About 13,000 Amazon users have signed a petition created by women’s right group UltraViolet to get Trump off Amazon. Specifically, the petition addressed to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos calls for the eCommerce marketplace to cease and desist selling clothing out of the Donald J. Trump...
With its high population density and emerging middle class, Amazon desperately wants to get into India. Unfortunately, for Amazon, India’s regulatory environment indicates that the nation of over 1 billion potential consumers does not exactly feel the same way. The Indian government has passed regulations...
Amazon always seems to be two steps ahead of its competitors. Even so, Amazon‘s competitors might be left scratching their heads when they see the eCommerce giant’s newest and perhaps boldest move yet. Variety reported that Amazon is set to launch a live, shoppable fashion...
To say the least, the retail world was caught off guard when Amazon announced last year that it would open a brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle. But does that mean Amazon’s plans for a second physical store should be surprising? Whatever the rest of the industry thinks,...
Free shipping on Amazon is not just for Prime Members. Since the word “go,” Amazon has offered free shipping on orders above a certain size (to encourage those larger and more efficient customers’ buying experiences). And that free shipping lives on to this day, though...
Amazon is growing its clothing selection — at a significantly impressive rate. Sharing data from the investment bank R.W. Baird showing that the number of items listed on Amazon in apparel and accessories categories leaped 91 percent last year to reach 30 million items as of...
If there’s one subculture that’s undergone a transformation from media pariahs to retail darlings, it’s the video game community. While the early days of Pong, Joust and Galaga might have been for diehards only, a game from a AAA studio can rake in millions and...
Amazon is not kidding around in its competition with Netflix for streaming dominance. Though it has been in the original content business for less time, it is quickly making a big impact. Amazon had a big night at the Golden Globes Jan. 10 – taking...
There is winning, and then there is dominating the field. Apparently, Amazon feels a little more of the latter is necessary for its mobile efforts. Despite already having the number one shopping app in app stores, Amazon is hoping to bring more customers into the mobile...
