Amazon told sellers on Monday it had negotiated a deal with the USPS so they will see no rate change on the cost of Priority Mail shipping, which will remain at 2015 rates. The deal is unprecedented, since Priority Mail rates Read more
People often marvel that you can find books on Amazon listed by third-party sellers going for a single penny. It’s not a new phenomenon, but will the USPS postage hike going into effect on Sunday impact penny books? The Wall Read more
It wasn’t the Super Bowl or the World Cup, but to UPS, the holiday-shopping season is a tough competition each year, and its “coach,” CEO David Abney, appeared on CNBC victorious on Tuesday. In the CNBC cable television feature “Squawk Read more
Amazon Prime helped the marketplace set records for its 21st holiday shopping season. More than three million members worldwide joined Prime during the third week of December alone, and over 200 million more items shipped for free with Prime this Read more
Amazon is bringing awareness of its delivery lockers to the masses by running a contest in the run-up to Christmas. We’ve been writing about the package pickup trend since it started picking up steam in 2011 – that’s where retailers Read more
Amazon warehouse workers in Germany are going on strike as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, according to Reuters. In September, Amazon workers in Germany went on strike in six of eight major shipping locations. On Facebook, the union posted a Read more
eBay users will be taking to the site on Friday to sell unwanted Christmas presents while Amazon users will be busy shopping and downloading digital content on Christmas Day. Both companies issued press releases in the UK on Monday with Read more
A day after the New York Attorney General announced a settlement with 30 Amazon sellers over the sale of toy guns, UK newspaper the Guardian published an expose about the alleged illegal sale of real weapons on Amazon. The newspaper said it Read more
Amazon will pass Macy’s as the number-one US apparel retailer in 2017, and it will become the number-two US consumables retailer by 2018. Those are the bold predictions published in a new report by Wall Street firm Cowen and Company. Read more
eBay continues to promote hoverboards as sites like Amazon and Overstock.com crack down on the products which are making headlines due to safety concerns. Amazon also has concerns about patent liability, spelling double trouble for merchants who stocked up on Read more
