Amazon tells sellers it's adding a 3.5% charge to offset rising fuel and logistics costs

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Amazon is adding a 3.5% surcharge for some sellers to offset rising oil prices.

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China's 'one-person companies' have exploded. An Alibaba exec explains how AI agents make that possible.

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Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang
Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang.

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Inside Project Kobe: Amazon's plan to build Walmart-style supercenters powered by warehouse robots and AI

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An Amazon employee picks up grocery products

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Amazon tests a new feature letting external websites offer Prime shipping without an Amazon login

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A worker delivers Amazon packages

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Fuel prices are going to make sending your packages more expensive

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A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker carries containers and packages from a vehicle in Tracy, California, US, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
The USPS plans to raise prices in some of its mail categories by 8% come April 26.

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Amazon wants to 'monetize' speed as it tests a radical new all-day, 10-window delivery service

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An Amazon delivery vehicle

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Target quietly loaded its app with a bunch of AI shopping features. I took them for a spin.

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Dominick Reuter with the Target app's store mode active on an iPhone.
The Target app's store mode activates when you arrive at a Target location.

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Amazon said USPS backed out at the 'eleventh hour' in contract negotiations to increase package volume

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OCTOBER 11: A US Postal worker delivers Amazon boxes outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 11, 2018 in New York City. Following a massive sell-off of over 800 points yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 100 points in morning trading. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Amazon said that USPS backed out at the "eleventh hour" in contract negotiations in December.

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Amazon closes warehouses and suspends deliveries across Abu Dhabi

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An Amazon warehouse employee

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Walmart's growing share of high-income shoppers helped its e-commerce business turn into a powerhouse

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A full shopping cart is seen at Walmart on January 22, 2026 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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