Amazon is reportedly gearing up to launch Echo in the U.K., with media reports pointing to Sept. 14 as the launch date. According to a report, on Friday (Sept. 2), Amazon sent out invites to the media, alerting them to an event taking place in London on...
One of the more long-grumbled complaints in retail is that Amazon and other eCommerce players are able to exploit a loophole that allowed them to mostly avoid charging sales tax. The effect of that loophole has lessened greatly for Amazon as its warehousing networks have grown...
In what will likely go down as one of history’s briefest interesting pairings, Wells Fargo and Amazon.com have decided to call off the discounted student loan program after a mere six weeks of existence. Called “Prime Student,” the plan called for Wells Fargo to drop...
In an attempt to try and stop “brand gating” practices on its marketplace, Amazon has devised a policy of charging third-party merchants a one-time fee of $1,500, with an eye toward deterring counterfeiters and less-reputable merchants from its marketplace. “We want customers to be able...
For Amazon merchants, probably the biggest fear is their account being suspended, which a recent Bloomberg report said is more reality than most might believe. Andy Ayers, an Amazon merchant who estimates he does about $500,000 in sales a year on the site, told Bloomberg...
Amazon is dominating in the eCommerce world, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t see value in physical store fronts, with the eCommerce retailer gearing up to open up an offline store in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. In a report by Chicago Tribune, Amazon spokeswoman Deborah Bass confirmed...
In an ongoing effort to prove that one can buy anything online that they can in a physical location, Amazon is offering a rather unusual perk to California-based Prime members: a Hyundai. Well, OK, not for keeps, but going forward Prime members who would like to...
Amazon has teamed up with a San Francisco-based startup, Product Hunt, to allow customers to shop for items featured on Product Hunt as part of the Amazon Launchpad section of its online store, according to TechCrunch. Product Hunt curates the “hottest” new apps, websites, technology...
So confident is Amazon that it will soon have a drone delivery system that its website features Amazon Prime Air, which is guaranteeing package delivery in “30 minutes or less.” The crowded airspace over the U.K. is about to become more so following Amazon’s agreement...
