Amazon acknowledged last week that it was experimenting with video authentication after Buzzfeed broke the news the ecommerce giant had been videotaping some sellers’ faces when they were setting up accounts. An Amazon patent crossed our desk today that shed Read more
Amazon will not include New York City in its HQ2 plans after all, the company announced today. It had put numerous cities through their paces in its hunt for a second corporate headquarters in North America and ended up choosing Read more
Amazon’s Echo is the leader in smart speakers measured by installed base, which is quite the feat for a company that for so long was known as an online bookseller, not a hardware company. When it had tried to go Read more
There’s another reason to make sure your products have high customer ratings. Amazon is acquiring a company called eero, which makes products that improve wifi connectivity in the home. Amazon pointed out that eero has a 4.6-star product rating on Read more
Amazon came in 7th place in the 2019 Sellers Choice Awards for Online Marketplaces. It can’t be beat for sales, but selling on this highly competitive marketplace comes with a host of challenges. In January 2019, EcommerceBytes surveyed over 13,000 Read more
Amazon appointed a Starbucks executive to its Board of Directors. Rosalind G. Brewer, 55, is Chief Operating Officer of Starbucks Corporation and is the former CEO of Walmart’s membership-only retail warehouse club Sam’s Club. While head of Sam’s Club, Brewer Read more
Amazon, the National Retail Federation, and other representatives from the Package Coalition were in Washington, DC on Thursday advocating the importance of keeping 6-day and rural delivery affordable through the US Postal Service. “Our members who engage in ecommerce rely Read more
Amazon wants to change its image as a retail goliath and have people think of it as a platform for supporting small businesses. On Friday, it issued a press release to support that notion. Amazon particularly wants to be seen Read more
Amazon said Wednesday that “tens of millions” of people started Prime free trials or paid memberships this holiday season. Its annual holiday brag report was again short on hard numbers, with the company calling it a “record-breaking” holiday season “with Read more
Mississippi will get its first Amazon fulfillment center. Amazon will use the 554,000-square-foot fulfillment center to fulfill items such as lawn and garden products, toiletries, and other household consumer goods. Press release follows: Amazon.com today announced plans for the first Read more
