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Report: Amazon.com US Sales Will Surpass $640B in 2024
February 26, 2024 at 11:26 pm

Amazon.com U.S. retail sales will total $641.3 billion in 2024, an increase of 19.9 percent or $106.6 billion from 2023, according to a new report from digital retail consultancy Momentum Commerce that tracks Amazon's U.S. retail sales as well as hundreds of Amazon product categories. According to the report, the following top-level, physical goods categoriesโ€ฆ

A Recap of Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days
October 12, 2023 at 4:44 pm

This week saw Amazon.com host its second Prime Day sale of 2023. The two-day sale event, which is exclusively for Prime members, is viewed by many as the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season. How did this most recent sale event compare to its predecessor in July, as well as year-over-year? Numerator, the consumerโ€ฆ

Amazon Announces Oct. 10-11 as Next Prime Sale
September 20, 2023 at 3:28 pm

Amazon.com announced on Monday that its next Prime Day sale will be held Oct. 10-11, promising deals as often as every five minutes during the 48-hour event. This is the second Prime Day event the online retail giant has held this year. During the July Prime Day event, the top-selling deal categories included home, fashion andโ€ฆ

Amazon Resumes Third-Party Shipping Service
August 21, 2023 at 5:40 pm

Amazon.com has revived its shipping service, paused during COVID-19's onset, competing with FedEx and UPS. Amazon Shipping lets sellers ship Amazon and external platform orders. Businesses must sell on Amazon to be eligible for the service. Amazon already provides shipping to merchants who use its storage and delivery service, Fulfillment by Amazon. Amazon Shipping allowsโ€ฆ

Amazon to Hold Second Prime Shopping Event in October
August 8, 2023 at 3:27 pm

Amazon.com is hosting a second Prime Day-like sales bonanza in October, the company announced Tuesday, seeking to attract consumers planning to start their holiday shopping early, reports CNBC. The company didnโ€™t share exact dates for the event, called โ€œPrime Big Deal Days,โ€ but said it will be held in 19 countries. Amazon just wrapped upโ€ฆ

Amazon Boasts its 'Delivering at the Fastest Speed Ever'
July 31, 2023 at 6:11 pm

Amazon.com is delivering its largest selection of products to U.S. Prime members at the fastest speeds ever, according to a blog posted yesterday by Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. "With more than 300 million items available with free Prime shipping and tens of millions of the most popular items available with free same-day orโ€ฆ

Amazon to Bring Pay by Palm to All Whole Foods Stores
July 24, 2023 at 6:33 pm

Amazon.com will let shoppers pay with their palms at all Whole Foods stores by the end of the year, the company announced last week. Amazon One is a biometric technology that lets users enter and pay for items at stores by placing a palm over a scanning device. Shoppers first have to connect their palmโ€ฆ

Amazon Tests Using AI to Summarize Product Reviews
June 14, 2023 at 5:10 pm

Amazon.com is experimenting with using artificial intelligence (AI) to sum up customer feedback about products on the site, with the potential to cut down on the time shoppers spend sifting through reviews before making a purchase. On the Amazon product page for Appleโ€™s third-generation AirPods, for example, the AI feature now sums up the more thanโ€ฆ

Victoria's Secret to Sell Lingerie, Apparel on Amazon
June 8, 2023 at 3:07 pm

Victoria's Secret announced Tuesday it was collaborating with Amazon.com to offer its customers fashion and lingerie products. This is an expansion of its collaboration, which first began last year with the launch of Victoria's Secret Beauty in Amazon stores. Now, more than 4,000 Victoria's Secret items will be available at Amazon.com, including the brand's bras,โ€ฆ

Amazon Now Charging for Some Returns Made to The UPS Store
April 12, 2023 at 12:06 pm

Amazon.com has started charging a fee for some returns made at UPS stores. Customers living near a free drop-off location who decide to return their package through UPS may have to pay a $1 fee, an Amazon spokesperson said Tuesday. "We offer convenient, easy returns to Amazon customers, with one or more options for label-free, box-free returnsโ€ฆ