Articles about e-commerce

Amazon earnings preview: AWS cloud growth, AI demand, trade wars among key issues to watch

Amazon’s cloud growth rate has been increasing steadily in recent quarters, and investors are looking for the trend to continue… Read More

Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of… Read More

Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers in the U.S. for the 2024 holiday season

Amazon is aiming for 250,000 U.S. hires during the 2024 holiday season, matching its target from the prior year. The… Read More

Driven away: Overloaded by Amazon, rural delivery companies reach the end of the road

ORLAND, Calif. — Two of the three independent delivery companies based at the Amazon facility on the outskirts of this… Read More

Amazon sets Prime Day record as U.S. e-commerce sales top $14 billion

Amazon said this week’s Prime Day was its biggest ever, setting a record for sales and items sold during the… Read More

Amazon fashion competitor Shein bringing a pop-up experience to Seattle next week

Shein, the fast-fashion e-commerce retailer that recently announced plans to open an office in Bellevue, Wash., is hosting a pop-up… Read More

Podcast

Inside the plan to save Zulily: How ‘The Profit’ will try to revive a once high-flying e-commerce brand

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: The rise, fall, and revival of Zulily. We revisit one the most prominent e-commerce… Read More

Amazon’s latest AI feature will let sellers generate product listings from their existing websites

Amazon will offer sellers the ability to quickly create new product listings using generative AI by providing a URL for… Read More

Startup founder returns to take aim at the endless pile of goods that shoppers send back

While e-commerce has made it beyond easy to get virtually anything delivered to your doorstep, a new startup is wading… Read More

Amazon restructures seller fees to match its regional fulfillment strategy amid FTC lawsuit

Amazon says it will change the way it charges sellers who use its fulfillment services, introducing a new fee designed… Read More

Cyber Monday expected to be biggest U.S. online shopping day of all time at $12B in spend

U.S. consumers are expected to spend between $12-to-$12.4 billion on Cyber Monday, which would exceed forecasts and set a new… Read More

FTC vs. Amazon: Filing reveals more claims about Bezos’ alleged role, Project Nessie, and more

An updated version of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Amazon was filed Thursday morning in U.S. District Court… Read More

TikTok plans major growth in Seattle area as it looks to take on Amazon with e-commerce feature

TikTok is looking to aggressively grow its employee footprint in the Seattle area as the social media video app takes… Read More

E-commerce rivals Amazon and Shopify reach truce on ‘Buy with Prime’ integration

Online merchants who use Shopify’s e-commerce platform will be able to natively integrate Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” program into their… Read More

Amazon raises free shipping minimum order amount to $35 for some non-Prime customers

Amazon is testing a new minimum order amount of $35 for non-Prime members to qualify for free shipping, raising the… Read More

Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

The chart below is what Amazon’s net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down… Read More

‘Amazon Anywhere’ brings shopping experience inside new AR game from makers of ‘Pokèmon Go’

The so-called “everything store” is looking to go “anywhere.” Amazon announced the launch Tuesday of “Amazon Anywhere,” an immersive shopping… Read More

Amazon expands customer return drop-off footprint in new deal with Staples

Amazon is teaming up with another competitor to expand the list of places where customers can return products. The Seattle… Read More

Amazon reports ‘biggest holiday shopping weekend ever’ despite its own economic concerns

Despite concerns about ongoing inflation and warnings that it would be slowing its growth, Amazon reported its “biggest holiday shopping… Read More

Online shoppers spend record $11.3B on Cyber Monday, grabbing toys, electronics and more

Online shoppers broke records with $11.3 billion in spending on Cyber Monday, driving 5.8% year-over-year growth and making the day… Read More

Marketplace companies say change in tax policy creates unnecessary burden for online sellers

When Dan Marx helped launch a new startup this summer, he pictured himself having to learn more about bicycles and… Read More

TikTok vs. Amazon: Social video giant hiring in Seattle and L.A. to build e-commerce network

TikTok is hiring logistics and e-commerce industry veterans in Seattle and Los Angeles to oversee the design and creation of… Read More

Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale, and the forces blowing up the traditional holiday shopping season

Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale, slated for Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 11-12, is the company’s attempt to jump-start the holiday… Read More

Beyond Amazon.com: Tech giant’s new Worldwide Stores CEO on its next big bets in e-commerce

There’s a common theme running through some of Amazon’s announcements at its annual conference for sellers in Seattle this week:… Read More

Peloton rides with Amazon in exercise company’s first outside partnership for online sales

Exercise equipment and subscription company Peloton Interactive will sell its bikes and gear beyond its own stores for the first… Read More

Amazon’s 1st-party online sales drop to 42% of business as 3rd-party units hit new high

Amazon wants to expand long-term into areas such as a healthcare, self-driving taxis, and home robots, but two data points… Read More

Here’s how Amazon plans to rein in costs in quest to restore its consumer business to profitability

After doubling its fulfillment capacity and hiring hundreds of thousands of workers to meet demand during the pandemic, Amazon is… Read More

Amazon will extend Prime shipping benefits, and its own reach, to independent e-commerce sites

A new Amazon program will let Prime members buy items on non-Amazon e-commerce sites just as they would on Amazon.com,… Read More

A franchise in disguise? Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners program will face a key legal test

Amazon “exercises near complete control” over the thousands of ostensibly independent companies that deliver packages for the e-commerce giant, a… Read More

Amazon quietly buys another multichannel retail technology company, UK-based Veeqo

Amazon confirmed Monday morning that it has acquired Veeqo, a software company based in the United Kingdom that offers inventory… Read More