Amazon reaps tremendous benefits when sellers seed its site with discounted items during Prime Day. Nevertheless, sellers pay for the privilege of running Prime Day deals. Amazon charges sellers $750 to run a Prime Day Lightning Deal, up from $500 Read more
Amazon promises to deliver an epic Prime Day 2018 online and through its app, with the key word being *deliver.* Amazon Prime Day will kick off on the afternoon of July 16 and will run through July 17th, and Amazon Read more
Amazon will buy online pharmacy PillPack, which offers pre-sorted doses of medications, home delivery, and a commitment to customer service, it announced on Thursday. Press release follows: Amazon and PillPack today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger Read more
It’s not even July, yet Amazon is already anticipating the back-to-school shopping season. Today, it launched Back to School and Off to College stores. It used today’s announcement to promote offerings such as Alexa, the Echo Dot Kids Edition, and Read more
Amazon will open its first fulfillment center in Alabama as it continues to build out its logistics network. The over 855,000-square-foot center will be used to fulfill small items such as books, household items and toys. Amazon describes it as Read more
A new survey of over 300 brand marketers show three-quarters of them feel Amazon has an unfair “data” advantage, with 86 percent stating they would benefit from understanding competitors’ search, path-to-purchase, and purchase data on Amazon. Jumpshot conducted the study Read more
Amazon will open its fourth fulfillment center located in Michigan. The 850,000 square-foot fulfillment center will feature “innovative technologies” including Amazon Robotics and will be used to fulfill small items such as books, electronics and toys. Press release follows: Amazon.com, Read more
Amazon follows up on its announcement to build a Fulfillment Center in Oklahoma by announcing plans to build a second such facility in the state. The second FC will be over 600,000 square feet featuring innovative technology from Amazon Robotics. Read more
Amazon reminded sellers of its Fair Pricing policy after a story went viral about a woman who said she was charged $7,400 for shipping for some boxes of toilet paper. The woman said Amazon did not initially do anything about Read more
Amazon announced today it will open its first fulfillment center in Oklahoma. The more than 600,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will be used to fulfill small items such as books, household items and toys. The center will be located at Will Rogers Read more
