AMAZON INFLUENCER PROGRAM
Amazon backs social media influencers, launches Creator University Amazon is promoting India’s social media influencers to create content directly on the Amazon platform. Zahid Khan, director of shopping initiatives at Amazon, highlights the dual approach of leveraging external social media platforms and creating e...
04 Jun, 2024, 01.29 PM ISTBiased bots? US lawmakers take on 'Wild West' of AI recruitment The question of what "responsible AI" might look like goes to the heart of an increasingly robust push-back against the unrestricted use of automation in the US recruitment market.
19 Oct, 2023, 11.43 AM ISTAmazon sued in US over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellers US regulators and 17 states have filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of abusing its market position to inflate prices and stifle competition. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon engages in anti-competitive practices by discoura...
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A new frontier for travel scammers: AI-generated guidebooks Shoddy travel guidebooks compiled with the help of generative artificial intelligence, self-published and bolstered by sham reviews, are proliferating on Amazon. The books are produced with a mix of modern tools: AI apps that can produce text, websi...
08 Aug, 2023, 11.07 AM ISTA new frontier for travel scammers: AI-generated guidebooks The use of AI tools in tandem has allowed AI-generated books to rise near the top of Amazon search results and sometimes garner Amazon endorsements.
07 Aug, 2023, 04.48 PM ISTAmazon Prime Day sales rise as deep discounts tempt inflation-hit shoppers U.S. shoppers have been waiting for the best possible deals and discounts as rising interest rates and food prices have led them to delay purchases of big-ticket items in recent months.
13 Jul, 2023, 09.37 AM ISTIt’s the G-7 versus China and Russia in the struggle for global influence The strategy involves enhanced work with so-called middle ground countries, such as Brazil, Vietnam, South Africa and Kazakhstan. High-level engagements, better coordination between existing infrastructure projects, and bespoke action plans for each...
17 May, 2023, 12.14 PM IST8 Best Stephen King Books on Amazon for Horror Aficionados Starting at Rs. 349 While Stephen King has been associated with the horror genre, he has contributed vastly to other genres and dabbled with suspense, mystery, folklore, myth and history, all at once. Read on to find our picks for 8 of the best Stephen King books on Am...
30 Apr, 2023, 11.28 AM ISTAuto Inc keeps tech talent in demand as big tech companies continue with large-scale layoffs With tech companies resorting to downsizing manpower the last few months, "in the last two quarters there is a significant improvement" in supply of tech talent, said Manu Saigal, director (general staffing) at staffing and recruitment services firm...
31 Mar, 2023, 07.33 AM ISTTech layoffs shock young workers. The older people? Not so much Microsoft said this week it planned to cut 10,000 jobs, or roughly 5% of its workforce. And Friday morning, Google's parent company Alphabet said it planned to cut 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of its total. Their cuts followed big layoffs at other tech ...
21 Jan, 2023, 05.40 PM ISTWalmart explores matchmaker marketplace for social media influencers Walmart currently works with influencers to promote its groceries and apparel, as well as its Walmart+ loyalty program.
18 Aug, 2022, 04.54 PM ISTWork from home: 8 ways teens can earn money online and gain valuable experience High-school and college-goers find themselves in a situation where physical internships are not possible or ideal. For such homebound teens during the summer vacations, here are a few ways to earn some income and gain valuable experience.
03 Jun, 2022, 05.14 PM ISTGoogle takes yet another run at ecommerce—and Amazon Google executive Prabhakar Raghavan recently had an issue with his rose bushes. His wife took a photo of the plants on her phone, uploaded the image to Google, identified the culprit and followed a link for a fungicide. Then she bought it.
25 May, 2022, 09.36 PM ISTOpen is India’s latest unicorn; Amazon asks RBI to audit Future Retail Neobanking platform Open has closed a $50 million funding round led by IIFL Finance at a valuation of $1 billion, sources told us. This makes it India’s latest startup unicorn and, by some counts, the 100th billion-dollar company minted in the count...
02 May, 2022, 06.56 PM ISTAt 72, Harsh Mariwala turns influencer for the LinkedIn brigade The Marico Chairman shared that he has joined the LinkedIn Influencer Program.
11 Mar, 2022, 02.28 PM ISTInside Amazon’s systematic campaign to boost its private brands in India A trove of internal Amazon documents reveals how the e-commerce giant ran a systematic campaign of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to boost its own product lines in India — practices it has denied engaging in.
13 Oct, 2021, 04.38 PM ISTAn Amazon slayer? New Delhi is closing another door for US tech giants in the country In China, homegrown stores like Taobao, Tmall and JD.com have an unshakable dominance in online retail. But now, the only other billion-people-plus opportunity open to American capital is also slipping away from its grasp.
19 Aug, 2021, 06.25 AM ISTInside Amazon’s secret strategy to dodge India e-commerce regulations Amazon favoured big sellers on its India platform—and used them to maneuver around rules meant to protect the country's small retailers from getting crushed by e-commerce giants, internal documents show.
17 Feb, 2021, 08.51 PM ISTWho is Andy Jassy? A Harvard graduate who joined Amazon in 1997 & is now stepping into Bezos's shoes Outside of Amazon, Jassy is an avid sports fan.
03 Feb, 2021, 01.20 PM ISTAmazon hit from all sides as crisis highlights growing power Rankling many activists, the rise in Amazon's shares has boosted the wealth of founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos to over $140 billion even as the global economy has been battered by the virus outbreak.
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