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Hoping to rein in Big Tech, Congress may kill small business instead
Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, and continuing in the ensuing months, complaints about censorship from both major political parties increased. Big Tech, they said, was controlling the narrative and picking sides.
As a result, pressure mounted from the general public to see political leaders pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. But those efforts could have an unintended consequence, and that may mean millions of small businesses and independent sellers that rely on online...
Prime Day is over, but the lessons are just beginning
Day one of Amazon Prime Day on Monday resulted in record sales, with online sales jumping 8.7% to $5.6 billion according to early data compiled by Adobe Analytics.
With Walmart, Target and others also offering special discounts this week to combat Amazon, retailers that earn more than $1 billion in revenue annually saw a 28% jump in sales on Monday compared to a year ago. Even smaller retailers saw a 22% increase in sales on Monday, CNBC reported.
The fact that other retailers are benefiting is...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prime-day-is-over-but-the-lessons-are-just-beginning
On Prime Day, sellers rejoice – and worry
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) took its time, but earlier this month it officially announced Prime Day would return to the summer. For sellers, shippers, warehouse operators and third-party logistics (3PL) providers, it wasn’t much notice but something they needed to deal with.
Prime Days are Monday and Tuesday and are among Amazon’s biggest single selling days of the year with special deals.
David Glick, CTO of warehouse technology provider Flexe, spoke with Modern Shipper about the challenges Prime Day...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/on-prime-day-sellers-rejoice-and-worry
ShipBob adds free 2-day shipping for Walmart Marketplace sellers
ShipBob is now an official shipping and fulfillment partner on the Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Marketplace, giving small and medium-sized businesses new options for fulfilling their e-commerce orders within two days.
The cloud-based logistics platform is now able to fulfill orders for Marketplace sellers with free two-day shipping. ShipBob will continue as a third-party logistics provider capable of fulfilling orders outside of Walmart’s two-day delivery program.
“We are excited about the strides Walmart...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipbob-adds-free-2-day-shipping-for-walmart-marketplace-sellers
Kaspien CEO: Take a diversified, cautious approach to minimize supply chain disruption
When the massive container ship Ever Given turned sideways in the Suez Canal, blocking ship traffic for about a week at the end of March, it represented the latest global trade disruption. Fittingly, the Evergreen ship blockage came approximately a year after the world first shut down from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interim, there were toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages and then a massive backlog in the supply chain as demand for freight capacity not only returned but surpassed...
As Amazon tightens shipping requirements, sellers look for answers
Third-party sellers using Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) marketplace have become used to the rules the e-commerce giant has implemented. The company changed the rules of e-commerce delivery with its Prime offering several years ago, and now the benchmarks it created for Amazon customers with Prime are quickly becoming the standard for all sellers in its platform.
Amazon already tightened the screws a bit on Feb. 1 when it required sellers to meet “delivery speed targets” for packages. As of June 1,...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/as-amazon-tightens-shipping-requirements-sellers-look-for-answers
GreenDropShip adds app for Shopify sellers to add grocery items
Sellers on Shopify can now offer natural and organic grocery products through a new app from GreenDropShip.
The GreenDropShip app is the first that allows Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) sellers to add grocery items to their online stores, the company said. Sellers can add over 20,000 items to their stores, including natural and organic grocery, body care, supplements and household products.
“We created the GreenDropShip app to offer Shopify merchants a way to have seamless automation. It saves time and...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/greendropship-adds-app-for-shopify-sellers-to-add-grocery-items
Onfleet, Bond combine to offer sellers full suite of e-commerce services
Sellers using third-party e-commerce platforms face logistical issues in moving their goods, but more companies are joining forces to ensure the process of ordering, shipping and returns is as smooth as possible.
The latest is a partnership between on-demand delivery company Onfleet and “post-purchase” provider Bond. The agreement will combine Onfleet’s last-mile delivery management software with Bond’s software, which integrates with most major e-commerce platforms, to offer customers an...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/onfleet-bond-combine-to-offer-sellers-full-suite-of-e-commerce-services
COVID relief bill could trigger larger tax bills for gig workers
Gig workers and third-party sellers on e-commerce platforms such as Etsy, Walmart Marketplace (NYSE: WMT) and even Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) could find themselves with tax issues in 2022 thanks to a change in Internal Revenue Service tax codes contained within the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that just passed the U.S. House and Senate and is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden by this weekend amends Section 6050W of the IRS code to require...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/covid-relief-bill-could-trigger-larger-tax-bills-for-gig-workers