Amazon has launched a new program to gain information about users’ purchasing activity beyond on its own website, a post from the eCommerce giant states, through monetary incentives. Named the Amazon Shopper Panel, it will pay users in exchange for the data and answering some...
With the holiday season coming, Amazon is on track to face big challenges with shipping as the unprecedented demand of the pandemic continues, the Financial Times (FT) writes. The eCommerce giant was already planning an expansion strategy, which the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated heavily. Now, according to...
Amazon India is getting an infusion of 7 billion rupees ($95.51 million) in advance of the upcoming festive season, according to a Reuters report on Friday (Oct. 8) citing data from business intelligence firm Tofler. The month-long festive season kicks off with sales on Saturday,...
Amazon will debut its Great Indian Festival event, intended to boost businesses from the region during the country’s festival season, starting Oct. 17, a press release says. The release promises lakhs (or hundreds of thousands) of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in categories including Local...
Amazon India has introduced a way for customers to pay their credit card bills through Amazon Pay, the eCommerce company’s payments arm. Amazon joins companies like India-based digital wallet provider PhonePe, Indian eCommerce payment platform and Paytm and others that offer the option for credit...
Amazon Inc. launched new features the company says will make the Alexa smartphone app more useful for drivers of automobiles. The features are detailed in an unsigned blog post on the company’s website. “With the new ‘Auto Mode’ and ‘Start my Commute’ … Alexa is...
Amazon recently injected $152 million into its Amazon Seller Services unit in India, according to regulatory filings cited by numerous new outlets in India including Live Mint. Amazon Seller Services is a part of the eCommerce giant that helps businesses use Amazon to sell goods....
Amazon shoppers who use the AmazonSmile offering to trigger charitable donations with spending have steered more than $215 million to nonprofits, the eCommerce giant announced Wednesday (Sept. 30). The program, launched in 2013, has resulted in contributions to “hundreds of thousands” of charities, Amazon said...
Amazon is launching a new feature called Amazon Explore for virtual tours of real places one can take without leaving the house, according to a post on the company’s website. The eCommerce giant said in the post that Amazon Explore works by connecting a user...
