TechCrunch
Walmart partners with Shopify to expand its online marketplace
2 min · · Walmart this morning announced a new partnership with e-commerce shopping platform, Shopify, now used by over 1 million businesses. The deal will open Walmart’s Marketplace to Shopify’s small business… · Shared by 17, including Scott Brinker
Finshots
Amazon is at war with everyone
· Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Amazon is on a mission to conquer the world.
TechCrunch
Amazon is now selling its cashierless store technology to other retailers
3 min · · Amazon on Monday announced it will now offer its cashierless store technology, called “Just Walk Out,” to other retailers. The technology uses a combination of cameras, sensors, computer vision… · Shared by 153, including Thomas Power, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Katja Evertz, Jonathan Kogan, WPMU DEV, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Verge
Amazon has barred a million products for making false coronavirus claims
2 min · · As the price of face masks shoots up. · Shared by 12, including Josh Felser, Thomas Power
Adweek
Amazon Is Testing an AI Chatbot That Generates Original Dialogue in Real Time
2 min · · The system may be a first for customer service. · Shared by 15, including Nige Roberts-Willson, Brian Roemmele
BBC News (World)
Amazon: How Bezos built his data machine
19+ min · · Leo Kelion investigates the rise of Amazon and its huge data-gathering operation · Shared by 206, including Abel Caballero Díaz, sircharlsxavier, luis antónio santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Andreas Staub, Amber Mac, Tom Connor, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Jonathan Kogan, Mark Anderson, Katja Evertz
GeekWire
Jeff Bezos launches $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund, kicking off his own effort to fight climate change
3 min · · Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he’s launching a $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund that will issue grants aimed at addressing climate change — a move that comes amid criticism of Amazon. · Shared by 8
marketplacepulse.com
Amazon Is Replacing Product Suggestions With Ads
1 min · · Recommendations in product pages on Amazon are being replaced with sponsored placements. As Amazon improves its advertising technology and overall ad spend increases, brands are placing their products… · Shared by 8
The Verge
How Amazon escapes liability for the riskiest products on its site
8 min · · Who’s at fault when something you buy on Amazon goes bad? · Shared by 137, including Neil Lee, Jill I-Am-Permanently-OFF-Bird-Site Duffy, Marsha Collier, Bjorn Larsen
twitter.com
Amazon News on Twitter
· “Amazon’s new electric delivery vehicles with @Rivian will start delivering packages to customers in 2021. Go behind-the-scenes and see how they’re made. https://t.co/9eBLwLzg7D https://t.co/GklqBw5L6m”
Campaign
Amazon is 'biggest advertiser on Earth' as adspend hits $11bn
2 min · · Ecommerce giant accounts for nearly 2% of global ad expenditure. · Shared by 22, including Matt Navarra, Remo Uherek, Mark Hasebroock
blog.aboutamazon.com
Go behind the scenes as Amazon develops a new electric vehicle
3 min · · 100,000 electric delivery vans will save millions of metric tons of carbon per year. · Shared by 32, including Chris Messina, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Business Standard
Bezos continues selling spree, unloads $4 bn of Amazon stock in a week
1 min · · Read more about Bezos continues selling spree, unloads $4 bn of Amazon stock in a week on Business-standard. The transactions are part of a pre-arranged trading plan
digitalcommerce360.com
Amazon Business is Amazon's fastest-growing business
· With its gross sales, Amazon Business also grew 1.6 times faster last year than Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing and network services arm and 3 times faster than Amazon itself. · Shared by 6
The Guardian
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
4 min · · Exclusive: investigation suggests Washington Post owner was targeted five months before murder of Jamal Khashoggi · Shared by 420, including John Nosta, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Semil, Mathew Ingram, Steve Faktor, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., massimo mantellini, Ste Davies, Mark Little, Christopher Lauer™, Anna Irrera, Matthias Lampe, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Azeem Azhar, Joanna J Bryson, Dean Anthony Gratton, Bjorn Larsen, Armin Wolf, Katja Evertz
TechCrunch
How Amazon took 50% of the e-commerce market and what it means for the rest of us
4 min · · Jun-Sheng Li Contributor Jun-Sheng (Jun) Li is an Executive in Residence at Canvas Ventures and was the former senior vice president of Walmart's global e-commerce supply chain. As SVP of Walmart’s… · Shared by 19, including Amber Mac, Bertrand Maltaverne, Scott Brinker