Amazon vs. Shopify: What the tech giant’s latest deal says about its larger retail ambitions

GeekWire Illustration When Jeff Bezos named e-commerce software company Shopify as an example of Amazon’s growing competition in his testimony to a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee last…

Amazon will extend Prime shipping benefits, and its own reach, to independent e-commerce sites

Amazon’s Buy with Prime program will extend Prime checkout and shipping benefits to independent e-commerce sites. (Amazon Photo) A new Amazon program will let Prime members buy…