Shopify Partners with USPS on Shipping Service
Shopify has launched Shopify Shipping, allowing merchants to buy and print discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping labels from within the Shopify platform.
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Jet Sets Bold Goal of $20 Billion by 2020
Fresh off its launch, Jet is betting that delivering savings by pulling out supply chain costs will lead to ultimate success in a space dominated by Amazon.
Joinem Enters the Ecommerce Marketplace Fray
Even as Jet.com prepares for its highly anticipated launch and Amazon seeks a win with Prime Day, startup Joinem is entering the ecommerce marketplace fray.
Amazon Creates Prime Day, Its Own Global Selling Holiday
On the eve of Amazon’s 20th birthday, the company introduces Prime Day, a global shopping event, with more deals than Black Friday, exclusively for Prime members. See how Amazon plans to take over the world on July 15.
Jet.com Is an Ecommerce David Taking on Amazon’s Goliath
Jet.com, a disruptive startup based in Montclair, NJ, is going after Amazon by taking a new approach that allows sellers to undercut the ecommerce giant on price by using a system that finds and exploits cost efficiencies in the ecommerce fulfillment process.
Amazon Launches Prime Now, One-Hour Delivery in NYC
Continuing on its juggernaut of instant fulfillment of all kinds of stuff from “the anything store,” Amazon today announced Prime Now, a service that will allow Prime members in New York to receive household items like paper towels and laundry soap in as little as an hour via a mobile app.
The app, which is available in iOs and Android versions, give Prime members in select New York neighborhoods free two-hour delivery; the one-hour version costs $7.99 per order. The company’s much-touted facility on West 34th St. in Manhattan will serve as the fulfillment hub.