Amazon expanded its third-party logistics product to support merchants on rival Walmart. The expansion also covers merchants selling on Shopify and Shein, and follows Amazon’s offering of fulfillment services for merchants on sales channels that include eBay, Etsy, Temu and TikTok Shop, according to a...
Amazon is increasing pay and benefits for its fulfillment and transportation employees in the United States. The company is increasing the average pay for these employees to more than $23 per hour, lowering the cost of its entry-level health plan to $5 per week with...
A year after introducing Project Amelia as a generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to answer seller questions, Amazon has upgraded the tool with agentic AI that can reason, plan and take actions with a seller’s approval. The company said in a press release Wednesday (Sept....
Paper coupons can boost a retailer’s appeal to customers who are older or who don’t have the latest iPhone, according to Kroger executives. During the grocery giant’s Thursday (Sept. 11) earnings call, Kroger Chairman and CEO Ron Sargent said the company is reintroducing paper coupons...
StubHub is aiming to raise as much as $851 million in a New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday (Sept. 17), according to a recent Bloomberg report. The company is seeking to reinvent itself from a resale marketplace into a direct ticketing player, even as...
Amazon is bringing back its Prime Big Deal Days shopping event early next month. The event will return Oct. 7 and 8, the eCommerce giant announced Thursday (Sept. 15), characterizing it as the kick-off of this year’s holiday shopping season. “Starting October 7 at 12:01...
Footwear companies are reportedly beginning to pass along to consumers the cost of tariffs. Many U.S. companies in this sector stocked up on inventory ahead of the tariffs, but now that it is time to replenish their inventories, they are having to pay tariffs of...
David’s Bridal expanded its relationship with famed dress designer Vera Wang. The new collaboration makes David’s Bridal the global producer and retailer of the Vera Wang Bride collection of wedding gowns and bridesmaid dresses, and eventually, wedding invitations and stationery, according to a Friday (Sept....
Aldi is reportedly making a $2.2 billion investment in its British grocery business. The two-year project comes as the German supermarket chain is enjoying record sales in the U.K., according to a Monday (Sept. 15) Bloomberg report. “As a privately-owned business we can take a...