#8 - What is Project Zero? Is Amazon announcement is a game-changer?

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Amazon silently ends controversial pricing agreements with sellers

As lawmakers begin to question Big Tech’s power.

theverge.com

Amazon wants to sell “every genuine product in the world.” That’s a mistake.

The company is risking what it values most — customer trust.

recode.net

Amazon’s Project Zero allows brands to fight counterfeits, but at what cost?

Amazon might be online retail’s 800-pound gorilla, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t face significant challenges and threats to its business.

econsultancy.com

Is Amazon Getting Out Of The Direct Selling Business?

Is this the start of something huge?

forbes.com

Noah Smith: Amazon is feasting on the small-business ecosystem

Its mammoth marketplace power and anti-competitive practices threaten small businesses

post-gazette.com

Amazon’s Silk Road: A Brand’s Best Friend?

Amazon continues to experiment with IP policing solutions that can be used to protect both established and nascent brands that sell on its site.

abovethelaw.com

Amazon Vendors Being Pushed To Seller Central: What To Do Now

Amazon has made a series of moves that suggest that more Vendors will need to move to Seller Central.

forbes.com

Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox

A comprehensive research by The Yale Law Journal.

yalelawjournal.org

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Amazon Updates

Amazon Just Made a Huge Announcement That'll Completely Change the Way It Does Business. It's Either Brilliant or Very Sneaky

Ideas can sound good. Until you think about them.

inc.com

Breaking up Amazon: Is it even possible? Imagining the tech giant under a U.S. antitrust crackdown

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s bold proposal to break up big tech companies —including Amazon, Google and Facebook.

geekwire.com

Amazon Just Revealed Its New Answer to a Truly Crazy Problem. (Most People Never Even Knew About This)

You think you're getting one thing. What if you get something else entirely?

inc.com

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Tips & Guides

The job of a ‘seller’ can be a difficult one due to the competition that is around now...

You think you're getting one thing. What if you get something else entirely?

southfloridareporter.com

Can Amazon Catalog Withstand ASIN Hijackers?

Amazon's robust product catalog and customer product reviews were major factors in its meteoric rise, but both systems remain under attack by sellers trying to game the system.

ecommercebytes.com