Welcome to this week’s eFocus, RepricerExpress’ look at the top ecommerce stories and latest Amazon news from around the Web this week.
Amazon takes on YouTube by letting anyone upload a video: Madhumita Murgia at The Telegraph reports that anyone with an Amazon account can now upload their own videos to the site. The YouTube style self-service programme, called Amazon Video Direct will be available for free to millions of Amazon Prime members around the world and will become part of the wider catalogue of films and TV shows offered by Amazon Prime Video. Continue reading…
The Grand Tour: Amazon reveal Clarkson, May and Hammond show name: BBC News reports that former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s new show on Amazon’s Prime finally has a name. The Grand Tour will host each episode in a different country and will be launched this autumn exclusively for Amazon Prime members. The “round-the-world” format will allow customers of different nations to be in the audience as tickets are to be released through prize draws this summer. Continue reading…
Jeff Bezos sells 1 percent of his Amazon stock for $671M: James Covery at The New York Post reports that Jeff Bezos sold 1% of his stake in Amazon this week, just over a million shares for $671 million. It’s the largest pile of cash ever netted in a share sale for Bezos, the fourth-wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of $54 billion. The shares were sold according to a predetermined schedule and brought the Seattle-based Web tycoon’s ownership of the online giant down to about 17 percent. Continue reading…
Google will dump your products on 16th May unless you add GTINs: Chris Dawson at Tamebay reports that from 16 May Google will require GTINs for all products with a GTIN assigned by the manufacturer. This will almost certainly impact you if you sell new, brand-name products that are sold by multiple merchants. You won’t be impacted if you sell used, custom, handmade, or vintage products but Google says that you can still improve your ad performance by adding unique product identifiers to your product data where they’re available. Continue reading…
Amazon to improve delivery amid race concerns: Sky News reports that Amazon will improve its same-day delivery service following claims that some black and minority neighbourhoods are excluded. Bloomberg said its analysis of the areas eligible for same-day delivery in 27 US cities was biased in favoured of white residents. For example in Boston, most of the city was eligible for the service apart from the predominantly black neighbourhood of Roxbury in the centre. Amazon has denied that race played a role in determining delivery boundaries. Continue reading…
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