SC Consultants, LLP

02/03/2021

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/jeff-bezos-to-step-down-as-amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-to-take-over-in-q3.html

Jassy joined Amazon in 1997 and has led Amazon's Web Services cloud team since its inception.

01/08/2021

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/amazon-shutters-prime-pantry-an-early-online-grocery-initiative

Amazon.com Inc. has shuttered Prime Pantry, a grocery and household essentials delivery service that was one of the retailer’s early forays into selling food online.

12/03/2020

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-ad-purge-hurting-small-business-owners-holiday-shopping-season-2020-11?fbclid=IwAR1-m2adUONpuXoxFszmhKHCia98bYJIYhRqhjNkmPWUjsMOXWZMDCTwCic

When Facebook incorrectly bans ads, smaller advertisers say they pay the price because of slow, opaque, and inconsistent customer support.

12/02/2020

Game Changer?
https://www.securingindustry.com/court-orders-amazon-to-make-inventory-open-to-inspection/s112/a12653/ #.X8fU4M1KiiM

Order says Amazon must allow brand owner Maglula access to its warehouses to inspect suspected counterfeit products.

11/16/2020

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/amazon-begins-shifting-alexas-cloud-ai-to-its-own-silicon/

The amazon-designed Inferentia chips reduced cost and latency in text-to-speech.

11/11/2020

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21556181/amazon-flex-rewards-program-preferred-scheduling-cash-back-debit-card-gig-economy

Incentivising drivers to do more work for Amazon.

10/29/2020

10/28/2020

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2020/10/28/amazon-sweden-is-finally-open-for-business/

Small Nordic retailers are bracing themselves for an uncertain future as Amazon Sweden opens for business. It could be the first step in a Nordic retail empire.

10/19/2020

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amydobson/2020/10/16/amazons-hq2-expansion-continues-with-latest-150-million-purchase/

Amazon just gave a Blackstone affiliate a $50 million profit with its latest acquisition.

10/13/2020

https://medium.com//amazons-new-messaging-policy-a42026f7a363

Amazon has recently updated its customer communication guidelines, including buyer-seller messaging policy. The new guideline will go into…

10/10/2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-amazon-returns-1.5753714?fbclid=IwAR1m9fxd657fw_dZhFM1bk52q2cZos05Lj9MbcTAhtnrVnnOUuzL1BIwDxU

It’s safe to say that online shoppers like the promise of easy — and even better, free — returns. But it may surprise consumers to learn what can actually happen to all those unwanted items.

09/28/2020

https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/27/this-is-how-police-request-customer-data-from-amazon/

Anyone can access portions of a web portal, used by law enforcement to request customer data from Amazon, even though the portal is supposed to require a verified email address and password. Amazon’s law enforcement request portal allows police and federal agents to submit formal requests for…

09/23/2020

https://www.cnet.com/news/amazons-prime-day-2020-will-start-on-oct-13/

The sale, which usually takes place in July, was delayed amid the pandemic.

09/18/2020

https://komonews.com/news/local/charge-6-sellers-bribed-amazon-employees-to-gain-unfair-advantage-worth-100-million?fbclid=IwAR2uihiyIAKA3DGK9kd6ANB2aSfNIuSBPRR_OhMkZgUHay2tFigOeuRg-cg

SEATTLE - Six people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle with conspiring to pay over $100,000 in bribes to Amazon employees and contractors in exchange for an unfair competitive advantage worth more than $100 million on the Amazon Marketplace. The suspects, identifed in court docum...

09/17/2020

09/05/2020

https://theunionjournal.com/amazon-deletes-20000-reviews-after-evidence-of-profits-for-posts/

Amazon has deleted approximately 20,000 product reviews, written by seven of its top 10 UK reviewers, following a Financial Times investigation into suspicious activity.The FT found evidence the users

08/28/2020

https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-introduces-amazon-fresh-a-new-traditional-grocer-in-la/

The market will include a new tech-infused grocery cart, Echo Show displays and an Amazon.com service counter.