Lush Cosmetics has long objected to Amazon.com purchasing the keyword “lush” on Google AdWords and using it to bring searchers to Amazon’s equivalent results. The issue became a trademark dispute that ended up in court in the UK, with Lush Read more
Amazon has acquired a video gaming studio called Double Helix, fueling speculation that it’s developing a gaming console. Amazon.com has been leveraging its strength in media (books, DVDs, CDs) in the digital space, and just as it producing ebooks, streaming video and Read more
Amazon has issued additional rules around its requirement that sellers include UPCs in listings to help it clean up its catalog. Sellers will be required to enter valid UPCs regardless of any previous exemptions for new and existing listings for Read more
Amazon.com emailed sellers who are located in areas that may be affected by the latest winter storm that they should consider contacting buyers about potential shipping delays. An email that some sellers received read in part: “Dear Seller, “Our records Read more
In our last installment of Online Selling Trends, we introduced the members of our panel and asked them about the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for online sellers in the New Year. Today, they provide some tips on marketing and Read more
Amazon and LL Bean tied for the top spot on ForeSee’s list of retail customer satisfaction during the holiday shopping season, and in its report, the company extolled Amazon’s ability to satisfy customers. Interestingly Amazon has 66% of customers coming Read more
Online marketplaces tend to keep a tight lid on specific metrics about sales and traffic, but thankfully data nerds can turn to comScore to get some perspective. In a post published earlier this month, the research firm took a look Read more
What if Amazon opened up its third-party marketplace to retailers’ in-store inventory? That’s exactly what eBay is attempting to do with the help of its acquisition of Milo, and a new report from Wall Street analysts says that may be Read more
Amazon sellers who want to make sales know how important it is to get exposure by appearing on the Buy Box, but that prime real estate is reserved for Featured Merchants only. For sellers who are not Featured Merchants on Read more
Amazon is breaking the rules on conventional thinking about how you should engage shoppers on social networking sites, but it is driving far more sales from social networks than other merchants, according to Internet Retailer. The publication took a look at Read more
