Amazon search system favors products with higher profit margins Amazon began making changes to its search results last year to prioritize profitability over relevance and to boost its own products. According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon optimized the secret...
Alibaba begins new era as founder departsJack Ma has officially retired from Alibaba on Tuesday. He celebrated his retirement with a big bash at an Olympic-sized stadium in the company’s hometown of Hangzhou.Ma is stepping away from Alibaba at a relatively young...
The FTC is interviewing Amazon sellers as part of antitrust probe Antitrust officials have begun interviewing Amazon sellers to determine whether the e-commerce giant is using its market power to hurt competition. Federal Trade Commission investigators have been...
Tariff escalation affects US-based Amazon sellers more than their competitors in ChinaThe series of tariffs imposed by the United States on Chinese goods has impacted both US and China-based Amazon vendors, but US sellers are taking a bigger hit to their sales. The...
Amazon displaces Apple as millennials’ favorite brandAmazon is the favorite brand among millennials, according to a new survey from Moosylvania. The company ousted Apple from the number one spot, which held it for the past six years.It’s official:...
US-China trade war shows no sign of endingThe latest round of tariffs that the United States and China imposed on each other went into effect Sunday. The 15 percent U.S. taxes apply to about $112 billion of Chinese imports. More than two-thirds of the consumer goods...