Amazon.com Inc. will start charging sellers who use its shipping services a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge later this month, joining the ranks of shipping companies raising prices as the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher.
Amazon.com Inc. will start charging sellers who use its shipping services a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge later this month, joining the ranks of shipping companies raising prices as the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher.
An automated bar code reader scans packages prepared for shipping at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping season with a host of economic concerns, including a cooling job market, stagnant wages, persistent inflation and the looming fallout from tariffs.
Globalstar Inc. shares rose in pre-market trading after a Financial Times report that Amazon.com Inc. is in talks to acquire the satellite provider.
Globalstar Inc. signage is displayed on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 3, 2016. U.S. stocks fell with the dollar, while Treasuries and gold rallied after American employers added the fewest jobs in almost six years in May, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to leave interests rates lower for longer. Photographer: Michael Nagle
Amazon.com Inc. is moving up its annual Prime Day sale to June from July, according to people familiar with the matter, shifting the schedule for an event that’s become a big part of the e-commerce economy.
Amazon.com Inc. is moving up its annual Prime Day sale to June from July, according to people familiar with the matter, shifting the schedule for an event that’s become a big part of the e-commerce economy.
A worker sorts packages on Amazon Prime Day in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day sales fell almost 14% in the first four hours of the event compared with the start of last year’s sale, according to Momentum Commerce, which manages 50 brands in a variety of product categories.
Perplexity AI Inc. must for now stop using its Comet web browser agent to make purchases on behalf of shoppers from Amazon.com Inc.’s online marketplace, a court ruled this week.
Perplexity AI Inc. must for now stop using its Comet web browser agent to make purchases on behalf of shoppers from Amazon.com Inc.’s online marketplace, a court ruled this week.
Amazon.com Inc. has officially dethroned Walmart Inc. as the biggest global company by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since its humble beginnings in 1994 as an online bookseller in Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area garage.
Amazon.com Inc. has officially dethroned Walmart Inc. as the biggest global company by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since its humble beginnings in 1994 as an online bookseller in Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area garage.
Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping season with a host of economic concerns, including a cooling job market, stagnant wages, persistent inflation and the looming fallout from tariffs.
EBay Inc. agreed to buy Depop for about $1.2 billion in an effort to attract younger shoppers and stand out in an increasingly cluttered e-commerce market.
EBay Inc. agreed to buy Depop for about $1.2 billion in an effort to attract younger shoppers and stand out in an increasingly cluttered e-commerce market.
The eBay Inc. booth at the IFA Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances trade fair in Berlin. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. shares dropped the most in six months after the company announced plans to spend $200 billion this year on data centers, chips and other equipment, worrying investors that its colossal bet on artificial intelligence may not pay off in the long run.
Amazon.com Inc. shares dropped the most in six months after the company announced plans to spend $200 billion this year on data centers, chips and other equipment, worrying investors that its colossal bet on artificial intelligence may not pay off in the long run.
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Photographer: Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg
CEO Jassy bets AI will accelerate internet shopping
A pedestrian looks at a sign informing customers that the location is temporarily closed at an Amazon Go store in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Amazon.com Inc. is shuttering its Amazon-branded grocery stores and automated grab-and-go markets, eliminating two centerpieces of its push into physical retail. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. is cutting 16,000 corporate jobs in an effort to remove layers of bureaucracy and “increase ownership,” becoming the latest company to target managers for layoffs in recent years.
Amazon.com Inc. is cutting 16,000 corporate jobs in an effort to remove layers of bureaucracy and “increase ownership,” becoming the latest company to target managers for layoffs in recent years.
The Amazon headquarters in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Amazon.com Inc. plans to eliminate roughly 14,000 corporate jobs just months after CEO Andy Jassy warned that AI will shrink the company’s workforce. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. employees who have been anticipating layoffs numbering in the thousands got one more thing to worry about late Tuesday: a meeting invite and email from a top executive that was sent prematurely.
Amazon.com Inc. employees who have been anticipating layoffs numbering in the thousands got one more thing to worry about late Tuesday: a meeting invite and email from a top executive that was sent prematurely.
The Amazon headquarters in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. is gearing up to ax thousands more corporate employees, ratcheting up efforts to streamline bureaucracy.
The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters campus, in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Amazon.com Inc. has started its biggest-ever round of jobs cuts a culling that will ultimately affect 18,000 workers around the globe.
The e-commerce leader is broadening its contact with consumers.
Amazon signage during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. At CES, the biggest names in tech will make the case for artificial intelligence for a target audience of investors, corporate clients and, perhaps just as importantly, ordinary shoppers who have yet to be fully sold on the idea of AI-infused gadgets. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. is planning a 229,000-square-foot store selling groceries and general merchandise in the Chicago area, a fresh attempt at physical retail that borrows from the big-box store model of such competitors as Walmart Inc. and Target Corp.
Amazon.com Inc. is planning a 229,000-square-foot store selling groceries and general merchandise in the Chicago area, a fresh attempt at physical retail that borrows from the big-box store model of such competitors as Walmart Inc. and Target Corp.
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, in the last of our look at tech themes to watch in 2026, Spencer Soper writes about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on e-commerce and how it may change depending upon a pending US Supreme Court decision.
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, in the last of our look at tech themes to watch in 2026, Spencer Soper writes about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on e-commerce and how it may change depending upon a pending US Supreme Court decision.
Packages on a conveyor belt are automatically sorted for shipping at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping season with a host of economic concerns, including a cooling job market, stagnant wages, persistent inflation and the looming fallout from tariffs.
Amazon.com Inc. is partnering with a JPMorgan Chase & Co.-backed startup to provide financing for small online businesses, many of which need immediate capital to replenish depleted holiday inventories.
Amazon.com Inc. is partnering with a JPMorgan Chase & Co.-backed startup to provide financing for small online businesses, many of which need immediate capital to replenish depleted holiday inventories.
Packages on a conveyor belt at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping season with a host of economic concerns, including a cooling job market, stagnant wages, persistent inflation and the looming fallout from tariffs.
Black Friday has supplanted Cyber Monday in online spending growth for the second year in a row, according to Adobe Inc., with deal-hunting consumers getting an early start on their holiday shopping.
Black Friday has supplanted Cyber Monday in online spending growth for the second year in a row, according to Adobe Inc., with deal-hunting consumers getting an early start on their holiday shopping.
Shoppers inside the Serramonte Mall on Black Friday in Daly City, California, US, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping season Friday with a host of economic concerns, including a cooling job market, stagnant wages, persistent inflation and the looming fallout from tariffs.
Amazon.com Inc. plans to offer deliveries of hundreds of household items, including some fresh groceries and over-the-counter medicines, within 30 minutes in a test program beginning in Philadelphia and its home city of Seattle.
Amazon.com Inc. plans to offer deliveries of hundreds of household items, including some fresh groceries and over-the-counter medicines, within 30 minutes in a test program beginning in Philadelphia and its home city of Seattle.
An Amazon delivery driver carries a package through the snow following a winter storm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. A nor'easter is causing the first major snowstorm of the season to bear down on the tri-state area, potentially dumping up to a foot of snow in some parts, with frigid temperatures, gusty winds and sleet making conditions even worse.
Cyber Monday spending grew more slowly in the US than Europe, a new phenomenon that reflects the impact of President Donald Trump’s trade war and aggressive interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank, according to data released Monday by Salesforce Inc.
Cyber Monday spending grew more slowly in the US than Europe, a new phenomenon that reflects the impact of President Donald Trump’s trade war and aggressive interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank, according to data released Monday by Salesforce Inc.
Attendees play the Pragmata video game on Sony Group Corp. PlayStation 5 (PS5) Pro video game consoles at the Capcom Co. booth at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. The show runs through to Sept. 28.
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Spencer Soper addresses the challenge for Amazon’s business model coming from the advent of AI shopping bots.
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Spencer Soper addresses the challenge for Amazon’s business model coming from the advent of AI shopping bots.
The Amazon.com website on a laptop. The e-commerce giant’s business faces threats from the advent of AI shopping bots.
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