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Typically, that incompatible box, envelope or 15 square feet of bubble wrap ends up in the trash or takes up a lot of room in your garage or recycling bin. Such is the case with Walmart , which recently noticed an uptick in its goods arriving overpackaged. The initiative is designed to right-size shipments and reduce waste -- something the retail giant has placed a renewed focus on as it scales up its e-commerce efforts to compete with Amazon ...

E-commerce giant Amazon has recently made a number of significant changes to its shipping policies. For example, customers who had grown accustomed to using UPS stores to return Amazon packages found out in April they would be charged a fee. The one-dollar charge was implemented when certain orders were returned via UPS when they could have been return to a Whole Foods, Kohl's or Amazon Fresh location...

Second, customers had less money to spend on Amazon.com and on the company's cloud computing services. As a result, Amazon reported a rare annual loss. As mentioned above, rising inflation has weighed on Amazon...

Amazon is known for its low prices. But read on to see how you might manage to save even more on select items...

EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 6 whether to clear Amazon.com Inc's $1.7 billion acquisition of the maker of robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Corp, according to a European Commission filing on Thursday...

Company also accused of violating children’s privacy by failing to delete recordings made through Alexa...

EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 6 whether to clear Amazon.com Inc's $1.7 billion acquisition of the maker of robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Corp, according to a European Commission filing on Thursday. U.S. online retailer Amazon announced the takeover in August last year that will boost its portfolio of smart devices which include Alexa voice assistant, smart thermostats, security devices, wall mounted smart displays and a canine-like robot called Astro. "We’re working cooperatively with the relevant regulators in their review of this merger," an Amazon spokesperson said...

(Bloomberg) -- Tens of thousands of Amazon.com Inc. employees once could listen to voice recordings of Alexa users, according to US regulators.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Passes the House, Easing US Default ConcernsWall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of FinanceBillionaire Perot Warns of Real Estate Recession as Loans Dry UpSome 30,000 Amazon workers had access to...