Amazon Europe Archives - EcommerceBytes https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/amazon-europe/ Ecommerce Industry News Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:52:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif Amazon Europe Archives - EcommerceBytes https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/amazon-europe/ 32 32 Amazon Updates Price-fixing, Mediation, and Refurb Policies https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/03/19/amazon-updates-price-fixing-mediation-and-refurb-policies/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:25:09 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227293 Amazon is updating selling policies in Europe that impact price-fixing, mediation, and refurbished goods. The new policies will take effect on March 31, 2022. One set of changes explicitly prohibits price fixing and search rank manipulation (the Selling Policies and Read more]]> Amazon Lowers Fees for Cycling Accessories in Europe https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/03/02/amazon-lowers-fees-for-cycling-accessories-in-europe/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:08:36 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17797 Amazon is creating a new category in Europe for Cycling Accessories and is lowering the referral fees for those items. The new referral fee will be 8% across all Amazon UK and European marketplaces (excluding certain tax), effective April 1, Read more]]> Amazon Advises European Sellers on German VAT Reduction https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/06/30/amazon-advises-european-sellers-on-german-vat-reduction/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:03:00 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16256 Amazon issued an advisory to European sellers about Germany’s decision to temporary lower its value added tax (VAT). According to Law 360, Germany’s government hopes the temporary reduction “will entice consumers to make purchases as businesses reopen from forced shutdowns Read more]]> Amazon Hails 10 Years in Italy with Two New Fulfillment Centers https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/11/amazon-hails-10-years-in-italy-with-two-new-fulfillment-centers/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:09:24 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15460 Amazon is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in Italy with the opening of two new fulfillment centers in that country. Amazon said it is expanding its fulfillment network in Italy to respond to growing customer demand, to expand the product selection, Read more]]> Amazon Expands R&D in UK https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/10/19/amazon-expands-rd-in-uk/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:14:39 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=11569 Amazon is growing its R&D departments in the UK, announcing this week it will be hiring more highly-skilled roles in England and Scotland. As part of the investment, it will open a new center in Manchester where “highly-skilled teams will Read more]]> Amazon Opens New Office in Ireland https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/18/amazon-opens-new-office-in-ireland/ Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:06:42 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=10354 Amazon opened a new office in Dublin today and said it would create 1,000 new technology jobs in Ireland over the next 2 years. That’s double the commitment it made in 2016, when it had pledged to hire 500 people Read more]]> Amazon Invests in the Czech Republic https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/02/05/amazon-invests-czech-republic/ Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:25:08 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=8793 Amazon issued a press release to tout its investments in the Czech Republic. It said it has already created over 4,500 permanent jobs in its logistics operations in DobrovĂ­z and corporate office in Prague-Dejvice, and in 2018, it will create Read more]]> Amazon Launches Ad Marketplace in Europe https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/01/09/amazon-launches-ad-marketplace-europe/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:22:27 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=8379 Amazon announced it has launched a new “transparent” ad marketplace in Europe. It’s tempting publishers by giving them some benefits unavailable through other ad platforms, keying in on simplification and better data. Amazon’s cloud-based platform provides publishers “full visibility into Read more]]> Amazon Announces Swarovski Brand Stores across Europe https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2017/09/14/amazon-announces-swarovski-brand-stores-across-europe/ Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:46:27 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=7422 Amazon wants to change your mind about buying jewelry on its site as it officially welcomed Swarovski to its site. The jewelry brand opened five Amazon Fashion Stores across its European marketplaces. Amazon said the new online Swarovski Brand Stores Read more]]> Amazon to Open Machine Learning Research Center in Spain https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2017/09/12/amazon-open-machine-learning-research-center-spain/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=7378 Amazon is opening a new research and development center in Barcelona next year focused on Machine Learning. Amazon is using the technology to forecast customer demand, translate product information, and in automatic speech recognition. Amazon expects to create 100 new Read more]]>