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Amazon Service Refinements: New ‘Low-Cost’ Store, Prime Fuel Discount, Ending of ‘Today’ Delivery Service

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Not all the changes have been additions— Amazon also is reportedly winding down its Today same-day delivery service for sellers that also have brick-and-mortar stores. Here’s all the recent news on Amazon’s recent services shuffle. Retailers currently using the service include Office Depot, Staples, Petco, Pacsun and GNC.

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DoorDash Simplifies Multi-Merchant Shopping, Offers Discounts to EBT Recipients

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DoorDash has redesigned its shopping experience for retail products, allowing customers to search for an item across multiple merchants with prices and estimated delivery times displayed in a single view. per month, offering $0 delivery fees and lower service fees on eligible orders.

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Social Commerce Revolution: How Payments Innovation Transformed the Digital Shopping Experience

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They extend to things like livestreams, shoppable content and payment links within Instagram Reels, stories, TikTok videos or Pinterest Pins. Here, Ill outline this infrastructure and other top considerations for merchants and platforms as they wade into this new domain.

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AliExpress Opens to U.S. Sellers as it Preps for 11.11 Singles Day

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-based merchants via AliExpressDirect, offering 0% commissions and $0 onboarding costs as part of a special introductory offer. The China-based marketplace also will provide marketing, business and customer service support, including handling buyer inquiries and after-sales disputes, free of charge.

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1-800-Flowers.com Partners with Uber to Manage V-Day Delivery Spikes

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1-800-Flowers.com is collaborating with Uber Direct Ubers white label delivery service for merchants to help florists meet demand during one of their busiest periods of the year (and a day when many panicked Romeos and Juliets buy flowers at the last minute) Valentines Day.

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Amazon and Shopify Bring ‘Buy with Prime’ to Merchants with New App

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Amazon is bringing ‘Buy with Prime’ capabilities to Shopify merchants via a new app integration. Buy with Prime was designed to give Prime members fast, free delivery and easy returns through Amazon’s fulfillment network and ultimately help brands increase shopper conversion by about 25%.

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Study: How Retailers are Managing the Tug-of-War Between Employee Satisfaction and Profitability

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As a result, the 74% of merchants that saw their store operations budgets increase between 2023 and 2024 had to figure out the best way to allocate this money toward a wide-ranging set of needs, from new in-store technology and inventory management solutions to employee training and engagement initiatives.