Amazon News

29/10/2012

Amazon will be hosting a webinar focused on their Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service on the 8th November. The session will be suitable for those who already sell on Amazon and merchants who don’t sell there yet. The webinar between 4pm and 5pm will introduce Amazon’s FBA offering and look at the following topics: • [...]

25/10/2012

Linnworks are well positioned to see where sales are coming from: they have thousands of merchant’s transactions flowing through their management platform on a daily basis. Today Linnworks look at which online channels you should be targeting to maximise sales, and highlight missed sales opportunities that you could be taking advantage of. UK online businesses [...]

24/10/2012

Amazon are starting to see the same issues with brands as eBay have in the past. Brands are starting to complain that their goods are being sold at knockdown prices on the Amazon site. According to Reuters, brands have stopped complaining about such goods being counterfeits, their complaint with Amazon isn’t regarding whether or not [...]

23/10/2012

Christmas is the busiest time of the year for the online retail sector but what will be this year’s top selling toys, games and electronics? Having a couple of days ago (somewhat embarrassingly) posted the 2011 top selling Amazon products instead of the predicted top sellers for 2012, here’s what Amazon say will be hot [...]

22/10/2012

Christmas is the busiest time of the year for the online retail sector but what will be this year’s top selling toys, games and electronics? Amazon analysed their sales patterns and publish lists of their top selling products by category ahead of the festive season. Toys of course are the hottest product at this time [...]

18/10/2012

Javari is showcasing some of the world’s rarest trainers at a “Sneaking Into Fashion” event in Covent Garden running from the 18th to 28th October. The exhibition explores how trainers or “sneakers” have become part of daily life worn by everyone from school kids to celebrities. On show will be everything from Nike ‘Studio 54′ [...]

16/10/2012

Amazon are running a Halloween sweepstake with a £1000 Amazon voucher grand prize and a further ten runner up £100 vouchers to give away. All you have to do to enter is “Like” Amazon on Facebook and then enter your details so they can contact you if you win. Entries can be submitted up until [...]

8/10/2012

According to an SEC filing, Amazon have entered into an agreement to buy the office space they currently lease in Seattle, Washington for a mind boggling $1.16 billion. They’ve already put down a $23 million deposit, which will increase to approximately $51 million on the 22nd of October and the whole lot will be forfeit [...]

3/10/2012

Amazon are aiming to appeal to parents, especially those with new born babies, with Amazon Family. Essentially Amazon Family is Amazon Prime plus bonuses. Essentially you sign up and supply details such as your children’s names, ages and date of birth and Amazon will send you exclusive offers and product recommendations that are relevant to [...]

2/10/2012

In a sign that Amazon remains bullish and growing at an astonishing pace, it has been revealed that the ecommerce giant will hire more than 10,000 temporary staff in the run up to what they expect to be the busiest online christmas ever. The staff will be taken on at Amazon’s eight distrubution centres in [...]