thursday night, enabling it to deliver packages to its customers faster. Amazon has invested millions of dollars […]
Amazon is keeping the spending going after the holidays with its third annual “Digital Day” shopping event, which it announced today will take place on Friday, December 28th. Last-minute shoppers should note that today is […]
Amazon extended its 2018 holiday shipping deadlines in a bid to get more sales from last-minute shoppers. All Amazon customers in the US can get free shipping through December 18 for orders that arrive in […]
Amazon touted its Prime membership program in a release today, bragging that it delivered two billion products with one-day delivery or faster in the last year. Amazon published an infographic to go along with its […]
Amazon, eBay, and USPS have received media attention for security issues this month during prime holiday-shopping season. With the reports we’re seeing about online and mobile shopping, it doesn’t appear that people are spooked in […]
Amazon will kick off a special “12 Days of Deals” shopping event on Sunday. Hundreds of new deals will be available each day from Sunday, December 2 through Thursday, December 13th. Deal day themes include […]
Amazon sold 18 million toys on Black Friday (November 23) and Cyber Monday (November 26). It’s worth noting that Amazon institutes restrictions on third-party sellers in toy categories during the holiday season. Nevertheless, Amazon said […]
In an apparent fit of braggadocio, a former executive seems to have revealed Amazon GMV, reporter Shira Ovide noted. An interesting mention of gross merchandise volume — a metric that Amazon does not disclose. pic.twitter.com/uMPyocRj6U […]