Amazon has ended one of its first efforts to sell food online, with the eCommerce retailer closing its Prime Pantry service. Many items available under the Prime Pantry name in the past were integrated into its main website, Bloomberg reported “As part of our commitment...
Amazon has launched a new Housing Equity Fund, bankrolled by more than $2 billion, “to preserve and create 20,000 affordable housing units” in areas the retailer expects to have more than 5,000 employees. They are: Arlington, Va.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Washington state’s Puget Sound region,...
Following reports that Amazon was looking to acquire podcast creator Wondery, it has now done so, according to a release from the eCommerce giant on Wednesday (Dec. 30). Wondery’s work will now be available through Amazon Music, per the company. Wondery has put out podcasts...
Amazon is reporting a record-breaking holiday shopping season that saw more than 1.5 billion toys, electronics and household goods delivered amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. “Amazonians around the world have truly shown what it means to be customer-centric and support our communities this year,” Jeff...
Amazon is postponing its logistics fee increase to help accommodate businesses affected by the pandemic, a company letter from Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke stated. Wilke wrote that the eCommerce giant will continue to take on the extra costs without increasing fees until June...
Amazon is in talks to purchase of podcast maker Wondery, a startup that could help the tech giant push more into the burgeoning podcast sector, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Dec. 2). WSJ cited unnamed sources as saying the talks have valued Wondery...
Amazon merchants rang up over $4.8 billion in global sales Black Friday through Cyber Monday, a 60 percent increase over 2019 sales for the same period. More than 71,000 independent small- and medium-sized businesses worldwide have surpassed $100,000 in sales this holiday season to date,...
An Amazon Web Services outage affected the digital presence and operations of dozens of companies Wednesday (Nov 25) as one of the subsystems of the massive web operations platform failed. The support page for Amazon Web Services’ status page said it was experiencing problems with...
Amazon is releasing its second generation of Echo Frames smart glasses to the general public, after offering the Alexa-powered eyeglasses by invitation only last year. The new iteration of Echo Frames will ship Dec. 10 and cost $249.99, Amazon said in a statement on Thursday...
