ICYMI: Amazon Seller News, Updates, Events, Resources, and More to Help You Sell Better

Every week we round up the most important, most interesting, most relevant, and sometimes most bizarre news for and about Amazon sellers. Check in each Friday afternoon to catch up on what’s making news this week. Amazon policy changes, FBA, logistics, fees, expansions, counterfeits, advertising and PPC, black-hat tactics, law and government involvement, warehouses and workers, privacy and data usage, intellectual property, seller liability, Prime Day, Q4 prep . . . if it’s news that affects Amazon sellers, you’ll find it here.

This week’s #ICYMI is twice as full! We’re catching up on Amazon and eCommerce news from the last two weeks.

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This Week’s Big Story: Cyber 5

• Amazon touts record post-Thanksgiving sales amid lackluster Black Friday, Cyber Monday for retailers
• Earlier Deals, Smaller Discounts: How Amazon Sellers Approached The Cyber 5 In 2021
• Black Friday data adds to evidence e-commerce growth is slowing
• Amazon sees scattered Black Friday protests
• Black Friday: largest boycott planned by independent retailers

⅓ of Seller Revenue

• Report claims Amazon collects over a third of seller revenue, bringing in $121B in 2021

Facebook News

• Facebook is paying musicians and creators up to $50,000 to use its live audio features
• Lush quit social media on Black Friday because of Facebook
• Facebook-Giphy: Meta told to sell GIF sharing site by UK regulator

Shoppable Experiences

• Walmart teams with Yahoo to create new shoppable holiday experiences

Logistics Nightmare

• Amazon’s $4-billion holiday fix: Half-empty trucks, $3,000 bonuses
• It’s Now Cheaper to Send Split Shipments to Amazon FBA

& More Top eCommerce News

• Italy fines Amazon, Apple $230M over reseller collusion – TechCrunch
• Amazon settles for $2.5M with Washington AG over pesticide sales by third-party merchants
• Business Buyers Making More eCommerce Purchases
• Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama will get another chance to vote to unionize

New from Seller Labs & X-Cart

• How to Use Amazon Search Terms to Sell Efficiently in 2022
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