Amazon news and trends

Amazon Has No Plans to Hike Fulfillment and Referral Fees in 2025
Amazon // November 19, 2024

Amazon says it doesn’t intend to raise its merchant fulfillment and referral fees next year. In a message to its sellers published Tuesday (Nov. 19), the eCommerce giant said that — despite inflation and greater investment in employee pay and benefits — it had managed...

AI App Race Intensifies as Tech Giants Vie for Consumer Attention
artificial intelligence // November 15, 2024

Google’s quiet global rollout of its Gemini iPhone app on Thursday (Nov. 14) marks the latest move by tech companies to capture mainstream users seeking AI tools for everyday tasks on their phones. The accelerating competition in consumer AI apps signals a high-stakes battle for...

Amazon Innovates on Alexa and ‘Hauls’ in a New Shopping Experience
Retail // November 15, 2024

With a nod to digital engagement and the fast-approaching holiday shopping season, Levi’s launched the Levi’s Jeans Fit Guide in Germany, using Amazon Alexa technology to help shoppers find the right style and size without trying on jeans. The voice-driven tool offers a personalized shopping...

Amazon’s Pay-Per-Visit Health Plan Adds Health and Beauty Services
Amazon // November 14, 2024

Amazon has added new health and beauty-related services to its healthcare offering. The company announced Thursday (Nov. 14) that Amazon Prime members can now address things like hair loss, anti-aging and erectile dysfunction for a price as low as a respective $16, $10 and $19...

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Amazon Innovates on Alexa and ‘Hauls’ in a New Shopping Experience

November 15, 2024
With a nod to digital engagement and the fast-approaching holiday shopping season, Levi’s launched the Levi’s Jeans Fit Guide in Germany, using Amazon Alexa technology to help shoppers find the right style and size without trying on jeans. The voice-driven tool offers a personalized shopping experience by asking questions about fit preferences and recommending 18 […]

New Data: Amazon Expands Grocery Reach, but Walmart Maintains Delivery Edge

November 08, 2024
Amazon’s latest move into the grocery sector, through a new partnership with Mexican grocery delivery startup Jüsto, signals its push to expand its food and essentials offerings. Amazon customers in...

Retail Brief: Walmart and Amazon Revamp Strategies for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

November 01, 2024
Walmart and Amazon are both ramping up their strategies for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, seeking to capture consumer interest during the holiday shopping season. Walmart’s Black Friday events will...

AWS and J.P. Morgan Weigh In on the Cloud’s Role in Payments Modernization

October 25, 2024
Although the technology has come a long way in a short period of time, it’s not like an organization can hit a switch and migrate to the cloud. Not yet,...

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Google-Anthropic Partnership Gets UK Antitrust Regulator Approval

November 19, 2024
The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Google’s partnership with Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that it had determined that the deal between the tech giant and the artificial intelligence (AI) startup did not warrant additional investigation. “The CMA does not believe that Google has acquired material influence over Anthropic […]

Amazon Has No Plans to Hike Fulfillment and Referral Fees in 2025

November 19, 2024
Amazon says it doesn’t intend to raise its merchant fulfillment and referral fees next year. In a message to its sellers published Tuesday (Nov. 19), the eCommerce giant said that...

Amazon’s Pay-Per-Visit Health Plan Adds Health and Beauty Services

November 14, 2024
Amazon has added new health and beauty-related services to its healthcare offering. The company announced Thursday (Nov. 14) that Amazon Prime members can now address things like hair loss, anti-aging...

Amazon Launches $20-or-Less Discount Store ‘Amazon Haul’

November 13, 2024
Amazon introduced a new store for products priced at $20 or less. “Amazon Haul” offers U.S. customers a chance to find more affordable products in a range of categories, according...