A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives wants the Justice Department to investigate Amazon for what they say is a possible criminal obstruction of a Congressional investigation. As The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (March 9), Republican and Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee have...
If the super app is the “glue” that holds the connected economy together, then messaging and chat functions are the glue that hold the super app together. News came on Tuesday (March 8) that Amazon has launched Amp, which in effect lets users create “radio...
Amazon is making several in-house brands these days, among them its newest one, Amazon Aware, which makes sustainable, everyday essentials like home goods, beauty and apparel, CNN wrote Thursday (March 3). The products in the Amazon line are available from the Amazon Aware page, with...
Amazon will be closing its physical bookstores, including “Amazon 4-Star” locations and mall pop-up locations, narrowing its brick-and-mortar locations to focus on groceries, Bloomberg wrote Wednesday (March 2). The company said it wants to look more at its “Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market, Amazon Go...
At first glance, it might seem at least a bit ironic that Amazon would be shuttering bookstores. The eCommerce giant, after all, depending on who’s making the observation, has been charged with pretty much killing the brick-and-mortar bookstore. And of course Amazon began life as...
Amazon’s long-running legal battle against its Indian partner Future Retail is reportedly about to escalate. As Reuters reported Wednesday (March 2), the retail giant says it plans to initiate criminal court proceedings against the department store chain for allowing the transfer of assets to a...
Amazon is filing lawsuits against fake review brokers who have been orchestrating the posting of misleading product reviews in exchange for money and free products, the company announced Tuesday (Feb. 22). There are two major brokers in question — AppSally and Rebatest — which the...
Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse will vote next month on whether to form a union, Christian Smalls, the organization’s president and former employee tweeted Wednesday (Feb 16). The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) said it has agreed with the eCommerce powerhouse to hold an...
Amazon is now considered a grocer in the U.K. and will be subject to the same rules and regulations as other supermarkets, a decision the eCommerce giant called “chilling.” The decision was handed down by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday (Feb....
