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SEATTLE - Amazon.com financial results for fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025 revealed a net sales increase of 14% to $213.4 billion, compared with $187.8 billion in fourth quarter 2024. North America segment sales increased 10% year-over-year to $127.1...
BOSTON - Shoppers research all manner of products—food and beverages, fashion and apparel, and big-ticket items like electronics—across a variety of channels before they make a purchase. According to research from Salsify, prospective buyers most often head to...
HOWELL, N.J. – Sam Hershberg has helped to build New Jersey-based Smart Shipped into a viable option for domestic warehousing. As vice president of Business Development at Smart Shipped, Hershberg contends that a lot of Amazon sellers don't realize there's an...
CHICAGO - As artificial intelligence becomes embedded earlier in the shopping journey, consumers are increasingly relying on AI tools to research, compare, and make purchase decisions. According to a new study from Search.com, nearly 60% of U.S. shoppers say...
BENTONVILLE, AR – Walmart hit a lofty milestone this week, crossing above the $1 trillion mark in market value. According to the NY Times and elsewhere, digital sales have been a “major driver” of growth. “Walmart’s e-commerce business includes curbside pickup,...
LAS VEGAS – First-time Prosper exhibitor Strategic Distributors has been selling directly to Amazon for the last dozen years. The last 10 of those years has focused on adding as many new brands as possible to be sold by Amazon themselves through Vendor Central. As...
by David Hewlett GREENBRAE, CA - Shifts in retail buying behavior take much longer than people expect. Early in my career, I worked at PriceGrabber during the rise of comparison shopping. Even though the company grew significantly, it still took a long time for...
BOSTON – Prosper exhibitor Teikametrics (pictured at Prosper 2025) recently introduced a patent-pending AI system called Artificial Retail Intelligence (ARI)—a proprietary engine designed to boost seller success on Walmart, Amazon, and TikTok as AI increases...
AUSTIN - It’s been almost two years since Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act in 2024, a rare bi-partisan piece of legislation mandating that TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divest its U.S....
BENTONVILLE, AR – Prosper exhibitor Walmart Marketplace (Booth #449) launched its Premium Musical Instrument Shop (digital storefront) this week—a curated destination featuring respected brands in the music industry, including Fender, Roland, Boss, Zildjian,...