The Prosper Pathway

The insider’s library of tactics, trends and analysis for sellers 

Still Time to Impact Holiday Strategy

Still Time to Impact Holiday Strategy

  by Shannon Curley PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Amazon’s Nov 1 deadline has already passed, but shoppers (and sales spikes) are just getting started. The biggest Q4 killer isn’t competition – it’s running out of stock while inventory is stuck in transfers or delayed...

Amazon Posts Third Quarter Sales Jump

Amazon Posts Third Quarter Sales Jump

  SEATTLE - Amazon’s financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2025 are in with the Seattle-based juggernaut registering a double-digit increase in sales. Specifically net sales increased 13% to $180.2 billion in the third quarter, compared with...

Amazon to Cut Corporate Jobs

Amazon to Cut Corporate Jobs

  SEATTLE - Reports in the Associated Press and elsewhere confirmed this week that Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online juggernaut “ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere.” Most workers will be given 90...

NY Times Reveals Amazon Automation Plans

NY Times Reveals Amazon Automation Plans

  SEATTLE - Citing Amazon internal strategy documents, the New York Times revealed earlier this week that Amazon executives “believe the company is on the cusp of its next big workplace shift: replacing more than half a million jobs with robots.” The lengthy...

Google Quietly Removes Search Parameter

Google Quietly Removes Search Parameter

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - A short Reddit article earlier this month revealed that Google had “quietly” removed the num=100 search parameter. A Google press release search on the topic came up empty, but Reddit revealed that the simple code trick that lets users see...

Secondhand Gifts Gaining Steam

Secondhand Gifts Gaining Steam

  OAKLAND, CA - A study by GlobalData revealed that, “despite economic uncertainty, holiday spending remains resilient, with a major shift to circular shopping.” Put another way, consumers plan to dedicate nearly 40% of their total holiday budgets to secondhand...