The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is charging its third-party sellers a premium to store merchandise in November and December. This is Amazon’s first experiment in surge pricing. Starting this month, monthly storage fees will triple from $0.54 to $2.25 per cubic foot. Amazon hopes to...
1010data released Thursday (Nov. 3) new analysis that shows that, by leveraging its online shelf space to introduce new private-label products, Amazon has had success in stealing market share from established brands in a lot of product categories. In a press release, 1010data said Amazon is...
Amazon has reportedly implemented a new pricing structure at its physical bookstores in which Prime members get cheaper prices than non-Prime members. According to a report, at the Amazon bookstore in Seattle’s University Village, Prime members can purchase books and items for the same price that the...
Amazon Prime has long been a staple of consumers’ shopping lives, but now, Chinese consumers will enjoy the benefits of free shipping. According to a report, starting Friday (Oct. 28), Chinese Prime customers are now able to enjoy free shipping on orders for products overseas...
Amazon’s had an interesting year. The first six months of the year, Amazon opened three new warehouses worldwide. Between July 1 and today (Oct. 28), it opened an additional 23 — a decision that CFO Brian Olsavsky noted is increasingly necessary to making sure Amazon is ready for the big...
The Dash buttons, and the easy click-based commerce that comes with them, are growing fast. Amazon has reported seeing “exponential growth” with Dash — and it plans to keep on growing it to match consumer demand. As of Monday, Amazon had released 60 new Dash...
Holiday sales this year will be predominantly driven by Amazon. That’s according to research released by ChannelAdvisor and Morar Consulting. PYMNTS reported recently that holiday online sales will be at an all-time high this year. Many eRetailers (55 percent) are expecting to generate their lion’s share...
Would consumers pay more for Prime if they were offered an option to buy it by the month instead of by the year? That was the question when Amazon introduced its $10.99 per month version of its Prime membership program — and the answer is apparently...
Amazon’s reach may be much bigger than anyone thinks, according to new original reporting by USA Today, and that could mean very big things for the shape of retail in the United States to come. Amazon’s yearly sales represent about 15 percent of total online sales...
