Amazon Dethrones Google As Top Destination For Holiday Inspiration by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 29, 2024 Holiday research and gift buying has been turned on its head this year, with technology suggesting to consumers where, what and how much they should pay for products. Some research suggests consumers have already begun to see … Continue reading Amazon Dethrones Google As Top Destination For Holiday Inspiration
Amazon Launches Its First YouTube Original Branded Content Series by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 22, 2024 Amazon’s “Celebrity Substitute,” an original branded content series, is premiering today exclusively on YouTube. The digital series released nine episodes ranging from 5 minutes to 8 minutes each in length. It follows host Julian Shapiro-Barnum, the 25-year-old comedian … Continue reading Amazon Launches Its First YouTube Original Branded Content Series
October 18, 2024 Amazon AWS CEO says quit if you don’t want to return to office The policy has upset many of Amazon’s employees who say it wastes time with additional commuting and the benefits of working from the office are not supported by independent data. BY Reuters One of Amazon’s top executives defended the new, … Continue reading Amazon AWS CEO says quit if you don’t want to return to office
Amazon Overhauls Its DSP To Simplify Ad Targeting by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 15, 2024 Interesting how “simplify” has become a buzzword across advertising as the technology it runs on continues to become more complex. Amazon on Tuesday announced the overhaul of its DSP, which now supports a simplified version of streamlined campaign … Continue reading Amazon Overhauls Its DSP To Simplify Ad Targeting
When Amazon AI Shopping Agents Feel Like Humans by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 10, 2024 Image source: Agora Google may have triggered a trend in 2017 with a service that allowed users to schedule appointments and make reservations. Now Amazon wants to build AI agents that will perform specific tasks without human intervention. These agents, … Continue reading When Amazon AI Shopping Agents Feel Like Humans
August 23, 2024 Labor regulator says Amazon drivers in California are employees The decision, made by a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board in Los Angeles, came after the agency investigated unfair labor-practice charges filed against the company by the Teamsters union. BY Associated Press Prosecutors at a federal labor agency have determined that … Continue reading Labor regulator says Amazon drivers in California are employees
August 23, 2024 Amazon loophole allows China to access high-end U.S. AI, chips China is bypassing sanctions by using Amazon Web Services to access advanced American computing power. BY Reuters State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon or its rivals to access advanced U.S. chips and artificial intelligence capabilities that they cannot acquire … Continue reading Amazon loophole allows China to access high-end U.S. AI, chips
The company booked $12.77 billion in ad revenues for the quarter, thanks in part to adding advertising to Prime Video offerings. Constantine von Hoffman on August 2, 2024 Adding ads to Prime Video helped Amazon bring in $ 12.77 billion in digital advertising revenue for the second quarter of 2024 — up 20% year-over-year. … Continue reading Amazon digital ad revenue up 20% in 2nd quarter
CPSC says Amazon is responsible for hazardous items from third-party sellers The retailer will have to recall products from its Fulfilled by Amazon program. anna washenko Wed, Jul 31, 2024 REUTERS / Reuters The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has determined that Amazon is responsible for hazardous or defective products sold by third-party … Continue reading CPSC says Amazon is responsible for hazardous items from third-party sellers
July 19, 2024 How Amazon, Walmart, and Target made ocean-shipping season peak early Early back-to-school sales pushed peak ocean shipping season ahead by two months. BY Reuters Retailers Walmart, Target and Shein kicked off back-to-school sales early to stop Amazon.com’s Prime Day event from siphoning U.S. sales of backpacks and laptops, helping advance the peak ocean … Continue reading How Amazon, Walmart, and Target made ocean-shipping season peak early
