The U.S. Stock Research Agency learned that the titanium media App reported on February 8 that Amazon recently announced an increase in the price of PRIME members in the United States, possibly due to the rise in wages and transportation costs. Amazon's fulfillment costs have soared over the past decade, with shipping and fulfillment costs increasing nearly 40-fold between 2009 and 2021.
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