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Add preferred source Meta’s AI agent “Muse,” launched on the 8th of last month, has surpassed 5 million downloads in just three weeks, shaking up the consumer AI market. The e-commerce industry’s response, however, has split sharply. Shopify has fully opened its stores to Muse and integrated Shop Pay checkout, while Amazon has blocked Muse’s…

Amazon.com Inc. said today it’s trying to make life easier for independent sellers using its ecommerce platform with new tools including a plugin that allows them to run their businesses

One in five of TikTok Shop’s hundred largest U.S. sellers also ranks among the top 10,000 sellers on Amazon.com. One in twenty-five of Amazon’s hundred largest ranks among the top 10,000 on TikTok Shop. A brand that succeeds on TikTok is five times more likely to also succeed on Amazon than the other way around.…

PayTabs Group, a Saudi Arabia-founded FinTech specialising in payment processing and digital infrastructure, has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ Middle East and North Africa (MENA) payments business in a deal valued at more than $100m.

Fewer than 8,000 sellers now generate half of Amazon’s estimated $300 billion in U.S. third-party GMV – roughly 68% of total U.S. GMV – representing just 1.6% of the active seller base. The concentration has intensified dramatically since 2023, when 15,000 sellers drove that same 50% threshold, marking a near-halving in less than three years.

While the allegations raise fresh questions about transparency in retail media, it may be difficult for brands to walk away from the platform.

Amazon’s e-commerce empire quietly rivals some of the world’s largest corporations, yet investors keep treating it as the boring half of the business. Understanding what each division is actually worth changes everything about how you see the stock.

Amazon sales may be high enough for the company to rank No. 1 in Digital Commerce 360’s Top 1000 Database. However, that database — which primarily tracks online merchants’ annual ecommerce sales, conversion, growth and vendor use — recently added a new ranking system where Amazon ranks significantly lower, and for good reason.

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