Amazon is updating selling policies in Europe that impact price-fixing, mediation, and refurbished goods. The new policies will take effect on March 31, 2022. One set of changes explicitly prohibits price fixing and search rank manipulation (the Selling Policies and Read more
Amazon is creating a new category in Europe for Cycling Accessories and is lowering the referral fees for those items. The new referral fee will be 8% across all Amazon UK and European marketplaces (excluding certain tax), effective April 1, Read more
Amazon issued an advisory to European sellers about Germany’s decision to temporary lower its value added tax (VAT). According to Law 360, Germany’s government hopes the temporary reduction “will entice consumers to make purchases as businesses reopen from forced shutdowns Read more
Amazon is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in Italy with the opening of two new fulfillment centers in that country. Amazon said it is expanding its fulfillment network in Italy to respond to growing customer demand, to expand the product selection, Read more
Amazon is growing its R&D departments in the UK, announcing this week it will be hiring more highly-skilled roles in England and Scotland. As part of the investment, it will open a new center in Manchester where “highly-skilled teams will Read more
Amazon opened a new office in Dublin today and said it would create 1,000 new technology jobs in Ireland over the next 2 years. That’s double the commitment it made in 2016, when it had pledged to hire 500 people Read more
Amazon issued a press release to tout its investments in the Czech Republic. It said it has already created over 4,500 permanent jobs in its logistics operations in Dobrovíz and corporate office in Prague-Dejvice, and in 2018, it will create Read more
Amazon announced it has launched a new “transparent” ad marketplace in Europe. It’s tempting publishers by giving them some benefits unavailable through other ad platforms, keying in on simplification and better data. Amazon’s cloud-based platform provides publishers “full visibility into Read more
Amazon wants to change your mind about buying jewelry on its site as it officially welcomed Swarovski to its site. The jewelry brand opened five Amazon Fashion Stores across its European marketplaces. Amazon said the new online Swarovski Brand Stores Read more
Amazon is opening a new research and development center in Barcelona next year focused on Machine Learning. Amazon is using the technology to forecast customer demand, translate product information, and in automatic speech recognition. Amazon expects to create 100 new Read more
