Fast shipping is increasing emissions. Here's why delivery has become more pollutingFast shipping comes with a significant climate cost, increasing emissions by 10-12% due to less optimized routing and more frequent, less f...
24 Dec, 2025, 10.19 AM IST
Amazon tweaks seller rates as festival sales endAmazon India has raised its warehouse storage fee by Rs 5 to Rs 50 per cubic foot monthly. In addition, it will no longer refund sellers th...
03 Nov, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
Amazon layoffs: UPS deepens job cuts on reduced deliveriesUPS is cutting approximately 48,000 jobs, including 34,000 drivers and 14,000 management positions, as part of a major reorganization. This...
29 Oct, 2025, 08.35 AM IST
Amazon India tweaks seller fees ahead of the festive seasonThis is effective from September 1 and comes ahead of the onset of the festive season. This year, festive season sales are expected to incr...
01 Sep, 2025, 08.57 PM IST
First casualty of Donald Trump's tariffs and trade war: UPS to cut 20,000 jobs amid drop in Amazon shipmentsUPS will cut twenty thousand jobs. This is due to reduced shipping volume from Amazon. The company will also close seventy-three facilities...
30 Apr, 2025, 08.39 PM IST
Amazon India to scrap referral fees on 1.2 crore products under Rs 300Amazon's move, the largest seller fee reduction till date, will be applicable across more than 135 product categories including apparel, sh...
24 Mar, 2025, 11.45 AM IST
Amazon Prime Lite subscription slashed by Rs 200; users can now enjoy same-day delivery benefitsAmazon has made significant updates to its Prime Lite membership, reducing the annual subscription cost by Rs 200 to an attractive Rs 799.
21 Dec, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
Amazon India hikes seller commission across categories as etailer cuts costsEcommerce companies like Amazon and Flipkart make money by charging commissions and fees from sellers for products sold through the marketp...
15 May, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
Amazon, other retailers revamp 'free' shipping as costs soarIt is an open secret that most retailers raise product prices to subsidize free shipping. Still, product inflation and soaring shipping cos...
24 Mar, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Maersk speeds up decarbonisation target by a decadeMaersk is also actively lobbying the United Nations' shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization, for a global carbon levy on ...
13 Jan, 2022, 09.18 AM IST
Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050The study is based around the concept of carbon budgets. A carbon budget sets the limit on cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions necess...
09 Nov, 2021, 09.18 AM IST
Amazon and others commit to using zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040With about 90% of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly 3% of the world's CO2 emissions and the sector is und...
20 Oct, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Only private labels listings back to pre-Covid days on AmazonEvery disaster brings an opportunity. For Amazon, it’s their private label business which they are aggressively advertising at a time when ...
28 May, 2020, 12.56 PM IST
Truly wireless & bang for the buck: Why Amazon Echo buds are better than Apple’s AirPods, Huawei & RealmeUnlike Apple’s wireless earphones, the Echo Buds resemble other true wireless earbuds.
30 Jan, 2020, 06.26 PM IST
Flipkart to alter seller fee rules for orders below Rs 500In the latest restructuring, the fixed fee could be lowered for items valued below Rs 500, while it is also likely to bring further fee red...
14 Apr, 2018, 07.59 AM IST
Flipkart lowers merchant fees to revive sales volumesThe company signalled that the reduced fees for doing business on India’s largest online marketplace could translate into lower prices for ...
03 Mar, 2017, 08.38 AM IST
Apple's iPad leads global tablet PC market, Samsung tops Kindle: StudyThe report, which was released yesterday, said a total of 18.2 million tablets were shipped in the first quarter of 2012.
09 Jun, 2012, 11.09 AM IST