Amazon\u2019s 2017 Prime Day sale will be 11 July:<\/strong> Fitz Tepper<\/a> at Tech Crunch<\/a> reports that Amazon has confirmed the date of this year’s Prime Day. Amazon has said there will be \u201chundreds of thousands of deals\u201d, with new ones coming as often as every five minutes. There will be 30 hours of sales, starting at 18:00 PT on Monday 10 July and continuing through all of Tuesday 11 July. Amazon have also announced that Prime Day sales will be available in China, India and Mexico, bringing the total amount of countries with deals to 13. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n Pros and cons of selling on Amazon Business:<\/strong> Lori McDonald<\/a> at Practical Ecommerce<\/a> reports that Amazon Business, the B2B marketplace, has more than 45,000 active sellers and more than 10 million products with bulk purchase options or business discounts. Many B2B merchants aren\u2019t sure whether to sell their products on Amazon Business. In this post, Lori addresses the pros and cons. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon enters top five in global brands 2017 ranking:<\/strong> The Financial Times<\/a> reports that in this year\u2019s BrandZ ranking of the world\u2019s 100 most valuable stocks, compiled by Kantar Millward Brown, Amazon\u2019s brand value jumped by 41% to $139bn and entered the top five for the first time. Ben Wood, analyst at CCS Insight, says: \u201cIt\u2019s really remarkable how the brand has evolved over time. It stands for much more than shopping and has expanded into other directions, like Amazon TV; it\u2019s had unexpected success in the smart speaker market with Amazon Echo and Alexa is getting great momentum as well.\u201d Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n President Trump attacks Amazon, incorrectly claiming that it owns The Washington Post for tax purposes:<\/strong> Tony Romm at Recode<\/a> reports that President Donald Trump attacked Amazon on Wednesday, claiming incorrectly that it owns The Washington Post in a scheme to dodge \u201cinternet taxes.\u201d In fact, Amazon doesn\u2019t own the newspaper. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought it himself.\u00a0 Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon has ambitious advertising plans for its NFL streams:<\/strong> Kevin Tran<\/a> at Business Insider UK<\/a> reports that according to Reuters, Amazon is aiming to charge $2.8 million for ad packages during the NFL games it will stream in the coming season. Amazon initially paid $50 million in April to the NFL for the rights to stream ten Thursday night games. Amazon will be able to sell up 30-second ad spots for each streamed game. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n It’s nearly the weekend…whoo-hoo!<\/p>\n