Amazon Prime members in 15 countries will get early access to discounts and exclusive subscriber-only deals October 11th and 12th the ecommerce giant announced today. According to a press release on Monday (Sept. 25), this first-ever Prime Early Access Sale will include a stream of...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy have no choice but to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the agency’s ongoing investigation after a ruling on Wednesday (Sept. 22) didn’t go their way. Bezos and Jassy had attempted to get out of...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Mexico plans to open a local hub in the first quarter of 2023 to increase bandwidth for clients in the region, according to Luis Velasco, the cloud computing unit’s director for Mexico, Reuters wrote Wednesday (Sept. 21). This hub would add computing,...
Amazon’s cargo airline’s slow growth is showing how the eCommerce company is adjusting to the sluggish demand, Bloomberg wrote Tuesday (Sept. 20). The Amazon Air freighters had on average 194 flights a day during a week in September, which was a 3.8% boost from March...
Amazon executives TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen, who were instrumental in pushing the eCommerce titan more into health care, are now leaving the company, CNBC wrote Monday (Sept. 19). After Amazon bought PillPack in 2018 for $750 million, the two, who founded the company in...
Amazon appears to be on the right track in its attempts to appease EU antitrust authorities with regard to two probes opened by the European Commission (EC). The first investigation relates to Amazon’s use of non-public seller data. The second has to do with the...
Amazon has announced Thursday (Sept. 15) a number of new features at its annual Accelerate seller conference, including better ways for sellers to fulfill orders, build data and analyze their businesses. One of the features is the acquisition of multichannel shipping software Veeqo, which will...
One-day payouts were introduced at Amazon Accelerate 2022, an in-person and online conference for established sellers and those interested in selling to learn about the latest innovations, expand their knowledge base, and network with others. The newly launched Express Payout moves money from Amazon to...
Targeted marketing emails, pages that direct shoppers to off-site sellers and Alexa artificial intelligence tools are three new marketing solutions Amazon is piloting to help direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce merchants reach Amazon shoppers and direct them to their own site. The marketing solutions, which are part...
