Amazon partners with startups to sell crowdfunded products

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 18:50

Amazon.com Inc launched a new platform on Tuesday that will help startups advertise and distribute their products directly to millions of Amazon customers, filling an important gap for entrepreneurs trying to reach a wider market of consumers.

Amazon posts anomalous profit, Wall Street swoons

Last Updated: Sunday, July 26, 2015, 18:14

Investor enthusiasm for Amazon.com Inc is pretty consistent: the stock tends to rise, even though the company isn`t consistent about making profits.

Snapdeal's big electronics sale on July 27-28

Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 20:27

Following its competitors Flipkart and Amazon, e-commerce portal Snapdeal on Saturday announced electronics sale on July 27 and 28, offering up to 70 percent discount.

Amazon.com CEO Bezos up $8 billion, down $3 billion on stock swing

Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 09:32

Amazon.com founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos got a lot richer while he slept on Thursday night, after the company reported its quarterly earnings and its shares rose 20.1 percent.

Amazon's value surpasses Wal-Mart after surprise 2Q profit

Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015, 23:24

It's official: Amazon is bigger than Wal-Mart. Amazon shares surged 15 percent on Friday after the e-commerce powerhouse reported a surprise second-quarter profit and a better-than-expected 20 percent jump in revenue.

Amazon surprises with quarterly profit, stock rallies

Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015, 09:06

Amazon.com Inc swung to an unexpected quarterly profit on higher sales in North America, its popular Prime subscription service and growing demand for its Web services, sending the online retailer`s shares up more than 17 percent.

Amazon expands local services marketplace in US cities

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 22:37

Amazon said on Wednesday it would expand a marketplace that offers services from plumbing to fence repairs in 15 cities and help customers find contractors for more expensive home projects as it develops its role as a middleman for third-party vendors.

Yu Yuphoria's 1 lakh phones up for grabs on Amazon, no pre-registration required

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2015, 11:41

The three-day Yu Yuphoria sale does not require any per-registration because it is an open sale.

Amazon says Prime Day orders beat last year's Black Friday

Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2015, 09:49

Amazon.com Inc said customers ordered 34.4 million items worldwide during its highly publicised Prime Day sale, breaking the record set by last year`s Black Friday sale.

Amazon's Prime Day draws big virtual crowd, frustrates some shoppers

Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015, 09:32

Merchants participating in Amazon.com`s much-advertised "Prime Day" sale saw an 80 percent rise in U.S. sales from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from e-commerce researcher ChannelAdvisor, although the event also drew ire from some shoppers.

InFocus M810 available on Amazon India at Rs 14,999

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 10:45

The InFocus M810 will be made available in a solitary gold colour variant.

E-tailing biggies rope in NBFCs to woo sellers with easy loans

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 16:56

SMECorner has tied up with Snapdeal, Flipkart, eBay, Paytm, among other e-commerce players to play a catalyst role to secure easier loans for sellers, he said.