In a court filing dated January 14, Amazon challenged the bankruptcy petition of Saks Global, accusing the luxury retailer of breaching a 2024 sales agreement tied to Amazon’s $475 million equity investment. According to Amazon’s submission, Saks had committed to sell its branded merchandise on Amazon’s platform in exchange for a referral fee structure and a minimum of $900 million in payments over eight years. The filing argues that Saks failed to meet its revenue budgets, depleted hundreds of millions in cash in under a year, and left Amazon with unpaid invoices exceeding $100 million. Amazon also contends that Saks’s newly secured $1.75 billion financing imposes onerous obligations that could further dilute creditor recoveries and render its own investment “presumptively worthless.”

Amazon Web Services has made its AWS European Sovereign Cloud generally available, launching an EU-based region in Brandenburg, Germany, that is physically and logically isolated from all other AWS infrastructure. Operated exclusively by European residents under a dedicated governance structure, the new cloud offers full data residency, independent identity and access management, and encrypted metering and billing. AWS plans follow-on investments exceeding €7.8 billion over the next decade and will add new sovereign Local Zones in Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal to support in-country latency and compliance requirements. The move is designed to secure contracts with governments and regulated enterprises facing stringent EU data-sovereignty rules.

Amazon has struck a long-term purchase agreement with Rio Tinto for the first new major copper output in North America in over ten years, targeting material produced in Arizona via a bio-leaching process. This copper will support Amazon’s network of hyperscale data centers by supplying electrical infrastructure for server racks and cooling systems. Industry sources estimate the contract could total more than $200 million in copper procurement over the next five years, underscoring Amazon’s commitment to securing critical raw materials for its global expansion and renewable-energy initiatives.

In a comparative analysis of e-commerce peers, Amazon retains a leadership position with its diversified mix of retail subscriptions, third-party seller services and Amazon Web Services, which delivered 60 percent of its operating income in 2025 despite representing under 20 percent of total revenue. The report highlights Amazon’s ability to generate over $15 billion in free cash flow excluding capital expenditures, supporting ongoing investments in logistics and AI. By contrast, Sea Limited’s rapid net-income growth in Southeast Asia reflects higher top-line expansion but comes with a valuation premium and exposure to emerging-market volatility. The analysis concludes that conservative investors may favor Amazon’s scale and cash-flow profile, whereas growth-oriented portfolios might allocate to Sea Limited for asymmetric upside in developing markets.