Just in time for the holidays, online sellers gain access to a new product sourcing marketplace. Counterfeits remain a problem, Amazon targets college campuses, and FedEx raises its fuel surcharge fee despite falling costs of fuel. Here’s a roundup of Read more
A former Seller Support rep at Amazon conducted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit. While we saw no proof of his (or her) identity, Amazon sellers discussing the session later said judging by the answers, it seemed certain Read more
Which top retailer has the lowest prices? Online sellers know how competitive the Amazon marketplace is, but they may be wondering how it compares to other sites on pricing and product assortment. A new report from Boomerang Commerce takes a Read more
Amazon informed sellers in March that it was shuttering its ecommerce hosting service next year. Now it is making ecommerce platform Shopify the preferred migration partner of its Amazon Webstore service as Shopify integrates with both Amazon and its FBA Read more
For the top brass at Amazon, equity in the company has long been the primary method of compensation, with salaries and other cash rewards so common to other firms taking a backseat to stock-based rewards. Amazon explains that its compensation Read more
Nearly 3,000 people had weighed in on the comments section of an article about Amazon’s tough working conditions by Sunday afternoon – and the issue was not about the company’s warehouse workers. An article in Sunday’s New York Times says Read more
While researchers, shipping carriers and postal services may be thinking about drones, it seems ecommerce company Amazon may do more to make commercial and non-commercial drone flight in the U.S. a reality. Amazon Prime Air Vice President Gur Kimchi spoke Read more
The mystery surrounding Amazon’s Treasure Truck that’s been driving around the streets of Seattle for the past few days has been revealed – Cnet reports that the truck will deliver daily deals to customers in the city. “Customers in the Read more
Some people initially thought Amazon’s dramatic revelation to 60 Minutes that it was developing drones to deliver packages was a publicity stunt it was so unheard of at the time, but the company is spending a lot of resources on Read more
The Confederate flag. The Atlantic calls it a pop culture phenomenon, politicians call it racist and “unnecessarily divisive and hurtful,” and many find it toxic after it featured heavily in a tragic hate crime in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine people Read more
