There’s a lot of talk about the “race to the bottom” in price on Amazon thanks to fierce competition in most categories. Some third-party merchants responded by colluding to limit price competition, according to the US and UK governments, which Read more
Amazon clearly sees an opportunity in cultivating and offering for sale new and innovative products. Last year, it launched Amazon Launchpad to help inventors and entrepreneurs by going way beyond simply showcasing their products. The value to Amazon – “we Read more
Amazon grew sales 31% to $30.4 billion in the second quarter of 2016, it announced on Thursday. It also reported a profit, revealing net income of $857 million for the quarter. And based on its report, it’s clear third-party sellers Read more
This week Amazon announced plans for two more Fulfillment Centers in the US, one in Illinois and one in Florida. They comprise the 15th and 16th FCs announced so far in 2016. Amazon will open a 750,000 square-foot fulfillment center Read more
Whether you have an Individual or Pro Merchant account on Amazon, you are on one of two platforms: either the old Marketplace platform or the newer Selling on Amazon platform. Word came this week that all sellers must migrate to Read more
Amazon will open its seventh fulfillment center in Texas, the company announced on Friday. The Houston location will join Amazon’s other fulfillment centers in the state, which are located in Coppell, Haslet, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Schertz; an upcoming facility Read more
Amazon.com’s latest Prime Day recently took place, with the giant online retailer calling this second occurrence their biggest day ever, with US orders over 50 percent better than last year’s event. While it was a great day for Amazon, it Read more
Apparently Californians can’t get enough of the products offered through Amazon Prime. Amazon will add a tenth fulfillment center in California, making the Sacramento facility the fourth California fulfillment center Amazon has announced in the past four months and the Read more
Amazon Prime Day is all about the deals, and new data suggests third-party sellers may not have been as big a driver of those deals as you might think. “Close to half (48%) of Prime Day deals in the US Read more
Amazon called Prime Day 2016 a “record-breaking success” for participating sellers and small businesses, reporting that sellers who offered deals to Prime members saw orders nearly triple year-over-year on Prime Day, both worldwide and in the US. As most Amazon Read more
