Amazon is investigating whether its legal representatives in India used legal fees paid for by the retail giant to bribe government officials. Reuters reported on the anti-corruption investigation Monday (Sept. 20), citing a source with direct knowledge of the probe, which stems from a whistleblower...
Amazon is selling more ads — and charging more for them — to companies seeking to buy product listings atop customers’ search results, CNBC reports. “There’s fewer organic search results on the page, so that increasingly means the only way to get on the page...
Amazon is among contenders for the rights to the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” programming package, CNBC reported, citing anonymous sources. The league wants up to $2.5 billion annually for the package on which DirecTV has been losing money for 27 years, CNBC reported. In May, Amazon...
In business, competitive advantage is the goal — and there are many ways to get there. For Amazon, of course, you might say that the installed base of millions of merchants is an inherent strategic advantage. Especially when it comes to unveiling, and spurring adoption...
Amazon’s crew at Project Santos is developing an innovative point-of-sale (POS) solution for third-party retailers that is intended to compete with Shopify, PayPal, and others, Business Insider (BI) reported, citing an internal Amazon document the news outlet reviewed. The proposed POS can reportedly process transactions...
Amazon has begun shipping cargo for outside customers to compete with UPS and FedEx. According to a CNBC report on Monday (Sept. 6), Amazon’s first quarter earnings show an 80% rise in capital expenditures, which helped it boost the capacity of its logistic network by...
Amazon is reportedly warning third-party retailers on its site that potential antitrust rules in Congress could harm them, per reports from Wednesday (August 18). Reportedly, Amazon has sent a letter warning of the alleged adverse effects to come. In addition, the tech giant has been...
Three U.S. senators — two Democrats and a Republican — have asked Amazon to provide details about privacy and security protections for its new Amazon One palm print-recognition system. Amazon One lets customers use their palms to verify their identifies while making purchases at brick-and-mortar...
Amazon could spend more than $120 billion on supplies and services from more than 200,000 U.S.-based businesses this year, from electric vehicle manufacturers to cardboard box makers, according to a Thursday (Aug. 12) press release from the eCommerce giant. That total, which doesn’t include any...
