One of the things that always kept me from wanting to sign on to Amazon Prime was the required yearly subscription. I didn’t want to shell out $99 for a service I wasn’t sure I was going to be using all that much. I didn’t know if I was going to make that subscription worth […]
Amazon has been busy, as they’ve added over 100 new Dash buttons, which triples the number of brands that are available to Amazon Prime members using the WiFi connected to purchase household goods. Some of the names that Amazon has listed among the new brand attached to the Dash program includes: Brawny Clorox Peet’s Coffee Doritos […]
There was an article published this week in The Information that discusses problems at Alphabet’s Nest division. Acquired back in 2014 for $3.2 billion , there was hopes that the company would give Google/Alphabet an edge in the smart home market. Aside from the problems identified in the piece, is the following paragraph about Google working on competition […]
In a report by The Wall Street Journal, it seems that Amazon has finally gotten their hands on a shipping partner in an attempt to gain more control over the shipping and delivery costs of their products. Typically, Amazon has had to heavily rely on third-party shippers for its shipping and delivery costs, such as FedEx and […]
Anybody who is an Amazon Webstore seller, we know you’re currently going through migrations to a new platform, but here’s a new bit of an issue for you – you just got a new deadline. Last March, it was announced by Amazon that they would be shuttering the Webstore e-commerce platform effective July 1, 2016. At […]
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is planning a major expansion of hundreds of new physical bookstores. There are some comments that were cited by the WSJ on an earnings call by Sandeep Mathrani, who is the CEO of the Chicago-based mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. “You’ve got Amazon opening brick-and-mortar bookstores and their […]
Amazon, who is making their first ever appearance as a Super Bowl advertiser this year, is using its game day spot to promote the Echo device. For their ad, Amazon has enlisted the talent of Alec Baldwin to be its pitchman. The company has even given over the official campaign hastag, #BaldwinBowl, to the actor. Not only […]
There was a flurry of performance stats for 2015 that was released by Amazon on Tuesday, including updates on how popular sponsored product advertisements have become on the company’s e-commerce website. According to Amazon, global adoption of Sponsored Products grew by 100 percent among Amazon sellers in 2015. More than $1.5 million in sales were made by […]
This holiday season, if we didn’t think that people searched and made purchases through their mobile devices, we sure do now. Amazon said, without releasing exact numbers, that almost 70 percent of their customers shopped via a mobile device this holiday season. The company also said that the number of Amazon app shoppers more than […]
Remember when we were always hearing about how Amazon was going to be using drones to deliver packages? Well, it seems Amazon’s decided to step up their game, as the company is looking to lease 20 Boeing 767 jets to start its own air-delivery service. This news comes from the Seattle Times and Cargo Facts. According […]