Williams-Sonoma, a retail outlet that sells kitchenware and furnishings, has sued Amazon over a chair that is “strikingly similar” to the company’s West Elm brand, according to a report by Bloomberg. Amazon’s version of the chair, which can no longer be found on the site,...
Amazon’s third annual Digital Day, which offers savings on digital content across the site, will be on Dec. 28, the company announced. Interested customers can access digital deals on movies, TV shows, eBooks, mobile games and apps on Amazon’s Digital Day website. “Amazon Digital Day...
Shoppers might have to wait until the New Year to get their hands on one of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers. Bloomberg reported that several of Amazon’s online stores in North America and Europe are sold out of various Echo models, with shipment delayed to January...
Amazon is making moves to get rid of items on its site known as CRaP, which is short for “Can’t Realize a Profit.” According to a report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), items such as bottled beverages or snack foods — which tend to be priced at...
Cliché — or, if you prefer, motto or metaphor — can drive so much of life, for good and bad. “Early bird gets the worm” sparks pre-dawn workouts and sunrise college-prep classes in high school (encouraging hard work even as evidence mounts that both practices...
Amazon took its free shipping to the next level on Thursday (Dec. 13), announcing it will offer Prime members free same-day delivery and Prime Now up until Christmas Eve. What’s more, the eCommerce giant said that customers in the U.S. will get free shipping on hundreds...
Police in Jersey City are partnering with Amazon on an operation aimed to catch thieves stealing holiday packages from residential homes. Law enforcement is installing doorbell cameras and planting dummy boxes with GPS tracking devices at homes around the city — and it has managed to catch...
Call it the Amazon Effect — of a different sort. News has come that the Trump administration wants to boost the United States Postal Service’s (USPS’) revenue, and has taken aim, in part, at a certain eCommerce giant. Might the economics of the last mile change,...
A group of workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse want to unionize, according to a report by Bloomberg. The news is another complication for Amazon in a city where it plans to build a brand-new campus. Amazon plans to invest $2.5 billion and recruit 25,000...
