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Jul
2009
Amazon, Blue Nile Sever Web Affiliate Programs
Amazon.com has closed its third Internet associates program in a week, in Hawaii, as the online retailer steps up an effort to skirt new sales taxes in several U.S. states.
Amazon’s move follows the cancellation of associates programs in North Carolina and Rhode Island, under which the world’s top online retailer pays websites — its associates — a portion of sales that are channeled to Amazon.com.
In a sign that other Internet retail sites are following Amazon’s lead, online jeweler Blue Nile Inc said on Tuesday it had also severed its relationship with affiliates in North Carolina and Rhode Island. Read the rest of this entry »
