Tag: Online retail

CMA, the UK watchdog, is closing its investigations against Meta and Amazon about the use of ad data after securing two commitments from the tech giants. These ensure user and seller protection.

Anushe Fawaz · Nov 3, 2023 with 0 comments

Amazon will have to shut down the Sold by Amazon program for good because Washington state's attorney general found it was anticompetitive and violated antitrust laws. It ran from 2018 to 2020.

Alap Naik Desai · Jan 26, 2022 with 13 comments

Microsoft has announced its acquisition of PromoteIQ, a provider of vendor marketing tech to online retailers. The company will become a division within the Microsoft Advertising platform.

Hamza Jawad · Aug 5, 2019 with 0 comments

The Arlington County Board has approved $23 million in local and state subsidies for Amazon's plan to build its second HQ in Crystal City. But the incentives were opposed by community groups.

Jay Bonggolto · Mar 17, 2019 · Hot! with 29 comments

Amazon has revealed some statistics about small- and medium-sized businesses operating on its platform. Businesses generating more than $1 million in sales grew by 20% during the last year.

Paul Hill · Jan 18, 2019 · Hot! with 3 comments

Following last week's Black Friday strike by Amazon workers, the company is now facing an antitrust probe in Germany over how it deals with third-party merchants that use its website as a marketplace.

Jay Bonggolto · Nov 29, 2018 with 6 comments

Fresh reports have emerged suggesting bribery practices being conducted by some Amazon employees in China. Those employees are reportedly selling internal sales data to merchants in exchange for cash.

Ruel Revales · Sep 17, 2018 with 13 comments

Amazon's free return policy is not risk-free after all as a number of shoppers have received email notifications telling them their account has been terminated for making too many returns.

Jay Bonggolto · May 23, 2018 · Hot! with 48 comments

Jeff Bezos has banked $1 billion after he sold off almost a million shares in online retail giant Amazon, in a likely bid to raise funding for his space tourism project called Blue Origin.

Jay Bonggolto · Nov 5, 2017 · Hot! with 32 comments

Amazon's one hour delivery service that was launched last year in the United States has expanded to the UK and is now available in parts of London with a minimum purchase of £20.

Shreyas Gandhe · Jun 30, 2015 · Hot! with 3 comments