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Check out Amazon’s newly unveiled electric delivery truck

Amazon has taken delivery of its new electric delivery truck, though it's not quite ready to help out with next week's Prime Day shopping frenzy.
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Facebook is adding shopping to your mobile app

People can now shop directly in Facebook's app through Facebook Shop. The new tab aggregates a feed of businesses and products.
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Amazon may have big plans for some Sears and J.C. Penney sites

Amazon is reportedly interested in setting up distribution hubs in ailing shopping malls in a bid to move its last-mile operation closer to residential areas.
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Amzon CEO Jeff Bezos’ fortune balloons by $13 billion in just one day

A jump in Amazon's share value saw Jeff Bezos' net worth increase by $13 billion in a single day, a new record. The Amazon boss is now worth $189 billion.
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Amazon’s new crime unit targets fraudsters selling fake goods

Amazon has launched a new Counterfeit Crimes Unit as part of ongoing efforts to track down and prosecute fraudsters selling fake goods on its shopping site.
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Amazon’s Dash Wand shopping device is about to lose its magic

Amazon will end support for the Dash Wand on July 21. The Alexa-powered device let users place food orders by scanning a product's bar code, and also via voice.
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Amazon planning June discount event to jump-start sales, report says

The online shopping giant is reportedly planning a sales event for this month, lasting between 7 and 10 days, with discounts of at least 30% on select items.
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Facebook’s Shops give small businesses an Etsy-like place to sell goods online

Facebook Shops would look and feel like a Facebook page where business owners can easily list their items and where customers can make a direct purchase.
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Toilet paper is out of stock everywhere. Here’s how to order it online

Stores have been cleaned out, and the next logical choice would be to search online. With the COVID-19 pandemic going strong, is ordering online even an option?
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Amazon to hire another 75,000 workers in response to coronavirus

Amazon is taking on an additional 75,000 workers in the U.S. as part of measures to deal with growing customer demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Lyft refers drivers to Amazon jobs as ridership demand dives

Lyft has linked up with Amazon to offer work to its drivers during the COVID-19 crisis. Ride numbers have plunged, while Amazon needs more help with deliveries.
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More Amazon warehouse workers test positive for coronavirus

Amazon's complex shipping operation could experience difficulties as more reports emerge of workers at its warehouses testing positive for the coronavirus.
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Small businesses scramble to get online as coronavirus spreads

Retailers and restaurants without any prior online ordering infrastructure are betting on their loyal customer bases to keep them afloat amid the coronavirus.
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eBay deploys computer vision to make sellers’ products pop

To help sellers score more sales, eBay is rolling out a cool feature for its app that lets you add a white background to product photos in a few quick taps.
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Amazon lifts the lid on Prime membership count, and it’s big

Amazon rarely reveals how many people have signed up to its Prime subscription service, but this week it let on that the count now stands at a colossal 150 million members globally. The figure marks an increase of 50 million from April 2018, helped in part by Prime's launch in Brazil four months ago.
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Amazon pushes again to rid its shopping site of counterfeit goods

Amazon's ongoing battle to rid its shopping site of fake goods has reportedly prompted it to take renewed action targeting third-party sellers who trade in such items. The efforts are thought to include an agreement to contact law enforcement more quickly and to hand over more information about suspected sellers.
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YouTuber Mark Rober and Macaulay Culkin troll porch pirates with glitter bombs

While the holiday season brings lots of online shopping, it also brings lots of thieves who want to steal those packages that show up at your door. YouTuber Mark Rober's most recent video features a new version of last year’s package trap that's aimed at catching nefarious package thieves. 

Craigslist finally creates a mobile app for iOS; Android version still in beta

Even though Craigslist has been around since 1995, the popular classified advertisements website is only just now getting a mobile app. The app mirrors the website’s simple and minimalistic design, and it has already climbed up to the No. 10 app in the App Store’s “shopping” category. 
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Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in Amazon’s history

Cyber Monday racked in record-breaking sales yesterday, and Amazon probably contributed to a lot of those sales, since it was the company’s biggest shopping day in Amazon history. The e-commerce giant’s Cyber Monday numbers show what the most popular products purchased on the site were. 
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Cyber Monday 2019 broke records, with $9.4 billion in online sales

The dust has settled on the biggest shopping weekend of the year, and early data is showing that yesterday’s Cyber Monday broke records with total sales reaching an estimated $9.4 billion. In total, this year’s Cyber Monday sales were up an estimated 19% from last year, which saw $7.9 billion in sales.
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How to make your Giving Tuesday donations count for even more

This past weekend was all about buying the best deals and shopping for the holiday season, but on Tuesday, December 3, it’s about giving back. Giving Tuesday has evolved since it started in 2012, and there are lots of different ways to participate. This year, PayPal will match every donation made, up to $600,000. 
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Shoppers spend big (again) as Black Friday sets new online sales record

Online shoppers in the U.S. spent a whopping $7.4B on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics. The figure set a new record for the day, beating last year's revenue by $1.2B. It was also the second-biggest online shopping day ever in the U.S., trailing 2018’s Cyber Monday record of $7.9B.
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This browser extension plants a tree for each of your Black Friday purchases

If you already shop at places like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Macy’s, eBay, Best Buy, and more, the free TreeClicks Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox plugin can make your purchases count. For every purchase made through one of TreeClicks' 50,000 store partnerships, the company plants a tree.
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How to stay safe and avoid scams while hunting for Black Friday deals online

The holiday season is upon us, which means more online shopping, but unfortunately, that also means more online scams. With more and more people looking for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals online, it’s essential to know how to stay safe from scams. 
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Cyber Monday predicted to be most popular shopping day of Thanksgiving weekend

New data suggests that this year’s Cyber Monday will be the biggest shopping day out of the whole Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Data reveals that 28% of people plan on shopping on Cyber Monday this year compared to 23% of shoppers who plan to brave the crowds on Black Friday.
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Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sale destroys global online shopping record … again

Ecommerce titan Alibaba raked in a record $38.4 billion during its annual Singles’ Day online shopping extravaganza on Monday, beating last year’s figure by $7 billion. The Chinese company said delivery orders also hit a new high, increasing from 812 million in 2018 to 1.3 billion.
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Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit $1 billion in the first minute

The Singles' Day online shopping festival is underway, with ecommerce giant Alibaba aiming to break its 24-hour sales record of $31 billion achieved last year. The shopping festival started in China and encourages those without a significant other to spend on themselves, but of course, everyone is encouraged to shop.
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Amazon spends a staggering amount to ship your orders

Aiming to push convenience to the max, Amazon is continuing to invest heavily in its gargantuan shipping operation with a particular focus on developing its one-day shipping option. The company’s latest financial figures revealed it spent billions on shipping in the third quarter of 2019.
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Amazon makes it even easier for you to receive your packages

Online shopping giant Amazon has partnered with additional brick-and-mortar stores to take its free Counter package pickup service to thousands of more locations across the U.S. It means Amazon shoppers can now choose to collect their orders from Rite Aid, GNC, Health Mart, and Stage Stores.
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With Amazon in its sights, Walmart expands its Delivery Unlimited service

Walmart is expanding its recently launched Delivery Unlimited service to more locations across the country. The $98-a-year service allows Walmart Grocery shoppers to waive additional delivery fees for online orders, though customers have to spend $30 a time to skip those fees.
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Target expands online shopping feature that’s popular with parents

In a bid to improve its online shopping operation and take on its competitors, Target is expanding Drive Up to all 50 U.S. states. The move takes the curbside pickup service to 1,750 of its stores nationwide, with the remaining 100 Target stores also likely to offer the service before too long.
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Brits love click-and-collect shopping, but many fail to pick up their items

Click-and-collect services let online shoppers place an order which they can then pick up at a time of their choosing. The option is becoming increasingly popular, but in the U.K. the results of a recent survey reveal that many Brits are failing to collect their orders. So what's going on?
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Amazon is about to kill off its press-to-order Dash button

Amazon's diminutive Dash button is about to die. The ecommerce giant said that from the end of August, customers will no longer be able to use its press-to-buy button to order products from its site. The Wi-Fi-connected device launched in 2015, but the emergence of new shopping options means it’s no longer needed.
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Amazon to start fining sellers for using boxes that are way too big

It's happened to us all. You order a small item on Amazon only for the seller to send it out in a box that's unnecessarily huge. In a bid to finally stamp out the practice, the online shopping giant is about to start imposing fines on sellers if they fail to change their ways.