{"id":263464,"date":"2020-07-30T01:41:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263464"},"modified":"2020-07-30T01:41:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:41:57","slug":"amazon-2020-smb-impact-report-highlights-success-for-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-despite-covid-19-american-sellers-average-160000-in-annual-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/30\/amazon-2020-smb-impact-report-highlights-success-for-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-despite-covid-19-american-sellers-average-160000-in-annual-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon 2020 SMB Impact Report Highlights Success for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Despite COVID-19; American Sellers Average $160,000 in Annual Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amazon<\/span>\u00a0gave more than\u00a0$1 billion<\/span>\u00a0in AWS credits to help startups accelerate their growth, and there are now more than 700,000 Alexa developers worldwide (File Photo<\/a>: Robert Scoble\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More than 2 million independent businesses work with\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0in the\u00a0U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

American small and medium-sized businesses sold 3.4 billion products in\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0stores<\/p>\n

U.S.<\/span>\u00a0delivery and logistics partners employ more than 95,000 drivers, while worldwide authors earned more than\u00a0$319 million<\/span>\u00a0from the\u00a0Kindle Direct Publishing Select Global Fund<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon<\/span>\u00a0gave more than\u00a0$1 billion<\/span>\u00a0in AWS credits to help startups accelerate their growth, and there are now more than 700,000 Alexa developers worldwide<\/p>\n

SEATTLE<\/span>–(BUSINESS WIRE)–\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0(NASDAQ:AMZN) today published the 2020 Small and Medium Business (SMB) Impact Report, highlighting how the company benefits SMBs, including more than 2 million independent sellers, authors, content creators, delivery providers, developers and IT solution providers in the\u00a0U.S.<\/span>\u00a0Despite the impact COVID-19 has had on many small businesses, American SMBs working with\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0have been able to thrive and grow. View the full 2020\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0SMB Impact Report,\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20200721005239\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The 2020\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0SMB Impact Report highlights how millions of small and medium-sized businesses are growing with\u00a0Amazon<\/span>. (Photo: Business Wire)<\/p>\n

\u201cAt\u00a0Amazon<\/span>, supporting small and medium-sized businesses is a fundamental part of our work and an extension of our customer-centric culture. Our success depends on their success,\u201d said\u00a0Jeff Wilke<\/span>, CEO,\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0Worldwide Consumer. \u201cCOVID-19 has changed the way we live and work and has created daunting challenges for small businesses around the world. Yet smaller companies have continued to grow with\u00a0Amazon<\/span>, despite the crisis. Third-party sellers have seen record sales in our stores and continue to outpace our first-party sales.”<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/span>\u00a0provides small business owners, startups, and entrepreneurs with tools and opportunities to succeed \u2013 whether selling their products online, running delivery and logistics companies, using the cloud to launch and scale their businesses, creating voice apps, or publishing their own books. The 2020\u00a0Amazon<\/span>\u00a0SMB Impact Report findings include:<\/p>\n

American SMBs selling in Amazon\u2019s stores are growing. In the 12 months ending on\u00a0May 31, 2020<\/span>:<\/p>\n