Ecommerce Industry News
Amazon is working to bring holiday shopping forward by kicking off its Black Friday event a week early. With Thanksgiving falling on November 23rd this year, Black Friday falls on November 24th. But Amazon is […]
After investigations into their businesses, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta have committed to actions to ensure fair competition on their retail platforms, according to UK regulator Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA opened its […]
Amazon added a badge next to products made by small-business brands and artisans in 2022, and this week it announced a new search filter to let shoppers more easily find such items. (See update below.) […]
Amazon is testing a “Consult-a-Friend” feature that lets customers “quickly and easily request, view, and manage your friends’ feedback on products within the Amazon Shopping app.” There’s nothing in the description that indicates sellers could […]
Amazon Handmade informed sellers it was shortening their Handling Times settings in an email this week titled, “Change to Default Handling Time options.” Its reasoning: it said 85% of the time, sellers fulfill orders within […]
Amazon teamed up with Microsoft to thwart scammers in India posing as employees of their respective firms, the most recent example of Amazon’s more aggressive actions against fraudsters in recent years. Amazon issued a press […]
Amazon is adding three new certifications to its Climate Pledge Friendly program that lets shoppers learn more about products’ climate-friendly claims. Amazon displays a badge on eligible products in search results and on product pages. […]
Ask any online seller and they’ll tell you they live or die by customer reviews – a fact that has led to a thriving industry of buying and selling fake reviews. On Tuesday, Amazon announced […]
Walmart mailed its 2023 holiday toy catalog, hitting mailboxes 2 weeks after Amazon’s. The biggest differences between the two – Amazon’s 104-page mailer is of a higher print quality and even comes with stickers. Walmart’s […]
It may seem counterintuitive, but some sellers are listing unbranded products on Amazon, which the marketplace allows them to do by entering “Generic” as the brand. Not only is it allowed, but Amazon is helping […]