Amazon tells employees to soften tariff pain for vendors—but there's a catch

Amazon is stepping in to help weather the tariff storm — only for some vendors. Amazon will pay higher prices to its vendors on a "case-by-case basis" to "share the tariff impact," according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider.That means Amazon will pay some of its wholesale vendors more than the previously agreed-upon prices for their products. By doing so, vendors can offset the increased cost of sourcing their products from countries hit by tariffs. The change reflects the urgency Amaz ...