Amazon News & Updates
Last updated October 25, 2026
Amazon launches free multichannel selling tools to be the hub of your entire e-commerce business
McDonald’s aims to be the Amazon of fast food with its new ad business
#297 – McDonald’s Ads, Best Buy on TikTok, & Amazon’s Seller Central Takeover
Amazon UK sellers see high-value stock frozen by waves of pending orders that won’t clear, and some suspect rivals are behind it
Amazon lets sellers manage eBay, Shopify, TikTok, and Walmart listings, orders, and profit reports from inside Seller Central
Best Buy starts selling Amazon Fire TV ads on Insignia TVs and extends its shopper targeting to Roku and LG streaming screens
Shopify Plus agency Simplistic acquires Tiide Commerce to add Amazon and TikTok Shop services in its first Rallyday-backed deal
Amazon recruits former employees, including some it laid off, for AWS and AI roles, and one recruiter asks if RTO drove them out
Amazon puts another $1.9B into its Delivery Service Partner program and says average driver pay will reach nearly $24 an hour
Coinbase lets US customers request IPO shares at the offering price in its app, starting with smart ring maker Oura’s listing
Amazon brings its Counterfeit Crimes Unit to India with a New Delhi team that works with the CBI and Customs to prosecute fakers
Amazon, Stella McCartney, and Canopy launch a 60-member coalition pooling orders for low-carbon fashion materials to lower prices
Amazon brings its Seller Assistant AI agent into Claude and Amazon Quick through a new plugin, and adds always-on automations
Amazon sustainability chief Kara Hurst says the company doesn’t yet know every way it will reach net-zero emissions by 2040
Amazon adds Affirm installment plans at checkout in the UK, with interest-free pay-in-three and loans of up to 48 months
Amazon plans to invest $3 billion in its Amazon Now quick-commerce business in India by 2030 to catch Blinkit, Swiggy, and Zepto
YouTube adds Amazon, AJIO, Meesho, Snapdeal, and Tata CLiQ to its Shopping affiliate program in India alongside Flipkart
Amazon will spend more than $100 million on a robot-making plant in Indiana, doubling its robotics manufacturing sites to four
Amazon puts $20 million into a $100 million Colorado River conservation fund but still won’t disclose its total water use
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