Tag: Amazon Canada
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Amazon postpones the deadline for removal of non-compliant listings under Controlled Drugs Policy
Recently, Amazon announced that they will be starting to enforce their policy affecting over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and/or natural health products (NHP). However, they now e-mailed sellers with a correction, stating that the previously mentioned deadline of 30.September 2022 is being extended to 24.October 2022. Amazon policy states that all drugs listed in scheduled substances, drugs…
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Updates to Canada Multi-Channel Fulfilment fees effective November 12
Recently, Amazon announced an increase of their Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) fee applicable in the Canadian marketplace. The MCF pick and pack fees and special handling fees will increase, and the weight handling fees will include a fuel and inflation surcharge. To view the revised rates, go to “2022 Multi-Channel Fulfilment annual fee revisions”. Soon,…
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Amazon Issues Important information about over-the-counter drugs and natural health product listings warnings
This week, Amazon e-mailed their third party sellers doing business on the Canadian marketplace alerting them about specific ASINs going to be removed under their over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and/or natural health products (NHP) policy. None of the ASINs listed were previously enforced, so it appears like Amazon is now starting to enforce the mentioned policy,…
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Amazon Canada will begin displaying rights owner information on Product Detail Pages of prepackaged products
If you are a rights owner or manufacturer of one of your private label products sold through the Amazon Canada website, you should watch out. Starting August 2021, Amazon.ca will begin displaying the Manufacturer or Brand Name and place of business address in every Product Detail Page. As everyone familiar with the Amazon platform can imagine,…
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Amazon announces the opening of four new FBA warehouses in Canada
This week, Amazon Canada announced updates and improvements to their FBA policies, along with the opening of four new fulfillment centres. The changes include relaxing of ASIN-level restock quantity limits to cover 2 months of sales along with free inventory removals. Here you can view the full e-mail announcement from Amazon Canada: Here is a…
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Amazon Canada Prime Day 2021 Preparation
It appears like the Amazon Canada Prime Day 2021 will be soon, because the company already e-mailed its third party sellers with what they surprisingly described as “confidential information”. The announcement appears quite unusual, because half of its text is talking about the history of Amazon Prime Day, making it sound as if this was…
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Local government orders closure of YYZ4 Brampton fulfillment centre in Canada
Today on 14.March 2021, Amazon announced that one of their largest fulfillment centres – Brampton YYZ4 in Canada will remain closed until at least 28.March 2021. This is due to an order from local government in Peel region, most likely as a result of concerns related to the safety of Amazon employees during the COVID-19…