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10 Amazon Statistics You Need to Know in 2019 [Amazon Stats Infographic]
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The year was 1994 when Bezos quit his job and launched Amazon out of his garage. In 1995, the first item was ordered online on Amazon – a book. In the first month of its launch, Amazon had already sold books to people in all 50 states and in 45 […]
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250 retailers will compete against Amazon’s Prime Day, up from 194 last year
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Amazon’s Prime Day event, now in its fifth year, is no longer just a big sales day for Amazon — it’s become the official kickoff to back-to-school shopping season and a new sales holiday that extends across the web among rival retailers. And those retailers’ competitive response to Prime Day is bigger than ever this […]
Topics: deals, prime, shopping, parents, compete, techcrunch, amazons, retailers, day, sale, shoppers, sales. -
39% of Brits are delivery pass members
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About four in ten Brits (39 percent) have signed up for a paid subscription scheme or delivery pass, which means they pay a monthly fee to get free delivery and other extras. And among these schemes, Amazon Prime is the most popular paid subscription service. So-called delivery passes are especially… Continue reading
Topics: signed, delivery, popular, brits, members, subscription, amazon, subscriptions, prime, paid, pass. -
A Guide to Finding Online Deals Outside of Amazon Prime Day
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Ecommerce is more competitive than ever, so don't limit yourself to one online giant's deep discounts.
Topics: small, youre, shopping, outside, gift, online, amazon, business, sales, day, guide, finding, deals, local, prime. -
A Subdued Prime Day 2021 Despite Competitors
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Every year since 2017 I've written an analysis of Amazon's Prime Day. This year's review includes the online sales of certain competitors rather than Amazon alone. Amazon itself does not share complete Prime Day revenue figures.
Topics: prime, online, subdued, amazon, amazons, products, billion, sales, day, sellers, despite, competitors. -
Adobe ties up with Amazon to build D2C stores powered by Amazon’s commerce and fulfillment tools
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E-commerce giant Amazon was built on the concept of a large marketplace that could be the home for all online shopping, whether it was for items and services it was selling itself or those sold by third parties. Now — capitalising on the new trend for direct-to-consumer (D2C) selling, it is partnering with Adobe to […]
Topics: online, techcrunch, adobe, websites, stores, prime, sellers, powered, pay, tools, customers, fulfillment, build, amazons, amazon, ties, d2c, commerce. -
Alexa skills top 80,000 after a big Alexa-powered holiday season
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Amazon had a record-breaking holiday quarter, with revenue of $72.4 billion and profits of $3 billion, but it’s not making much money off its top-selling item, the Alexa-powered Echo Dot. While the e-commerce giant said the device was its 2018 holidays best seller across all products, it also reminded investors on yesterday’s earnings call that […]
Topics: season, prime, big, devices, amazon, shopping, alexapowered, means, echo, alexa, voice, holiday, skills, number. -
Amazon Business Is Winning. Here’s Why
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After only four years, Amazon Business hit $10 billion in sales in 2018. If you sell to companies, Amazon Business should get your attention. In this article, I will address what B2B sellers can learn from Amazon Business — and how Amazon Business impacts them.
Topics: companies, business, buyers, digital, winning, prime, amazon, procurement, customers, heres, products, levels. -
Amazon Business Prime adds same-day and 1-day shipping, among other benefits
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Amazon’s version of Prime aimed at business users is gaining a handful of new perks, the retailer announced this morning. Unlike the consumer version of Prime, the new benefits aren’t focused around entertainment – like access to streaming music or movies, for example – but are instead meant to help business customers gain better insight […]
Topics: systems, adds, shipping, today, sameday, 1day, users, amazon, prime, benefits, customers, business. -
Amazon Business Prime launched in Spain
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Amazon Business Prime has launched in Spain, the fourth market in Europe where this premium service can now be used by businesses. With Amazon Business Prime, customers can get unlimited free delivery in one business day, as well as delivery on the same evening. In 2017, Germany was the first… Continue reading
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Amazon Business Prime launches in the United Kingdom
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Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Business Prime in the United Kingdom. The new service offers one membership for a company’s business account and gives access to Prime delivery benefits like unlimited one-day, same-day and nominated-day delivery. With Amazon Business Prime, businesses in the United Kingdom can also visualize… Continue reading
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Amazon Japan to sell fresh produce online
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Amazon Japan is partnering with local supermarket operator Life Corp to sell fresh foods online.
Topics: prime, life, online, produce, venture, amazon, japan, supermarket, zone, working, order, fresh, tokyo, sell. -
Amazon Pay inks Worldpay integration as it branches out in the wider world of e-commerce
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Amazon rules the roost when it comes to e-commerce marketplaces in countries like the U.S., but today it’s announcing a deal that it hopes will be a start to its plan to have that same kind of ubiquity outside of its walled garden. The company has inked a deal with Worldpay for the latter to […]
Topics: pay, using, worldpay, prime, deal, option, ecommerce, world, merchants, inks, shipping, branches, integration, wider, payment, amazon. -
Amazon Prime Day 2019 Breaks Records; Other Merchants Benefit
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While Amazon does not provide sales data for its Prime Days, it did state that during the 48-hour 2019 event on July 15 and 16, sales surpassed the 2018 Black Friday and Cyber Monday revenues combined.
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Amazon Prime Day 2021 Is June 21-22, and Kristen Bell Tells Us Why She's Partnered With Them to Promote Small Businesses
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The ecommerce giant grew exponentially in the pandemic, but heading into its annual retail holiday, the emphasis (with some help from a few celebs) is entirely on how it elevates entrepreneurs.
Topics: partnered, good, thats, promote, small, prime, amazon, support, business, owners, shes, tells, kristen, businesses, day, bell, wanted. -
Amazon Prime Day U.S. sales bigger than last year, despite site issues
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Despite the massive glitches that prevented online shoppers from being able to browse and buy from Amazon’s Prime Day sale yesterday, the retailer is this morning claiming its Prime Day sales in the U.S. are “bigger than ever,” and grew faster than last year’s Prime Day within the first ten hours of the annual sales […]
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Amazon Prime Day sees competition from more than expected number of retailers
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Amazon’s Prime Day continues to gain competition from rival retailers piggybacking on the annual event with their own sales. Ahead of this year’s Prime Day, RetailMeNot had forecast that this year’s sale would see competition from 250 retailers. Today, the firm upped this figure to over 300, saying it found that more retailers than earlier […]
Topics: expected, ecommerce, day, amazon, prime, shipping, techcrunch, sales, free, competition, used, sees, number, retailers. -
Amazon Prime Day’s top device deals include discounted Echo speakers and Fire TVs
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Amazon’s list of Prime Day deals has finally dropped. The retailer’s Black Friday-style sale for its Prime members is one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, as other retailers now take part with their own competitive sales. But some of the best deals to be found on Prime Day are those on […]
Topics: stick, days, discounted, day, price, deals, prime, device, include, tvs, speakers, tv, kindle, amazon, techcrunch, echo. -
Amazon Prime adds free mobile game content to its perks, starting with PUBG Mobile
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Amazon today is introducing a new perk for Prime members: free mobile game content. The company, which already offers Twitch Prime benefits through its subsidiary, will now give its Prime members various in-game items for PUBG Mobile, the popular battle royale title from Tencent. The items launching today include an exclusive Infiltrator Mask, Infiltrator Jacket, […]
Topics: twitch, infiltrator, starting, content, perks, gaming, mobile, members, pubg, game, amazon, free, techcrunch, exclusive, prime. -
Amazon Prime launches in Turkey
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Amazon Prime has launched in Turkey. The introduction of the aid subscription program follows almost exactly two years after Amazon Turkey was launched. In September 2018, Amazon finally launched Amazon Turkey. Now, two years later, it’s time for its customers in Turkey to be able to subscribe to its paid… Continue reading
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Amazon Prime members can choose a weekly delivery date with launch of ‘Amazon Day’
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Amazon this morning launched Amazon Day, a new delivery option for Prime members that will allow them to control when their orders arrive. The option lets shoppers pick a day of the week to take delivery of their recent orders. The boxes arrive together on the selected Amazon Day in fewer boxes, the company says, […]
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Amazon Statistics You Should Know: Opportunities to Make the Most of America’s Top Online Marketplace
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In the world of ecommerce, Amazon is a tool that online sellers simply cannot afford to ignore. In the 25…
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Amazon UK: ‘Prime not a criterion for the Buy Box’
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For the allocation of the Buy Box, Amazon in the United Kingdom promises not to differentiate between online sellers who use or do not use Prime-related fulfillment services. “Eligibility for Prime and the Prime badge will not be a criterion when determining the Featured Offer.”Amazon communicated this to the Competition…
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Amazon Will Reportedly Offer Early Black Friday Deals Starting October 26
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But the etailer will surely offer other deals in the immediate run-up to Black Friday.
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Amazon announces a record-breaking holiday, ‘tens of millions’ of new Prime subscribers
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Amazon had another record-breaking holiday season, the retailer announced this morning. The company says it added “tens of millions” of people who signed up for Prime memberships, both paid and on a trial basis. Its worldwide customers also shopped and ordered more items than ever before, including “millions more Amazon devices” compared with this time […]
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Amazon axes $14.99 Amazon Fresh fee, making grocery delivery free for Prime members to boost use
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Amazon is turning up the heat once again in the world of groceries, and specifically grocery delivery, to make its services more enticing in the face of competition from Walmart, as well as a host of delivery companies like Postmates. Today, the company announced that it would make Amazon Fresh free to use for Prime […]
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Amazon closes its restaurant delivery service in London
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Amazon is shutting down its two-year-old restaurant delivery service in London, according to a report by the Evening Standard, which an Amazon spokesperson confirmed. Customers were sent emails which informed them of the change, saying they would no longer be able to order from Amazon Restaurants UK after Monday, December 3rd, the report said. The […]
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Amazon confirms Prime Day delay in US, will run Prime Day in India on Aug 6-7
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Amazon’s annual sales holiday, Prime Day, has typically been a global event — one so big, it often crashes the Amazon retail website. This year, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the retailer’s plans. Today, Amazon officially confirmed reports that it will delay Prime Day in the U.S. until sometime later this year. It will […]
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Amazon confirms Prime Day will run June 21-22, an earlier than usual start
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Amazon confirmed its annual sales event known as Prime Day will be held on Monday, June 21 and Tuesday, June 22. Bloomberg had previously reported these same dates, citing leaked records. The once-a-year mega sale had typically been held in July, when the shopping season goes through its usual lull. But due to the COVID-19 […]
Topics: start, small, usual, confirms, earlier, sellers, prime, run, day, businesses, techcrunch, amazon, including, business, amazons, selling. -
Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021
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Following news from earlier this month that FedEx was dumping Amazon from its air cargo service, Amazon this morning announced the expansion of its own air delivery network, Amazon Air. The retailer says it’s leasing an additional 15 Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft from partner GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). These will join the five Boeing […]
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Amazon expands partnership with retail company Casino Group in France
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Casino Group and Amazon announced that they’re expanding their partnership in France. In particular, there will be Amazon lockers in 1,000 supermarkets and smaller grocery stores across France. Casino Group partnered with Amazon last year to launch Monoprix on Amazon Prime Now. Prime members in Paris can order groceries and other products you’d regularly find […]
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Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 6 more US cities
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Amazon announced this morning it’s expanding its faster, same-day delivery service to half a dozen more U.S. cities. The service, which the retailer has been working to make same-day delivery even faster over the past year, now offers consumers in a number of markets the ability to shop up to 3 million items on Amazon.com, […]
Topics: customers, prime, delivery, sameday, placed, service, arrive, markets, orders, expands, techcrunch, amazon, cities. -
Amazon introduces charge for Prime users in the UK
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Starting on September 18th, ecommerce giant Amazon will charge Prime members for same-day delivery in the United Kingdom. The fee will apply to orders under 20 British pounds (23.5 euros). Other delivery options will remain free for Prime members. The online marketplace announced the change in an email to its…
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Amazon is Primed for online domination
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We talk about bulls in china shops, but what about bulls running through the streets of entire shopping districts, or other neighborhoods? This morning, Amazon unveiled a new feature that will test just how much of a bull it can be online — beyond its own china shop, so to speak. Prime — its membership-based […]
Topics: shopping, domination, primed, amazons, thirdparty, prime, merchants, free, techcrunch, pay, amazon, online, products. -
Amazon is increasing the annual price of Prime to $139 in the US
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Amazon is increasing the price of Prime in the United States, the company announced on Thursday as part of its quarterly and full-year earnings release. The monthly fee is going from $12.99 to $14.99 and the annual membership is rising from $119 to $139, marking a 17% increase. The price change will go into effect […]
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Amazon is pushing for one-day Prime shipping
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Yesterday Amazon managed to beat Wall Street’s already optimistic expectations with another record quarterly revenue report. In amongst its victory laps, the company announced intentions to shift its free two-day Prime shipping to one day. The move has been a Holy Grail for the company, which has already pushed parcel services and its own fulfillment […]
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Amazon issues rare apology in India over drama series
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Amazon on Tuesday issued a rare apology to users in India for an original political drama series over allegations that a few scenes in the nine-part mini series hurt religious sentiments of some people in the key overseas market. The series, called “Tandav,” has faced criticism from some people in India — including a few […]
Topics: issues, group, rare, services, scenes, series, apology, content, amazon, techcrunch, streaming, rules, india, prime, video, drama. -
Amazon launches grocery pickup at select Whole Foods
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Amazon today is continuing to make good on its Whole Foods acquisition by introducing a new grocery pickup service at select Whole Foods locations in the U.S. The service, which is available only to Prime members, will initially be available at stores in Sacramento and Virginia Beach, but will expand to more cities through the […]
Topics: delivery, launches, grocery, foods, alexa, prime, service, pickup, order, shopping, customers, amazon, select. -
Amazon launches in the Netherlands
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Amazon has officially launched in the Netherlands. Instead of selling only e-books and e-readers, the ecommerce giant now offers all kinds of products. With product categories such as consumer electronics, toys, fashion, DIY and foodstuff it’s going to compete with local players Bol.com, Coolblue and Wehkamp. Amazon.nl started in 2014,… Continue reading
Topics: netherlands, prime, service, bolcom, video, dutch, amazon, ecommerce, launches, streaming, webinar, selling. -
Amazon launches local online store, Amazon.sg
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Amazon has launched Amazon.sg, a larger local online store in Singapore, to diversify its product offer and compete with rivals such as Lazada and Shopee.
Topics: product, offer, amazonsg, online, singapore, local, prime, smbs, amazon, launches, mobile, store. -
Amazon makes its same-day delivery service faster in select US cities
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Amazon this morning announced another step it’s taken to speed up same-day deliveries. The company has installed what it’s calling “mini-fulfillment centers” closer to where customers live in select U.S. markets, including Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas. The new facilities allow Amazon to reduce same-day delivery times down to just a few hours for Prime […]
Topics: members, minifulfillment, select, delivery, faster, amazon, reduce, centers, techcrunch, cities, sameday, prime, service, order, customers, makes. -
Amazon offers same-day grocery delivery in the UK
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Amazon now offers its grocery delivery service Amazon Fresh in the United Kingdom free with Prime. Members can do their weekly shopping and choose from a selection of products. In over 40 postcodes in the South East, members can even place orders before 9pm and have them delivered same-day. And… Continue reading
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Amazon relaunches Twitch Prime as Prime Gaming
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Amazon Prime is highlighting its offerings for gamers today with the launch of a service called Prime Gaming. This is a new version of Twitch Prime, a service that Amazon launched four years ago tied to the popular game streaming platform that it acquired in 2014. In both its old and new incarnations, Twitch Prime/Prime […]
Topics: relaunches, platform, twitch, techcrunch, today, service, free, collection, amazon, games, prime, content, gaming. -
Amazon rolls out early Prime Day deals on devices, including Fire TV Recast, services and more
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In addition to expanding Prime Day to a two-day sale event, taking place on July 15-16, Amazon today announced it’s kicking things off with early Prime Day sales across a range of devices and services. The pre-sale includes discounts on the Fire TV Recast, Ring Video Doorbell and Echo Dot — the latter a perennial […]
Topics: rolls, prime, today, devices, including, amazon, deals, services, techcrunch, day, early, echo, dot, unlimited, recast, tv. -
Amazon says over 10 million items are now available for one-day shipping
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Amazon on its latest earnings call announced it was working towards making one-day shipping the new standard for Prime members. This morning, the retailer touted a milestone related to those efforts with news that now over 10 million items are now available for one-day shipping to Prime members. The news was largely a shot at […]
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Amazon sells over 175M items during Prime Day 2019, more than Black Friday & Cyber Monday combined
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Amid worker protests and antitrust investigations, Amazon’s Prime Day sales event carried on as usual — and that means it again set new records for the online retailer. This time, Amazon says Prime Day 2019 was bigger than both Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined, as Prime members purchased more than 175 million items during […]
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Amazon snags Taylor Swift to headline its Prime Day 2019 concert
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Amazon is going big on this year’s Prime Day. In addition to expanding its popular sales event to two days instead of one, the retailer is also planning to host a Prime Day Concert headlined by Taylor Swift, exclusively for Prime members. The concert streams worldwide on July 10, 2019, at 9 PM ET on […]
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Amazon stock plunges to two-year low following first-quarter loss
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Amazon stock plunged to a two-year low as shares slid as much as 12% on Friday morning after the company reported its first-quarter results yesterday. The company reported a loss of $3.84 billion, or $7.56 a share, for the first quarter. In the first quarter of last year, Amazon reported a profit of $8.1 billion, […]
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Amazon tests bundled deliveries in Germany
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Amazon is testing its Amazon Day service in Germany. With this service, Prime members can have their orders bundled and shipped on a day of their choice. Amazon Day is meant to save packaging material and countless trips from the courier and to prevent multiple delivery attempts. Amazon first introduced… Continue reading
Topics: germany, bundled, amazon, retail, deliveries, day, testing, tests, prime, service, wants, delivery. -
Amazon tops 1 million Prime subscribers in India; reports record seller participation in Prime Day
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Amazon has amassed at least 1 million subscribers for its Prime loyalty program in India, the e-commerce giant revealed today in a long rundown of how its platform fared during last week’s Prime Day in the world’s second largest internet market. More than a million Prime subscribers in India shopped from small businesses in the […]
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Amazon will allow US Prime members to send gifts using only an email or phone number
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In preparation for the holiday shopping season, Amazon today announced a convenient new way to send gifts through its mobile app. Instead of entering the recipient’s mailing address — a piece of information people often don’t know in today’s age of digital communications — Prime members can now send a gift to a friend via […]
Topics: option, email, recipient, encourage, send, members, mobile, checkout, address, prime, techcrunch, phone, amazon, gift, using, number, gifts. -
Amazon, with Demand Surging, Transitions FBA
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Amazon is experiencing a dilemma that other ecommerce companies wish they had: a demand that exceeds supply chain infrastructure. In a note in mid-July, Amazon told sellers using Fulfillment by ...
Topics: sales, million, products, transitions, inventory, marketplace, surging, sellers, amazon, thirdparty, demand, fba, prime, company. -
AmazonFresh expands to three key markets: Houston, Minneapolis and Phoenix
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AmazonFresh, one of two main grocery delivery services Amazon operates, is expanding to new markets, the retailer announced this morning. The service will now be available to Prime members in Houston, Minneapolis and Phoenix. Notably, this list includes a test market for Walmart’s new grocery subscription service, Delivery Unlimited; Target’s corporate headquarters; and an early […]
Topics: delivery, markets, prime, walmarts, techcrunch, grocery, members, online, phoenix, service, houston, available, key, minneapolis, amazonfresh, expands. -
Amazon’s 2018 Prime Day Sets Record Despite Glitches
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Amazon’s 2018 Prime Day event got off to an inauspicious start at 3 p.m. Eastern time on July 16 when eager shoppers received error messages due to overwhelming site traffic. ...
Topics: day, private, sales, despite, glitches, members, compared, discounts, amazon, record, amazons, prime, sets, products. -
Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery fleet gains FAA approval for trial commercial flights
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Amazon has been granted an approval by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will allow it to start trialing commercial deliveries via drone, Bloomberg reports. This certification is the same one granted to UPS and a handful of other companies, and while it doesn’t mean that Amazon can immediately start operating a consumer drone […]
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Amazon’s Prime Day again became the biggest sales day in its history
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Prime Day has once again broken records. Despite serious glitches at its start, Amazon announced this morning that Prime Day 2018 grew to become the biggest shopping event in its history, beating out Cyber Monday, Black Friday, and the previous Prime Day 2017. Of course, this year’s Prime Day was longer – a full 36-hours, […]
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Amazon’s children’s book subscription ‘Prime Book Box’ opens to all in the U.S.
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Amazon today publicly launched a new perk for Prime members with young children, with the broad release of the new subscription-based “Prime Book Box” service. The $22.99 per box offering ships Prime members in the U.S. a curated selection of kids’ books every 1, 2 or 3 months, at up to 35% off the list […]
Topics: book, childrens, startups, include, prime, amazon, reading, box, subscription, service, members, books, opens, amazons. -
Amazon’s drone delivery team hit with layoffs amid reorganization
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Amazon has confirmed an early Financial Times report outlining layoffs at the retail giant’s Prime Air drone delivery program. “As part of our regular business operations, we are reorganizing one small team within our larger Prime Air organization to allow us to best align with the needs of our customers and the business,” spokesperson Kristen […]
Topics: prime, air, report, including, team, employees, hit, drone, layoffs, reorganization, amid, techcrunch, amazon, statement, project, amazons, delivery. -
Both Amazon and Walmart announce expanded grocery delivery operations
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Amazon and Walmart’s rivalry continues today with two dueling announcements related to their respective grocery delivery expansions. This morning, Amazon said it’s bringing grocery delivery via Whole Foods to several new markets in New York and Florida, including New York City and Miami, among others. Meanwhile, Walmart today is expanding grocery delivery in partnership with […]
Topics: postmates, york, markets, operations, foods, delivery, san, grocery, announce, walmart, expanded, prime, amazon. -
Byrd nabs $56M to grow its European e-commerce logistics and fulfillment network as an alternative to Amazon
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Shopify put a spotlight on the role and significance of logistics and fulfillment in e-commerce when it snapped up Deliverr for $2.1 billion last week to gain its own, direct foothold into providing those services for its e-commerce customers a la Amazon. Now, an up-and-coming startup in fulfillment in Europe has closed a round of […]
Topics: software, european, fulfillment, logistics, nabs, customers, byrd, warehouse, ecommerce, prime, services, network, amazon, merchants, techcrunch, grow. -
Can Walmart+ Compete with Amazon Prime?
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Walmart launched its premium subscription Walmart+ on September 15. The service offers unlimited free deliveries on orders over $35, up to a five-cent per gallon discount on gas at Walmart and Murphy fuel stations (Sam’s Club stations will be added shortly), and scan-and-go purchasing at any of its physical stores.
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Coming to a theater near you: Amazon?
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It looks like Amazon may be gearing up to make more moves in the brick-and-mortar world. Bloomberg reports that the e-commerce behemoth is putting itself in the running to acquire Landmark Theatres, which claims to be the United States’ largest chain of movie theaters focused on art house (indie and foreign) movies, with a network of […]
Topics: prime, theater, coming, going, near, theaters, distribution, amazon, retail, world, movies, chain. -
Despite pandemic, Amazon Prime Day expected to generate nearly $10B in global sales
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A new forecast released today estimates Amazon’s delayed Prime Day sales event will top last year’s by bringing in an estimated nearly $10 billion in worldwide sales when it runs later this month. According to eMarketer, which released its first-ever Prime Day forecast, consumers will continue to spend heavily on e-commerce and seek out deals […]
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Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick are again Prime Day’s best selling devices (so far!)
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Amazon Prime members again snapped up loss leaders like the Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Remote on the first day of Amazon Prime Day 2019, which has now been stretched out to a 48-hour sale. This is the third year in a row that the entry-level Alexa smart speaker, the Echo Dot, […]
Topics: tv, days, day, echo, prime, smart, dot, select, far, techcrunch, devices, stick, selling. -
Ecommerce Briefs: Amazon v. Walmart, Prime Members, E.U. Sellers
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“Ecommerce Briefs” is my occasional series on news and developments that impact online merchants. In this installment, I’ll focus on Amazon's omnichannel growth and Prime membership, as well as acquisitions of third-party Amazon sellers in Europe.
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Ecommerce Product Releases: July 17, 2018
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Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-July from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on visual search, personalized checkout, last-mile delivery, mobile ...
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Ecommerce Product Releases: September 18, 2022
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This installment of our twice-monthly rundown of new services that could help merchants includes updates on live shopping, warehousing and distribution, cryptocurrency, and more.
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Getting Into Subscription Ecommerce? Don't Try to Be Amazon
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Amazon's scale and distribution capabilities mean it has the basics covered but customers want more than just the basics.
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How Amazon Got Americans to Spend $12.7 Billion in 2 Days Without Lifting a Finger
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It's time for a prime day post-mortem. Amazon Prime Day was bigger than ever. What's next for the world's largest retailer's shopping holiday?
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How to Sell Groceries on Amazon
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Amazon, Target, and Walmart are competing for a dominant U.S. online grocery presence. Amazon sells grocery items via three channels: Prime Pantry, AmazonFresh, and its third-party marketplace. I'll address each channel in this post.
Topics: products, groceries, items, pantry, grocery, marketplace, brands, sell, amazonfresh, perishable, amazon, prime, sellers. -
How to Use Buy with Prime to Benefit Your Brand and Customers
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Amazon's Buy with Prime gives sellers the best of both worlds, integrating Amazon's Prime benefits into their own brands' websites.
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Jeff Bezos personally dumps a truckload of dirt on FedEx’s future
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Amazon wants to be plenty of things, the most predictable of which is its ambition to control America’s shipping backbone. The company’s efforts to bring users whatever they desire in 24 hours requires movement by land, air and sea. Today, the company broke ground on expanding its airborne ambitions, breaking ground on a three-million-square-foot Prime […]
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Large retailers saw 64% increase in sales on Monday, thanks to Amazon Prime Day
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It’s no longer a winner-take-all scenario for Amazon Prime Day — in fact, that hasn’t been true for years. As soon as other large retailers realized they could piggyback on Amazon’s annual sales event to boost their own revenues from counter-sales, they’ve been doing just that. According to new data from Adobe Analytics out this […]
Topics: saw, increase, ecommerce, day, amazon, prime, smart, annual, techcrunch, sales, thanks, large, revenue, retailers. -
Monoprix wants to expand partnership with Amazon
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French supermarket Monoprix, a subsidiary of Casino Group, wants to further expand its partnership with Amazon. The two companies started working together last year, with Amazon delivering groceries in France through its Amazon Prime Now program. In March of 2018, Amazon announced the launch of a project focused on delivering… Continue reading
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Now is the time for Walmart to strike at Amazon Prime
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Amazon Prime has been an enormous influence on e-commerce, but this online juggernaut is beginning to show cracks. Now is the time for arch-rival Walmart to swoop in with a Prime-like offering that strikes at the weaknesses Amazon has introduced into its formidable loyalty program: price, a lack of focus, and competing subscription services.
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October 2020 Top 10: Our Most Popular Posts
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Since 2005 we've published thousands of articles, webinars, and podcast episodes to, hopefully, help ecommerce merchants. What follows are the most popular articles that we published in October 2020. Articles from early in the month are more likely to make the list than later ones.
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On Prime Day, Amazon workers and immigrants’ rights organizations are protesting
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On the start of Amazon’s biggest sales event of the year, Amazon workers and activists are taking to the streets today in protest of the retail giant. Protests are planned for San Francisco, Minnesota, New York, Seattle and other locations across Europe. The biggest employee-led demonstration is happening in Shakopee, Minn., where Amazon warehouse workers […]
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Orderchamp raises 16.5 million euros
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Dutch wholesale platform Orderchamp has raised 16.5 million euros for further expansion in Europe. The Series A-round was led by venture capital firm Prime Ventures, while existing investors henQ and several business angels also participated. The fresh funding follows only two years after Orderchamp’s inception in September 2019. The b2b… Continue reading
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Prime Day Recap: Lessons Learned in Keeping Customers for Life
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How to make the most of peak days and keep the new customers they bring
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Prime Day boosted other large retailers’ sales by 54%, says report
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Amazon’s Prime Day again broke records this year, but the sales holiday also boosted sales across the broader U.S. e-commerce industry. According to Adobe Analytics data released this morning, larger retailers – meaning those with over a billion in annual revenue – saw a 54 percent increase in sales on Prime Day, compared with an average […]
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Prime Day discounts: ALL Amazon offers this October 13 and 14 in Mexico
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During Prime Day, customers can visit the store dedicated to entrepreneurs in promoting SMEs, Amazon Handmade and local designers.
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Prime today, gone tomorrow: Chinese products get pulled from Amazon
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If you ever bought power banks, water bottles, toys or other daily goods on Amazon, the chances are your suppliers are from China. Analysts have estimated that the share of Chinese merchants represented 75% of Amazon’s new sellers in January, up from 47% the year before, according to Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce research firm. Chinese […]
Topics: today, merchants, tomorrow, reviews, products, sellers, exporters, amazon, ecommerce, prime, chinese, fake, review, techcrunch, pulled, gone, accounts. -
Report: Amazon Prime Day 2019 will push US e-commerce sales to over $2 billion
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A report from Adobe’s analytics arm predicts Amazon’s Prime Day 2019 sales event, which began today, to have another sizable impact on the U.S. e-commerce market. The company expects a revenue lift for top retailers — those with over $1 billion in online sales — to reach 79% this year, up from the 60% lift […]
Topics: retailers, push, today, prime, day, report, sales, techcrunch, ecommerce, billion, website, amazon, stability. -
Report: Amazon is planning a Whole Foods expansion to benefit Prime Now
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Amazon is planning a Whole Foods expansion in the U.S., according to a report by The Wall Street Journal published this weekend. The goal is to put more customers within the range of Amazon’s two-hour Prime Now delivery service, including those in suburban areas outside cities, as well as those in regions where the grocer […]
Topics: expansion, cities, service, pickup, prime, stores, twohour, foods, delivery, amazon, report, benefit, planning. -
Rivian Write-down Moves Amazon to Q1 2022 Net Loss
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Amazon posted a Q1 2022 net loss, its first since 2015. Contributor and financial guru Marcia Kaplan looks at the numbers.
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Strong Interest in Amazon Sales Channel Ahead of Prime Day
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How Magento brands and merchants can optimize their Amazon Prime Day strategy
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Target integrates Shipt’s same-day delivery service into its mobile app
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Same-day delivery is coming to Target’s app. The retailer announced this morning that its same-day shopping service Shipt, which Target acquired two years ago for $550 million, will now be integrated directly into the Target mobile application. Though Shipt is widely known as an online grocery service that competes with Instacart and others, Target is […]
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Target launches free, 2-day shipping with no minimum purchase requirement
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Take that, Amazon and Walmart. Target has just come out swinging with news that it’s launching free, two-day shipping on hundreds of thousands of items across its site without requiring a minimum purchase or an annual membership fee. This challenge to Amazon Prime comes at a time when Prime membership is at highest – Prime […]
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Target’s same-day delivery reaches 1,100+ stores, Drive Up to reach 1,000 by year-end
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Amazon may be betting on the convenience of cashier-less stores, but Target is instead focused on order-ahead e-commerce. The company’s Drive Up service, which allows shoppers to place orders online, then pick up at a nearby store without getting out of their car, is now on track to reach nearly 1,000 U.S. stores before the […]
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This shipping company may become Amazon Prime's rival
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Cainiao is an Alibaba subsidiary logistics company that plans to take any product anywhere in the world in 72 hours and for three dollars a month (approximately 60 Mexican pesos).
Topics: prime, company, fast, founded, amazon, primes, rival, shipping, aliexpress, world, subscription, logistics, deliveries. -
TryNow raises $12M to bring try-before-you-buy, Prime Wardrobe as a service to online retailers
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Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe has been a key way for the e-commerce giant to expand its reach selling clothing and other apparel: giving shoppers an easy way to try on several items, return what they don’t want and pay for what they keep has helped it cross the virtual chasm by bringing the online experience a […]
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Twitch Prime ditches ad-free viewing as one of its perks
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Twitch Prime, the perks program for Amazon Prime members offering free loot, games and other benefits, is ditching one of its best features: ad-free viewing. According to an email sent out to Amazon Prime members today, ad-free viewing will no longer be included as a part of Twitch Prime for new members, beginning on September […]
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Twitch will join Amazon Prime Day with giveaways, events and QVC-style live show
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Amazon -owned game streaming site Twitch will be participating in Amazon Prime Day this year, with giveaways of free content from Apex Legends and EA Sports games, live-streamed events, and even a live-streamed shopping show. The latter was reported this morning by AdWeek, which accidentally detailed the streaming site’s plans for a 2-day live shopping […]
Topics: prime, amazon, games, join, video, live, qvcstyle, ea, twitch, techcrunch, day, livestreamed, giveaways, shopping, events. -
Walmart announces next-day delivery on 200K+ items in select markets
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This month, Amazon announced it’s investing $800 million in its warehouses and delivery infrastructure in order to double the speed of Prime shipping by reducing it to only one day. Now Walmart is following suit with a one-day shipping announcement of its own. The rival retailer says it will begin to offer free, NextDay delivery […]
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Walmart drops the $35 order minimum on its 2-hour ‘Express’ delivery service
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In a move designed to directly challenge Amazon, Walmart today announced it’s dropping the $35 minimum order requirement for its two-hour “Express” delivery service, a competitor to Amazon’s “Prime Now.” With Walmart Express Delivery, customers can order from Walmart’s food, consumables or general merchandise assortment, then pay a flat $10 fee to have the items […]
Topics: stores, techcrunch, walmart, drops, prime, service, express, delivery, orders, amazon, minimum, 2hour, order. -
Walmart lures consumers to its Walmart+ subscription with early access to Black Friday deals
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Walmart+, the retailer’s low-cost alternative to Amazon Prime offering free shipping with no minimums, free grocery delivery and other perks, is now adding one more reason to become a subscriber: early access to Black Friday deals. The company announced today it will allow paying Walmart+ subscribers to gain early access to its Black Friday events […]
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Walmart+ launches Sept 15, offering same-day delivery, gas discounts and cashierless checkout for $98/yr
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Walmart today officially unveiled its new membership service and Amazon Prime rival, which it’s calling “Walmart+.” The $98 per year service will combine free, unlimited same-day delivery on groceries and thousands of other items, with additional benefits, like fuel discounts and access to a new Scan & Go service, similar to Walmart-owned Sam’s Club, that […]
Topics: delivery, checkout, scan, prime, sept, unlimited, service, program, membership, members, walmart, discounts, offering, launches, techcrunch, gas, sameday, customers. -
Walmart+ takes on Prime by dropping $35 minimum on Walmart.com purchases
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Walmart+, the retailer’s lower-cost alternative to Amazon Prime offering same-day delivery of groceries and other items, is making its service more appealing with today’s launch of a new perk. The company says that starting on Friday, December 4, it will remove the $35 shipping minimum on orders from Walmart .com for its members. However, this […]
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What Amazon lost (and made) on Amazon Prime Day
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Amazon Prime Day is over, and what a ride it was this year. Widespread technical glitches in the first hours of Amazon’s massive annual Prime Day promotion cost the e-commerce giant an estimated $1.2 million a minute, according to One Click Retail founder Spencer Millerberg. The total loss is difficult to nail down, in part […]
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Winners on Prime Day 2020? Non-Amazon Sites
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Amazon’s delayed 2020 Prime Day event ran for two days — October 13 and 14 — as it did last year. While it does not release total revenue for Prime Day, Amazon touted in 2019 that Prime Day sales exceeded the prior year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined. This year Amazon did not make such a claim.
Topics: event, sites, deals, amazon, nonamazon, prime, day, holiday, winners, marketplace, sellers, sales.