Amazon has been quietly piloting an “enhanced vetting” process for prospective third-party sellers on Amazon.com, supplementing the normal online submission process with video calls to verify the identities of applicants… Read More
Instant gratification has always been a key part of Amazon.com’s strategy. Hence one-click buying, free two-day delivery with Prime membership and the fledgling drone delivery program. Anything to cut the time… Read More
It’s a little perplexing to see Amazon.com open a physical bookstore. After all, the tech giant launched 20 years ago as an innovative online bookseller, offering consumers an alternative to purchasing products from traditional brick-and-mortar… Read More
[Follow up: Inside Amazon’s first bookstore: How the online giant is combining digital with physical retail] Internet giant Amazon.com, which got its start selling books online, confirmed this afternoon that it… Read More
Amazon has made a behind-the-scenes change to one of its most important technological formulas, with big implications for the millions of customers who rely on Amazon customer reviews to decide which stuff to buy… Read More
Jet.com, the e-commerce startup founded by Marc Lore, the former founder of Diapers.com, is finally saying how it intends on beating Amazon.com when it opens up shop next month. In a Bloomberg BusinessWeek… Read More
Amazon released its annual post-Christmas holiday sales rundown this morning — the one in which the company makes lots of fun comparisons to make its sales sound impressive, without giving any truly… Read More
Amazon.com is not a real business — at least according to Steve Ballmer. The former Microsoft CEO shared his thoughts about the Seattle online retail giant on the Charlie Rose Show… Read More
Amazon.com is going on another hiring spree for the holiday season, as the Seattle retailer announced late Wednesday that it will hire 80,000 seasonal workers this year. That’s a 14… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday involving former Amazon warehouse workers fighting over unpaid security searches which could have implications for similar cases in the future.… Read More
Amazon.com is under investigation across the pond by the European Commission over the company’s tax practices in Luxembourg. As BBC reports, the Commission is taking a hard look at Amazon’s… Read More
Did you ever have a hunch that you were saving money by shopping on Amazon.com, but you never knew for sure? Well, here’s your proof: A report released today estimates that Amazon… Read More
Amazon is boosting the price of its Prime membership program, increasing it from $79 per year to $99 per year. The move was expected, although Amazon had said it was considering… Read More
Amazon.com posted a 45 percent decline in quarterly profits this afternoon, but Jeff Bezos says one of the company’s biggest benefits is paying off, as digital books and the company’s… Read More
Wikia, which operates a platform that powers more than 200,000 community-powered Web sites, has raised more than $10 million from Amazon.com, Bessemer Ventures Partners and Institutional Venture Partners. Formed by Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales… Read More
Amazon.com reported a third quarter loss of $274 million on Thursday, with the online retailer tossing some of the blame on its investment in the daily deals site LivingSocial. According… Read More
The Laurelhurst home of Amazon.com Vice President of Product Management Adam Selipsky exploded in flames today, sending one of the construction workers who was working on the home to Harborview… Read More
This just in: Amazon.com is purchasing its existing Seattle headquarters campus in South Lake Union from Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. for more than $1.1 billion, according to a regulatory filing… Read More
Barnes & Noble reduced the price of its Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight e-reader to $119 this morning, matching the entry-level price of the competing Kindle Paperwhite on the eve… Read More
The Kindle Fire isn’t really known as a powerful gaming device. But Amazon.com is looking to change that perception with the launch of GameCircle, a new tool designed for developers… Read More
Here’s something we’ve never seen before. From khakis and door desks to a tuxedo on the red carpet, the transformation of Jeff Bezos from geek to fashionista is complete, apparently.… Read More
Amazon.com has long been known as a workplace where dogs are welcome, so long as their owners abide by certain rules. But the company is going a step further in… Read More
Architects for Amazon.com have submitted new drawings that show, in much greater detail, the company’s plans for three new office towers on the northern edge of downtown Seattle, with… Read More
One of the nice things about storage services Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive is the ability to upload, browse and access files stored in the cloud from the Mac… Read More
If you saw the “Hunger Games” movie but haven’t bothered reading ahead in the books, you might want to keep your head down when you venture outside. An outdoor ad… Read More
Amazon.com’s ambitious plans to erect three massive 37-story office towers in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle isn’t about building a corporate campus, it’s about building a neighborhood. At… Read More
Amazon.com has struck a deal with author J.K. Rowling to distribute all seven of the best-selling Harry Potter titles on the Kindle and via Kindle mobile applications. Interestingly, in order… Read More
Amazon.com just announced an agreement to pay $775 million in cash to acquire Kiva Systems Inc., a maker of automation technology for fulfillment centers. Kiva makes robotic vehicles that zip around… Read More
From Hulu to Netflix, it seems that every online video service is getting into original television these days, and new signs emerged overnight that Amazon.com is no different. Fortune reports… Read More
A lawsuit against Amazon.com’s Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for disclosing an actress’s age could have a larger impact on the way online companies gather and use personal information. That’s the upshot… Read More
