Amazon announced its quarterly earnings on Thursday. Amazon grew total sales 20% to $200.6 billion in the second quarter of 2026, year-over-year (FX-neutral growth was also 20%). North America segment sales increased 16% year-over-year; international segment sales increased 15% year-over-year; Read more
Online seller Jack Nekhala told Bloomberg reporter Spencer Soper he had been approached by someone selling a service to unfreeze his suspended Amazon account by bribing an employee, according to an article published last month. Soper published an update today, Read more
Amazon will hold its 5th annual conference for business buyers this fall, and Amazon is expanding features that appeal to B2B customers by opening them up to third-party sellers. Amazon Business Reshape will take place in Nashville in October, a Read more
Amazon sellers can begin submitting holiday deals as early as July 8, 2026, and the company provided information about eligibility and deadlines, which will be earlier this year. It also announced holiday peak fulfillment fees. Amazon told sellers its fifth Read more
Amazon’s new handling-time rule take effect today, June 29, 2026. The change, announced on May 27th, impacts seller-fulfilled orders. Sellers who don’t enable the Automated Handling Time feature must maintain accurate SKU-specific handling time – otherwise Amazon will take control Read more
Amazon will kick off its Prime Day deals event on June 23, earlier than in recent years, but like last year, the sale will run for four days instead of two days. The annual sale offers millions of deals exclusively Read more
Amazon made a change to its Customer Service by Amazon (CSBA) add-on service that it said would result in fewer refunds for sellers, a benefit to participants in the program. CSBA is a paid program where Amazon handles customer service Read more
Amazon will display “New Arrival” or “Notable Arrival” badges on new products launching from sellers, it announced last week. “These badges help customers easily identify your most promising new products, which can increase visibility and drive early sales momentum for Read more
Two people sued Amazon alleging that the company has not refunded customers for the higher prices it charged them because of IEEPA tariffs. “Amazon is now legally entitled to recover those costs in full from the federal government,” according to Read more
Amazon changed how it measures buyer satisfaction with sellers’ customer service last month, it announced this week. Instead of surveying customers about their satisfaction with a Yes/No question, it will use a 1-to-5 satisfaction scale. The change impacts self-ship sellers Read more
