Amify, which bills itself as “the first Amazon-as-a-Service provider” announced on Thursday (May 20), that it had hit an annual run rate of $100 million in gross merchandise value (GMV) in terms of customer goods sold on Amazon. The company saw its client base expand...
Amazon has put a video player called miniTV inside its Android shopping app for customers in India, and it will soon extend the service to its iOS app and web apps, according to a company blog post. Amazon India described the offering in the post...
Looking to hire 75,000 new employees in fulfillment and transportation, Amazon is offering $1,000 signing bonuses and hourly wages averaging $17 per hour. If a new hire shows proof of being vaccinated for COVID-19, Amazon will throw in another $100. Amazon Vice President of Global...
In week of upgrades and expansions, Amazon’s Alexa is on the road again, expanding its partnership with Ford to ride shotgun with more drivers. And Alexa is also being pitched more directly to younger users with the release of the latest Echo Show 5 device...
Amazon is hiring 1,900 technical and non-technical workers for its HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia’s Pentagon City area just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., according to an announcement. There are currently 1,600 workers at HQ2, the announcement stated. The Seattle-based eCommerce giant said it...
Amazon has brought Amazon One, its contactless technology that lets customers to pay by waving the palm of their hand, to a New York City Amazon Go location, according to a MarketWatch report on Monday (May 10). Amazon One technology is already available at Amazon...
Amazon, arguably one of the world’s more technologically advanced customer-facing companies, is deploying a tool that dates to the 1860s to verify the addresses of some U.S. suppliers. The Seattle-based company is sending postcards to third-party businesses to verify name and address, CNBC reported. According...
With COVID-19 cases worsening in India and Canada, Amazon will be postponing its Prime Day, CNBC reported. The two-day discount event will be temporarily paused in those countries, although Amazon didn’t specify any reschedule dates, according to CNBC. India has been ravaged by the pandemic...
It looks like Amazon sellers are getting a chance to build a more direct relationship with customers, thanks to new changes being rolled out on the marketplace. First reported by CNBC last week, Amazon is piloting a new service that will allow marketplace sellers that...
