Nearly 3,000 people had weighed in on the comments section of an article about Amazon’s tough working conditions by Sunday afternoon – and the issue was not about the company’s warehouse workers. An article in Sunday’s New York Times says Read more
While researchers, shipping carriers and postal services may be thinking about drones, it seems ecommerce company Amazon may do more to make commercial and non-commercial drone flight in the U.S. a reality. Amazon Prime Air Vice President Gur Kimchi spoke Read more
The mystery surrounding Amazon’s Treasure Truck that’s been driving around the streets of Seattle for the past few days has been revealed – Cnet reports that the truck will deliver daily deals to customers in the city. “Customers in the Read more
Some people initially thought Amazon’s dramatic revelation to 60 Minutes that it was developing drones to deliver packages was a publicity stunt it was so unheard of at the time, but the company is spending a lot of resources on Read more
The Confederate flag. The Atlantic calls it a pop culture phenomenon, politicians call it racist and “unnecessarily divisive and hurtful,” and many find it toxic after it featured heavily in a tragic hate crime in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine people Read more
Members of Congress turned their attention this week to an issue that’s long been a source of frustration for online sellers. They heard from a panel of experts, including Amazon’s top policy official, about the imbalance in shipping fees that Read more
It’s getting difficult to keep track of the speedy delivery options Amazon offers to Prime members. The company is now offering free same-day delivery in over 500 cities and towns in 14 markets, it revealed this week. The news comes Read more
Amazon launched an offering called Amazon Allowance, positioning it as a way to give friends or family a recurring gift in the form of shopping sprees on Amazon. As its name implies, parents can use it to give children an Read more
Booksellers are finding that not only do they have to compete with Amazon.com and other sellers on the marketplace, they now have to compete with Kindle formats and even rentals. In early May, EcommerceBytes reported that Amazon was testing the listing offer Read more
Amazon is leveraging its expertise in same-day delivery by opening up Prime Now to other companies, adding value to the service. Amazon Prime Now is now offering 1-hour delivery from local stores in addition to the tens of thousands of Read more
