Amazon’s move to stretch Prime Day from two to four days is facing sharp criticism after new data revealed a staggering 41% plunge in Day 1 sales compared to 2024’s event. The report, released by Momentum Commerce and cited by Bloomberg, tracks 50 brands across categories and shows that extending the mega-sale backfired as consumer urgency evaporated.
Amazon is on the verge of having more robots than human employees in its massive warehouse network, as automation continues to redefine the future of retail logistics. The company currently operates over one million robots—nearly matching the size of its human workforce—and is expected to surpass that number soon.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirmed Monday that recent tariffs on Chinese imports have not caused significant price increases on the company’s platform. Speaking on CNBC’s Mad Money, Jassy credited strategic inventory moves and competitive seller behavior for keeping prices stable, reinforcing arguments that tariffs do not necessarily fuel inflation as critics long claimed.
Online retailers Temu and Amazon are selling merchandise promoting the “No Kings” protests planned to coincide with President Donald Trump’s military parade and birthday celebration in Washington, D.C., this Saturday. The shirts carry slogans such as “No Kings,” “No Kings in America,” and “No Kings, No Fascists, No Tyrants, No Nazis,” aligning with the rhetoric of leftist groups organizing demonstrations nationwide.
President Donald Trump personally called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday to address reports that the company planned to highlight tariff-related price increases on its platform — a move viewed by the Trump administration as a political jab. The call came in response to a report by CNN’s Alayna Treene, who cited two anonymous senior White House officials.
President Donald Trump’s bestselling book The Art of the Deal surged to the top ranks on Amazon’s bestseller list following his strategic pause on reciprocal tariffs against most nations and a tariff increase against China. The maneuver, widely viewed as a calculated economic play, caused markets to rally and drew fresh attention to Trump’s signature negotiation tactics outlined in the book.
Following President Donald Trump’s implementation of steep tariffs on Chinese imports, Amazon has reportedly begun canceling direct import orders for products manufactured in China and other Asian nations. The cancellations come in response to Trump’s April 2 tariff hike, which raised import duties on Chinese goods to 125%.
