Amazon opened a new corporate office in England located in Central Manchester. Over time, the Manchester office will be home to both technical and non-tech employees, including software development engineers, solutions architects, applied scientists, business development specialists and finance analysts. Read more
Tech publications are abuzz about news that Amazon sellers can once again use FedEx Ground delivery for Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) orders after the company temporarily halted access to the service during the holiday shopping season. The Wall Street Journal Read more
eBay, Amazon, and shipping carriers will send data about small, low-value packages arriving from abroad to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as part of a pilot program. The Section 321 Data Pilot is a voluntary collaboration with online Read more
Amazon wants you to know it cares about the environment. “Sustainability is incorporated into every part of our business worldwide,” an executive stated in a recent interview published on its corporate blog. Amazon faces challenges in many areas, from worker Read more
Amazon said unit sales by third-party sellers worldwide grew by double digits this holiday season, calling it record-breaking. Sales by independent third-party sellers – mostly small and medium-sized businesses surpassed a billion items sold in Amazon’s Stores. And despite reports Read more
Do you comply with Amazon supply chain standards? If you asked, what supply chain standards, you aren’t alone. Last week, Amazon reminded sellers of its policy and linked to a landing page on Social Responsibility. “Amazon expects all products sold Read more
There’s one way Amazon sellers can help mitigate the FBA fee hike announced on Friday and going into effect in February: sell an item no one else is selling on the marketplace. Easier said than done, no doubt! Amazon has Read more
Amazon shipping requirements for third-party sellers received attention on Monday when the Wall Street Journal wrote, “Amazon Blocks Sellers from Using FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments: Amazon cites a decline in FedEx performance heading into the final holiday push.” There’s Read more
Amazon has issued several warnings about scams that target online sellers, indicating it’s taking the problems seriously and wants its third-party sellers to do the same. The warnings issued to sellers, all published this month, cover three issues. The first, Read more
Amazon is out with its annual announcement heralding the success of its Cyber-5 weekend holiday-shopping performance in typically vague terms. “Amazon customers worldwide order hundreds of millions of items between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday,” it proclaimed. When it came to Read more
