Targeted marketing emails, pages that direct shoppers to off-site sellers and Alexa artificial intelligence tools are three new marketing solutions Amazon is piloting to help direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce merchants reach Amazon shoppers and direct them to their own site. The marketing solutions, which are part...
California has sued Amazon as of Wednesday over allegations of violating antitrust and unfair competition laws, The Wall Street Journal wrote. The state is saying the eCommerce titan’s contracts with third party sellers and wholesalers make prices higher, shut down competition and violate the aforementioned...
The annual Amazon Accelerate event for independent sellers on the platform taking place in Seattle Wednesday (Sept. 14) and Thursday (Sept. 15) is turning into something of a love fest as the eCommerce titan encourages embracing the months-old “Buy With Prime” pilot while taking wraps...
Operating over half a million robotic drive units and more than a dozen other robotic systems in its facilities around the world, Amazon’s eCommerce business is deeply invested in robotics technology. Related: Amazon Launches $1B Robotics, Logistics Fund But building out that robot empire has...
Amazon has announced two new value-added services to add benefits for delivery service partners (DSPs), a press release said. One of them is Next Mile, an academic program letting drivers access various schooling and study courses. And the other is a 401(k) program, allowing small...
Amazon’s proposal to halt some online sales and marketing practices to head off big antitrust fines from European Union regulators is inadequate and “full of loopholes,” a group of 11 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) argue in a filing to the European Commission. The organizations submitted the filing...
Amazon is considering entering the prescription drug sales market in Japan, according to a Reuters report Monday (Sept. 5). If it does so, it plans to team up with smaller pharmacies, starting next year when electronic prescriptions are finally allowed in the country. Prescription drug prices...
Amazon released a series of instruction manuals Wednesday (Aug. 31) designed to help users set up their Alexa Echo devices and turn their homes into smart homes. This comes at a time when 32% of consumers — or about 83 million people — used smart...
Amazon sunset its Amazon Care service, as the eCommerce giant begins to reevaluate its healthcare assets and offerings following its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical in July, The Wall Street Journal wrote. One Medical, a membership-based primary care practice, offers on-site offices in larger...
