Google and JD.com Beijing Since the news broke that Google would invest $550 million in JD.com in China, there has been a massive amount of news coverage; and for good reason. It seems that since the announcement, “JD.com is up more than 2.5% Monday morning”[1], and this year, JD.com “is
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Amazon Seattle: deeply committed to being part of the solution to end homelessness. Just two weeks after passing a large tax on major companies like Amazon and Starbucks, the Seattle City Council backed off from their unanimous stance and voted 7-2 in favor of repealing the tax, mainly due to
Read more →Google and JD.com: a $550 Million alliance Google and China The mega-company Google has had its fair share of history in China; good and bad. In 2010, Google made the decision to withdraw itself from China, stating that they no longer shared the ideology that their platform should censor itself
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Amazon Prime launched in Australia Amazon has long been expanding its horizons to new markets and to new countries. Things are just heating up in Australia, a place where Amazon has recently started investing a lot of its time and money. Now that Amazon Prime has launched in Australia, it’s
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Breaking News for Amazon Sellers (5/30/18) Latest information on Amazon Suspensions, effective Plans of Action and information for Private Label Sellers. – Review Manipulation – Plans of Action – Private Label Sellers – Amazon Listing Hijackers – Brand Protection – Amazon Australia Amazon Sellers Lawyer // Rosenbaum Famularo, PC 100
Read more →Amazon 2nd headquarters When it comes to the HQ2, Jeff Bezos and Amazon are the belle of the ball with cities nationwide fighting to advocate their city’s candidacy. It is basically a corporate version of The Bachelor, with HQ2 as the eligible bachelor who can bring monetary stability and a
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Uber and Amazon transforming logistics industry Amazon & Uber disrupting logistics with autonomous trucks / cars, delivery drones, and on-demand services… Logistics has changed! Discover here how Uber and Amazon are disrupting this $8.1tn market. Since 2009, the third-party logistics industry has been constantly growing and it is expected to
Read more →Amazon Go As Amazon has partnered with Whole Foods and opened Amazon Go stores, they aim to change the grocery industry one small step at a time, which may leave other grocery outlets in the dust. Starting on May 2, Whole Foods shut down its rewards program, including all online
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Amazon Prime Price Hike Amazon is raising the price of its most prestigious service – Amazon Prime – from $99 a year to $119 a year in just a couple of weeks. This comes as little surprise after Amazon raised the monthly Prime membership fee from $10.99 to $12.99 this
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Delivery to a Parked Car? Amazon’s New Delivery Reality – Amazon Key In an effort to make package delivery more convenient than ever, Amazon recently announced an alternative courier method – packages delivered straight to your trunk. The company has already expanded to expedited Amazon Prime shipments, drone shipments, local Amazon
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Amazon’s Review System is Broken Amazon’s feedback system helps the company make decisions, promote specific products and decide whether or not to suspend users – but is the system flawed at its core? Early this month, the company suspended a huge amount of consumer accounts without warning. Amazon followed up
Read more →“Codename Vesta” could be Amazon’s Next Hit Amazon is at it again, pushing the tech envelope forward as reports have surfaced of a new “top secret” at-home robot project. While the details of the project are unknown at this time, reports from Bloomberg Technology suggest this project is called “Codename
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Amazon vs Brick & Mortar Stores If you live in an area with malls or at least plenty of department stores, you’re sure to have seen quite a lot of transformation in just the past few years alone as some seemingly untouchable giants fall to earth and companies embracing the
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Trump & Bezos Head-to-Head on Tax Issues The battle between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and United States President Donald Trump has been pretty heavily monitored in the last few weeks. The two businessmen have launched verbal strikes at one another as Trump seeks to change the way that Amazon operates.
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Amazon to Hit $1 Trillion by 2022 It’s been a good month for Amazon and its sellers. In the same month where analysts came out and said that they believe Amazon is on the path to hit a $1 Trillion market cap by 2022, Amazon has passed Alphabet to become
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Important Sales Tax News for Online Sellers We live in the Wild West of sale tax, especially when it comes to collecting sales tax as an online seller. New laws and upcoming court cases mean that sales tax is constantly in the news lately. This blog post will offer a
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Trump vs Amazon tax war The tax war continues between Amazon sellers and state governments who want to threaten the businesses of sellers who haven’t been cooperating with sales taxes. A recent development suggests that United States President Donald Trump himself is getting involved in the battle. The fight between
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Online Merchants Guild As a tax war wages between states and Amazon, leaving sellers in the crossfire, those same sellers are banding together to force change from within, and the results could be very beneficial to Amazon sellers. Recapping the Tax Issue We reported early in February that several states
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Amazon is planning on giving even more products the “add-on” tag in a move that will no doubt frustrate millions of sellers and customers all around the world. What’s An Add-On Item? Add-on items are generally low-cost items sold on Amazon by sellers of all kinds that can only be
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Amazon Collecting Sales Tax from Washington Buyers Amazon FBA sellers were recently notified that Amazon would now collect sales tax from Washington buyers on behalf of 3rd party sellers. Why this change? And what does this mean for Amazon FBA sellers? Amazon now collecting Washington sales tax on behalf of
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What is the new Amazon Food Ordering Service? In November, Amazon plans to roll out an expansion of a new feature in the Amazon mobile app, which will allow users to order take-out food from select restaurants in some cities specifically using the Amazon app. Users will be able to
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