The Seattle-based company said on its website that the added fees, which take effect April 28, are “subject to change” and will apply to both apparel and non-apparel items. The latest fee hike follows one announced in November and went into effect in January. Amazon… Read More »Amazon adds 5% ‘fuel and inflation surcharge’ to seller fees
The new 27-tonne vehicles will operate from Amazon’s fulfilment centres in Tilbury and Milton Keynes. They are the online retailer’s first fully electric HGVs in Europe. Amazon has chosen DAF’s CF Electric model, which has a 350kWh battery pack and a maximum range of 155… Read More »Amazon launches five fully-electric HGVs in the UK
The disclosure follows years of Amazon investing in the advertising business and keeping details private. At that scale, it’s larger than several other entities in online advertising, including cloud rival Microsoft, whose CEO, Satya Nadella, disclosed last week the company’s 2021 advertising revenue exceeded $10… Read More »Amazon has a $31 billion a year advertising business
The majority of sales volume on the Amazon marketplace comes from sellers that have been on it for years. That signals the controlled churn and high longevity of those businesses. At the same time, new sellers bring incremental growth. Amazon seller cohort analysis is total… Read More »Longtime Amazon Sellers Drive Most Sales
A busy holiday shopping season in 2021 can mean only one thing as the New Year kicks off: more returns. Mastercard SpendingPulse found retail sales grew 8.5% from November 1 through December 24. Online sales made up 20.9% of total retail sales, up from 20.6%… Read More »More People Prefer to Return Unwanted Goods by Mail
A flood of online Christmas returns is increasing a £7billion nightmare for retailers. As the festive period ends, return warehouse workers are scrambling to process millions of unwanted gifts at an average cost of £20 per package, according to nShift, a returns management company. ReBound,… Read More »Online Christmas returns add to £7bn bill for retailers as unwanted gifts are sent back at up to double the rate for items bought in shops, report shows
Amazon sellers in the US sold an average of 11,500 products per minute during the holidays, the company said in a post-Christmas post lauding its “partnership” with sellers, writing, “Together, we make a great team.” Amazon was also self-congratulatory about its investment in sellers, saying… Read More »Amazon Sellers Rack Up 11.5K Sales a Minute during Holidays
A new California law designed to prevent the warehousing industry from overworking employees doesn’t name a specific company. But the legislation’s target is clear: Amazon.com Inc, which has given machines unparalleled control over workers and is accused of using the technology to impose unreasonable demands… Read More »Amazon’s AI managers targeted in California legislation meant to empower warehouse workers