Amazon Hiring 3,000 Employees In South Africa To Support Global Customer Service Operations
Amazon announced it will hire 3,000 people in South Africa to provide 24/7 support to Amazon customers, mostly in North America and Europe. These new jobs are in virtual roles, meaning the new hires will be working from home instead of a central office location. “The new jobs reflect our continued commitment to South Africa’s […]
Amazon, Valentino File Joint Lawsuit Against U.S.-Based Counterfeiter
Amazon and Maison Valentino Italian luxury brand filed a joint lawsuit against Buffalo, New York-based Kaitlyn Pan Group, LLC and New York resident Hao Pan for counterfeiting Valentino’s iconic Valentino Garavani Rockstud shoes, and offering the infringing products for sale on https://kaitlynpanshoes.com/ and Amazon.com, in violation of Amazon’s policies and Valentino’s intellectual property rights. Amazon shut down […]
Amazon To Begin Using Mastercard Tokens In 12 Countries
Mastercard announced that Amazon customers in 12 countries across North America, Latin America, Middle East and Europe will have their stored card credentials tokenized. By replacing a consumer’s physical card number with a token, payment information is unique to each individual transaction and can be used only by the merchant that requested it. The rise […]
Amazon Antitrust Investigations Mount With Addition Of Two More State Probes
Amazon’s scrutiny into its business practices regarding third-party marketplace sellers intensified over the last few days. Officials in California have been probing Amazon about how it uses data from third-party marketplace sellers, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal report. The reports claim California’s investigation focuses on Amazon’s use of internal sales data to make […]
Amazon Offers New Lending Program in Partnership With Marcus by Goldman Sachs
Amazon Lending is announcing a new partnership with Marcus by Goldman Sachs which allows them to offer a Marcus Business Line of Credit built specifically for Amazon sellers based in the U.S. Eligible sellers will receive invitations via Seller Central to apply with Marcus for the Line of Credit. Amazon started to notify some sellers […]
3M Fights Fraud on Amazon – Takes Legal Action Against Sellers
3M filed a legal action in federal court in California, asserting that a seller on Amazon defrauded its customers by charging grossly inflated prices for fake, defective, and damaged respirator products. The lawsuit alleges that Mao Yu and his affiliated companies falsely advertised as third-party sellers on Amazon under the 3M brand. The defendants, according […]
Amazon Lawsuits Go After Fraudulent Affiliate Marketers
Amazon stopped multiple affiliate marketing fraud schemes across the United States to protect customers from bogus emails and phone calls. Amazon filed three lawsuits in Georgia, Michigan, and Texas to stop fraudulent affiliate marketing schemes. The schemes identified in the lawsuits spammed email addresses with Amazon branded-emails to entice those receiving the emails to click […]
Here is How Bad Amazon Price Gouging Detection Fails
As states issued stay-at-home orders because of the coronavirus pandemic and more shoppers went online to purchase essential goods in March and April, law enforcement officials called on Amazon and other online marketplaces to address thousands of complaints of price gouging. In late March and most of April, the focus was on essential products such […]
Amazon Plans Fashion Summer Sales Event Starting June 22
With Prime Day likely moving further back into the Summer or early Fall, Amazon still plans to jump-start the summer season with a sale. CNBC reports that Amazon has notified invited sellers that it will host a summer sale expected to last 7 to 10 days. “We are having the Biggest Summer Sale event to […]
Amazon Air Expands to Over 80 Aircraft With Addition of 12 Boeing 767-300 Cargo Planes
Amazon expands its aircraft fleet with the lease of 12 Boeing 767-300 converted cargo aircraft from Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). These aircraft will join Amazon’s existing fleet of 70 aircraft to bring its total network to over 80 aircraft. One of the new aircraft joined its air cargo operations in May 2020, with the […]