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Amazon Warehouse Automation Increases Concerns over Job Loss and Product Selection Inaccuracy
Update 02/03/2023: Amazon is looking at ways to get rid of barcodes! This might sound like science fiction, but according to Amazon, the Robotics team has developed a new camera system that can identify and match items against the ones listed in the inventory system without scanning barcodes. And it apparently does its job with […] Read More
The Latest Update to Amazon’s Automate Pricing Features
Update 01/24/2023: Amazon has added a new Automate Pricing feature that will help you to match or beat prices from competitors outside of Amazon.com. 💪 Here’s how the new feature works: At best, the automatic price increase may help you make money at higher prices. At worst, however, your competitors may purposely lower or keep […] Read More
Walmart Launches B2B eCommerce Site to Rival Amazon and Shopify
Amazon, Walmart, and Shopify are taking their rivalry to a new arena: the fast-growing Business-to-Business (B2B) eCommerce industry. The Rise of B2B eCommerce As US consumer spending weakens, B2B is growing at a rapid pace, prompting eComm companies to put more focus on B2B. According to DigitalCommerce360, US B2B online sales grew from $1.39 trillion […] Read More
Prepare for These 6 Major Changes to 2023 Amazon UK & EU FBA Fees
Like US sellers, UK and European marketplaces will welcome the new year with updated Aamzon FBA fees, the eComm giant announced on January 19th. Amazon cited the current macroeconomic factors affecting the company’s operations as the primary reason for the upcoming changes. These include significant updates to the cost of fulfillment, storage, and return and […] Read More
Bid for a Higher Inventory Limit with FBA Capacity Manager
Amazon might have just found another way to monetize its excess warehouse space – sell it to the highest bidder! Dubbed FBA Capacity Manager, this new capacity management system allows sellers dealing with storage volume constraints and restock limits to bid for additional space. We went from Amazon implementing inventory limits to ease warehouse congestion […] Read More
Amazon Automatic Aging Inventory Removal Starts April 15
Update 01/13/2023: 📢 ICYMI, Amazon recently announced they will implement aged inventory fee increases starting April 15, 2023, which coincidentally is also the company’s aged inventory removal start date. The longer your FBA stock remains unsold, the more expensive it’s going to get for you. New rates start at $0.50/cubic foot for inventory stored between […] Read More
Amazon Tweaks Logistics Strategy to Streamline Operations
Update 01/10/2023: Amazon site closures continue! On Tuesday, the tech giant announced it is shutting down three (3) warehouses in the UK, putting 1,200 workers at risk. All affected employees will be given the opportunity to move to a different facility. However, Steve Garelick of the GMB union argues that workers can’t be expected to […] Read More
Amazon Makes Play Toward Offering Prime for Non-Amazon Orders
Update 01/10/2023: Took Amazon a while, but the eComm giant is finally extending Buy with Prime (BWP) to all US direct-to-consumer (DTC) merchants on January 31, 2023. The service was previously available to some select sellers only. With BWP, retailers not selling on Amazon.com can now offer Amazon checkout and fulfillment services on their own […] Read More
Shipping FBA Inventory from China to UK with SEND: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
After leaving the European Union (EU) in 2020, UK’s largest import market is China. The country imported £63.6 billion Chinese goods in 2021, which represented 13.3% of all foreign products shipped in to the UK. According to the British Chamber of Commerce, the exit allowed the country to “independently control its trade,” changing the way […] Read More