Amazon.com
July 25, 2016 at 12:50 pm
It's official: While Amazon.com’s second-annual Prime Day drove millions of sales for the e-commerce giant on July 12, smaller retailers received fewer visitors, converted fewer sales and pulled in less revenue, at least according to a report by e-commerce website developer Blue Acorn. Things seemed to go back to normal the next day, according to the…
July 18, 2016 at 10:02 am
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is playing an alien in the new "Star Trek" movie. According to the Associatd Press, Bezos is listed in the credits for "Star Trek Beyond," the third installment of the rebooted sci-fi franchise. In interviews last week, producer J.J. Abrams and director Justin Lin confirmed Bezos’ appearance in the movie. Total…
July 13, 2016 at 11:00 am
Well, so much for early day checkout issues sabotaging Prime Day 2016. By the end of yesterday, Amazon.com announced that its self-created holiday gave the company its biggest sales day ever, with orders rising more than 60 percent worldwide compared to last year's Prime Day. In the U.S. alone, orders were up more than 50 percent from…
July 12, 2016 at 1:33 pm
Amazon.com’s Prime Day has been marred by many customers reporting problems checking out, potentially slowing down business on a day the online retailer was hoping would yield hundreds of millions of dollars in sales and spur sign ups to its Prime program. On Tuesday morning at 7:40 Eastern time, the retailer said on Twitter that…
July 12, 2016 at 7:47 am
Retail giant Amazon.com recently expanded its new Handmade marketplace, similar to Etsy, where artisans can sell handcrafted goods. Considering Amazon’s scale and widespread consumer audience, other online marketplaces have reason to be concerned. With its one-hour delivery rolling out across the U.S. and rumors of its own delivery service emerging, Amazon has perfected supply chain logistics. Unlike many companies, it…
July 11, 2016 at 1:56 pm
Wal-Mart is getting a jump on Amazon Prime Day. From July 11 through July 15, Wal-Mart is offering a five-day period of free shipping with a selection of discounts. Amazon's much-hyped Prime Day begins July 12. Wal-Mart emphasized that its offer of free shipping with no minimum purchase is open to everyone, and it's for five…
July 11, 2016 at 1:26 pm
Black Friday is coming five months early for some retailers. Stores including Target, Sears and Banana Republic are offering deals around the same time as Amazon.com’s Prime Day sale, which occurs tomorrow. Competing retailers are betting that customers in the mood to shop — and maybe do some online price comparison — will head to more than just Amazon. Total Retail's…
July 8, 2016 at 10:03 am
Amazon.com celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015 by creating “Prime Day,” a shopping “holiday” that offered Prime members an ongoing series of deals over the 24 hours of July 15. Although much of the news that day focused on disappointed Prime Day shoppers, Amazon quickly declared victory — and rightly so, from its perspective. Amazon…
July 6, 2016 at 1:55 pm
Among the more common strategies used to engage back-to-school shoppers early is advancing advertising and promotional schedules.
July 5, 2016 at 1:31 pm
In a major shift for e-commerce, Amazon.com is quietly changing how it entices people to buy. The retailer built a reputation and hit $100 billion in annual revenue by offering deals. The first thing a visitor saw was a bargain: how much an item was reduced from its list price. Now, in many cases, Amazon has dropped…
