Amazon & Walmart News, Updates, & Strategies

Amazon Fee Increase EXPOSED: “Temporary” Surcharge, Margin Pressure, and eCommerce Strategy Shifts

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Amazon adds ML-driven expansion insights, tightening how sellers prioritize international growth   Amazon enhanced the Marketplace Product Guidance tool with deeper insights and updated machine learning models. The update focuses ...
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Amazon Crackdown, Walmart Expands TV Commerce & DD+7 Reserves Squeeze Sellers

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Amazon Enforces Linked Account Accountability, Requiring Root Account Resolution Before Reinstatement   Amazon clarified how it handles multiple account violations, emphasizing that related accounts are treated as a single entity ...
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Amazon Buyer Threats, Returns Cost Transparency, Walmart GTIN Issues & Retail Media Growth

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What to Do When Buyers Threaten Negative Feedback on Amazon Amazon has reinforced its stance on buyer extortion: sellers cannot offer refunds or incentives in exchange for removing negative feedback. ...
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Retail’s New Reality: Structural Challenges, Smarter Personalization, and the AI Divide

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AI Bots Don’t Need Markdown Pages. Here’s What Actually Matters   The push to create special “markdown pages” for AI crawlers is mostly unnecessary. The article makes a clear point: ...
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eCommerce Platforms Want Total Control: Amazon AI Analytics, Retail Media Growth, and AI Shopping Agents

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Amazon tells sellers to clear meltable FBA inventory before April 20 or risk disposal fees   Amazon is enforcing its seasonal meltable inventory policy again ahead of the summer months. ...
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Amazon DD+7 Payout Delay Explained | Ad Discipline, AI Search & Google Commerce Shift

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DD + 7 vs Economics 101. What am I missing?   The seller threads are loud right now. The tone ranges from confused to furious to exit planning. We support ...
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Supreme Court Ends Liberation Day Tariffs: What Amazon Sellers Must Know About Refunds, Margins, and Trade Volatility

  Big Theme: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs   The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that President Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs were unlawful. The Court held that ...
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Infrastructure, Enforcement, and AI: Why Amazon Is Raising Performance Standards

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Monitor Your Business Hour Delivery Rate   Amazon has introduced a new visible metric inside Account Health called Business Hour Delivery Rate, or BHDR. It measures how often your self-fulfilled ...
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Amazon Tightens Enforcement, Fulfillment Becomes Risk Management, and Clarity Beats Ad Spend

Update your return address or Amazon will dispose of high-return inventory at your expense   Opening Context Amazon updated its High Return Rate Program guidance for US vendors. The change ...
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