ICYMI Amazon Seller News June 8-14, 2019

This Week’s Big Story: FedEx Breaks Up with Amazon . . .

• FedEx Declines to Renew Amazon’s U.S. Air-Delivery Contract
• Here’s What FedEx’s Breakup With Amazon Means
  • Wow, that is a crazy-big deal!
    • FedEx Just Dumped Amazon. Why That’s a ‘Bold’ Move
    • FedEx Ditching Amazon Is a ‘Watershed Moment’ That Has Huge Implications for the Future of Logistics
  • Meh, it’s no big D.
    • FedEx Drops Amazon U.S. Delivery Contract. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Care.

. . . Which Leads Us to the Shipping Wars . . .

• How Amazon and Walmart’s Next-Day Shipping Could Bust Your Budget
• Target Expands Same-Day Delivery

. . . And Then Delivery and Fulfillment: The Last Mile

• Amazon Is Creating Detailed 3D Models of Suburbia to Train Its New Delivery Robots

Amazon Prime Day 2019

• UPCOMING SELLER LABS WEBINAR: Prime Day Push: Advertising Must Do’s to Increase Sales on Prime Day | THIS WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
• Five Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make on Amazon Prime Day, and How to Avoid Them
• SELLERS AFFECTED, ACTION REQUIRED: Reminder: Prime Day Inventory Due in by June 27

Amazon Examined, Evaluated, Assessed, Anticipated, Considered, and Opined Over

• Amazon U.S. Online Market Share Estimate Cut to 37.7% from 47%
• Amazon’s Vendor Purge and FedEx Cancellation Prove 1 Thing: Startups Need to Watch Out
• Move Over Apple and Google. A New Study Says Amazon Now Has the Most Valuable Brand in the World.

The Antitrust and Monopsony Investigation

• How the FTC Is Reportedly Probing Amazon — and How Amazon Could Respond

Amazon International

• FEE CHANGE: Amazon Tweaks European Selling Fees
• Amazon Prime Has Just Launched in the UAE and Online Shopping Will Never Be the Same Again

Amazon Acquisitions and New Business Endeavors

• Amazon’s Coming After Google with Its Latest Acquisition
• Amazon Announces New “Credit Builder” Program

Bricks and Mortar (The “It was only a matter of time” edition)

• The Second Amazon Go Store in New York Has a Mini Self-Serve Starbucks Coffee Bar Inside

Amazon’s Struggles with Mastering Food Delivery (But Should P Keep Trying)

• Amazon Is Shutting Down Its US Food-Delivery Business
• 5 Simple Reasons Amazon Should Buy Grubhub

Privacy, Security, Rights and Rewards

• Amazon Refused To Scan My (Almost) Nude Body
• Amazon’s Home Surveillance Company Is Putting Suspected Petty Thieves in its Advertisements
• Amazon’s Facial Recognition Boss Wants the Feds to Hurry Up with Regulation

The Week’s Seller Labs Articles and Amazon Seller News

• UPCOMING WEBINAR: Amazon Brand Registry 101: Helping You Protect Your Intellectual Property on Amazon on Thursday, July 11, 2019 @ 2PM EDT
• HOT TOPIC: Check Your Head: The Lore & Lingo of the Amazon Black Hat
• SELLERS AFFECTED, ACTION REQUIRED: Amazon Seller Success: June News & To-Do’s
• HOT TOPIC: Combating Amazon Counterfeits Is a Big Job and Our Products Can Help

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