Buy With Prime news and trends

Amazon and Walmart Add Membership Value to Deepen Loyalty
Retail // September 19, 2024

As retail giants Amazon and Walmart race to capture consumers’ online shopping spend, both aim to sweeten the deal for members of their paid subscriptions to drive loyalty and engagement. Amazon, for its part, is adding more offerings that extend beyond its own marketplace. The...

Amazon Teams With PayPal as Buy With Prime Shoppers Jump 50%
Amazon // September 18, 2024

Amazon launched a new integration with PayPal amid a surge in Buy with Prime use. The eCommerce giant revealed several enhancements to its merchant and shopper offerings at its Accelerate seller conference, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 18) press release. Among the enhancements, participating brands...

AWS: Retailers and Brands Partner With Platforms to Drive Innovation
Retail // January 30, 2024

As we finish the first month of the new year, more and more businesses are putting 2023 innovations into action and hoping to see results.  The focus on results takes place within the backdrop of the preceding year, which centered on the revival of physical retail and...

Walmart Cuts Innovation Lab; Amazon Mulls Monetizing Alexa
Retail // January 26, 2024

Is this year gearing up for another round of slashing costs and seizing revenue opportunities? Signs from retail giants Amazon and Walmart point in that direction. But the burning question is: How will these moves hit consumers?  According to a recent PYMNTS report, consumers expect...

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Walmart and Amazon Offer New Payment Options as Consumers Seek Flexibility

September 27, 2024
With consumers increasingly expecting to be able to pay however they want, Walmart and Amazon are adding new payment options. Walmart is working with Fiserv to provide real-time pay-by-bank options, with the transaction reflected in customers’ bank account balances immediately. The move marks an improvement on the retailer’s previous pay-by-bank test wherein the transaction would […]

AWS: Retailers and Brands Partner With Platforms to Drive Innovation

January 30, 2024
As we finish the first month of the new year, more and more businesses are putting 2023 innovations into action and hoping to see results.  The focus on results takes place within...

Walmart Cuts Innovation Lab; Amazon Mulls Monetizing Alexa

January 26, 2024
Is this year gearing up for another round of slashing costs and seizing revenue opportunities? Signs from retail giants Amazon and Walmart point in that direction. But the burning question...

Walmart Aims to Be an AI Concierge as Amazon Expands Buy With Prime

January 12, 2024
From Walmart looking to be a personal shopping concierge to Amazon expanding its Buy with Prime to more platforms and leveraging tech to help consumers manage their healthcare, the two...

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Amazon Teams With PayPal as Buy With Prime Shoppers Jump 50%

September 18, 2024
Amazon launched a new integration with PayPal amid a surge in Buy with Prime use. The eCommerce giant revealed several enhancements to its merchant and shopper offerings at its Accelerate seller conference, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 18) press release. Among the enhancements, participating brands using the Buy with Prime API can now offer PayPal […]

Amazon Lays Off 5% of Buy With Prime Staff

January 19, 2024
Amazon has made layoffs in its Buy with Prime unit, as part of its ongoing restructuring efforts. The company has laid off around 30 employees, which accounts for less than...

Amazon Integrates Buy With Prime With Salesforce Commerce Cloud

January 10, 2024
Amazon says it is integrating its Buy With Prime tool with the Salesforce Commerce Cloud. The solution, announced in a news release Wednesday (Jan. 10), lets Salesforce merchants add Buy With Prime to their...

Amazon Offers Pre-Holiday Benefits for Buy With Prime Shoppers

November 14, 2023
Amazon is offering added benefits for Prime members using its Buy With Prime service. The retail giant announced Tuesday (Nov. 14) that customers can now track Buy With Prime orders on their...