Amazon.com
January 6, 2021 at 7:20 pm
Amazon.com is easing third-party seller delivery requirements, CNBC reported. This is due to ongoing constraints on major shipping carriers as a result of the coronavirus. The e-commerce giant announced in August that starting in February 2021, members of Amazon's Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) program would be required to make deliveries on Saturdays, and meet one- and…
December 16, 2020 at 9:49 pm
Amazon.com is encouraging front-line employees in California to get weekly COVID-19 tests, CNBC reported. This news comes at a time when the state is rolling out updated emergency workplace protections for the coronavirus. The e-commerce giant posted on an internal company website that this request was in accordance with California’s division of the Occupational Safety and Health…
December 10, 2020 at 7:26 pm
In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Melissa Campanelli and Kristina Stidham discuss an article recently published on Total Retail titled, “Amazon Misses the Mark With its Holiday Toy Catalog,” authored by Polly Wong, managing partner of strategic, e-commerce and creative services at Belardi Wong. The article dives into Amazon’s rookie mistakes in…
December 7, 2020 at 4:32 pm
Amazon.com is great at tackling new lines of business. The path from online bookseller to one of the world’s most valuable companies was forged through its entry into music, video, cloud computing, advertising and groceries. And yet for all of Amazon’s rich data, deep pockets and top-tier talent, it's making rookie mistakes in one of…
November 24, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Amazon.com is big. Powerful, too. The vision of Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is remarkable. It's astounding to consider Amazon’s ascension began just 26 years ago in 1994. While I don’t always agree with Amazon’s practices, I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Bezos as an entrepreneur, a visionary, and for the brand…
November 17, 2020 at 12:37 pm
A little over two years after its $753 million acquisition of the prescription medicine delivery service Pillpack, Amazon.com has launched Amazon Pharmacy, an online and mobile prescription medication ordering and fulfillment service. After launching its own line of over-the-counter drugs in 2019, this is arguably Amazon’s broadest push into the healthcare business to-date, one that could open up very…
November 4, 2020 at 9:23 pm
On Monday, a New York federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Amazon.com that accused the company of failing to stop the spread of the coronavirus through unsafe working conditions, CNBC reported. The judge deferred to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The complaint against the e-commerce giant was filed by four employees at Amazon's Staten Island,…
October 22, 2020 at 5:59 pm
In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss last week’s Amazon Prime Day event, and what it could potentially mean for this year’s holiday shopping season. Some of the key highlights to come out of Prime Day include a sales increase of 36 percent compared to Prime Day…
October 14, 2020 at 5:05 pm
Amazon.com workers are signing an internal petition asking the company to give them paid time off to vote in the United States election, CNBC reported. The petition requests Amazon provide its entire U.S. workforce with paid time off to vote on or before election day. According to CNBC, more than 4,000 Amazon employees have signed…
October 12, 2020 at 6:44 pm
Several major retailers have signaled that they're using Amazon Prime Day 2020, which runs today and tomorrow, as the starting point to begin their holiday sales — even though they're not mentioning Amazon.com directly. On Monday, for example, J.C. Penney launched an event that runs through Wednesday that allows "shoppers to get a jump start on…
