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Research
3 min read

Pattern Helps Australian Brand Recover Over $200k Amazon Revenue

Pattern, global ecommerce and marketplace accelerator, has announced the launch of Pattern Recovery, a new service designed to help Australian brands optimise their Amazon marketplace presence and safeguard past and future profitability. As Australia’s most…

Kindle Oasis
General
2 min read

Amazon Kindle Vella to be discontinued in February 2025

Amazon has made the decision to shut down its Kindle Vella serialized story platform in February 2025. The platform, launched in 2021, was intended to be a way for readers to discover new fictional stories and for authors to earn money from the Kindle Direct…

Kindle Oasis
Electronics
1 min read

Amazon confirms the Kindle Oasis will be discontinued

Fresh on the heels of the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition announcement, Amazon confirmed that it’s retiring its last Kindle e-reader to feature physical buttons, the Kindle Oasis. The information doesn’t really come as a surprise considering the e-reader…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

17 million Vietnamese products sold on Amazon in 2023

he number of Vietnamese products sold on Amazon soared by 300% in the previous five years to 17 million in 2023. The value of the goods exported through the U.S. e-commerce platform increased by 50% during the period, Trinh Khac Toan, northern regional…

amazon
E-Tailing
1 min read

Meet Rufus, Amazon’s new AI shopping assistant

Amazon is among the companies that has iterated a lot when it comes to artificial intelligence. The US-based giant continues to develop new AI tools, especially now that AI is the main buzzword in the tech world. The latest AI-powered feature introduced by…

amazon
General
1 min read

Amazon books 244 per cent surge in net income

Amazon has delivered a stunning 244 percent growth in third-quarter net income as – in the words of one analyst – it overrides the slight slowdown impacting the wider US consumer economy. The e-commerce giant booked a net income of $9.9 billion during the…

amazon
General
3 min read

What Are People Buying on Amazon Right Now?

Amazon is the world’s largest retailer – online, offline, or otherwise. That means by studying the popular site’s revenue and sales statistics, you can get a pretty good feel for the larger global shopping trends. And here’s what’s most interesting: The hot…

amazon
E-Tailing
1 min read

Amazon launches program to identify and track counterfeiters

The company announced that Amazon launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label and track marketplace counterfeits as part of the e-commerce giant’s efforts to crack down on organized crime on its platform on…

amazon
E-Tailing
1 min read

Amazon launches program to identify and track counterfeiters

The company announced that Amazon launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label and track marketplace counterfeits as part of the e-commerce giant’s efforts to crack down on organized crime on its platform on…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

Amazon CEO says job cuts to exceed 18,000 roles

Amazon.com’s layoffs will now stretch to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesday. The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting January…

Amazon India
E-Tailing
1 min read

Amazon taxes 10 million products in Vietnam

Vietnamese vendors have sold nearly 10 million products on Amazon this year, totaling an export value over 45% more than 2021, according to a report by the American e-commerce giant. During the pandemic, there were “thousands” of Vietnamese vendors on Amazon,…

Amazon vehicles
E-Tailing
1 min read

Vietnamese firm sues Amazon for $280M

Vietnamese company Gilimex Inc. is suing e-commerce giant Amazon for $280 million for allegedly cutting back on orders, leaving it with an excess inventory. Gilimex, a manufacturer of textile and other products based in Ho Chi Minh City, said in a filling in…

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E-Tailing
3 min read

Amazon shares tumble after weak Christmas trading outlook

Amazon on Thursday forecast a slowdown in sales growth for the holiday season, disappointing Wall Street and warning that inflation-wary consumers and businesses had less money to spend. Amazon’s 12 per cent extended-trade stock drop erased about $140 billion…