In the past, Amazon has disclosed merchant info to European and US authorities when it thought it had enough dirt to pursue the culprit. Now, it will report merchants every time it confirms a counterfeit is sold, Reuters‘ source says. Amazon will share the merchant’s name, company name, product and contact info, though it will first close the seller’s account and allow the seller to attempt an appeal.

It’s unclear why Amazon is changing its approach now. Late last year, Nike announced that it will no longer sell its shoes and apparel on the platform. Some speculated that Amazon’s counterfeit problem may have played a part. By taking a harsher stance against fakes, Amazon might be attempting to reassure sellers that counterfeiters won’t just get a slap on the wrist.

Engadget has reached out to Amazon for confirmation and comment.

Rather than exchanging cash for goods, customers will make purchases by scanning QR codes. The products they buy will then be delivered, not carried out. The QR codes will help eBay track sales and traffic metrics, which could inform how physical stores can drive separate, online sales. The shop will “explore how stores of the future could combine technology with that vital human connection to powerful effect — whatever the size of the business,” said Rob Hattrell, vice president of eBay in the UK.

eBay’s partnership with Wolverhampton came about last year, after research revealed that a quarter of the UK’s small retailers don’t have an online presence, and 71 percent of those had no plans of developing one. Of course, as companies like Amazon experiment with physical stores and cashless models, perhaps eBay is looking to head in that direction as well.

The retailer announced today that it will deploy 1,500 new “Auto-C” autonomous floor cleaners, 300 “Auto-S” shelf scanners and an additional 1,200 “FAST” unloaders to scan and sort items as they come off delivery trucks. Plus to streamline online orders, it’ll have 900 “Pickup Towers” so customers can order something on the company’s site and just pick up it up from a vending machine at their nearest Walmart.

The idea is that by pushing menial tasks to the robots, Walmart’s human employees can spend more time helping customers and preparing online orders for pickup. The company has been testing the robots for a few months now. “Our associates immediately understood the opportunity for the new technology to free them up from focusing on tasks that are repeatable, predictable and manual,” John Crecelius, Walmart’s senior vice president of central operations for Walmart said in a release.

Freeing up employees to help customers seems like a good idea. No one likes being the person that has to take care of the cleanup on aisle seven. But there’s also the concern that these mechanical assistants could ultimately replace some employees instead of the retailer moving them to a more customer-facing position. Hopefully, robot and human can work in harmony while you buy tube socks.