France plans to impose a €3 minimum delivery fee for online book orders of less than €35 to help independent bookstores compete against big sellers like Amazon (Reuters)

Paul Hill / Neowin:
Amazon announces the US launch of Veeqo, a shipping software that lets sellers connect their sales channels and access discounts on UPS, USPS, DHL, and FedEx  —  Amazon has announced that it’s launching a new version of Veeqo in the United States.  Veeqo is a multichannel shipping service …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Trendsi, which helps sellers and manufacturers predict demand, raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $30M  —  In the traditional business-to-business world, sellers often don’t know how much of a product they should order.

Jack Daleo / FreightWaves:
Amazon unveils Amazon Warehousing & Distribution, letting sellers store their bulk inventory at Amazon’s fulfillment centers and access its distribution network  —  America’s most prolific marketplace is continuing its push to monopolize its sellers’ entire supply chains.

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Insider Intelligence projects US online sales to rise just 9.4% to $1T in 2022, the first single-digit YoY growth, including slower Amazon sales, up 9% to $400B  —  Amazon.com Inc. sellers are bracing for a bleak holiday shopping season as inflation-bitten consumers curb their spending.

Reuters:
Spain fines food delivery app Glovo €79M for allegedly denying 10,600+ riders a labor contract since the country’s “riders law” came into effect in August 2021  —  Spain has fined Delivery Hero’s (DHER.DE) local business Glovo 79 million euros ($78 million) …

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon agrees to settle two EU antitrust cases related to third-party sellers on its platform, won’t pay a fine, and will adhere to commitments for seven years  —  Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to settle two European Union antitrust cases related to allegations about its treatment of third-party sellers …