Tag: Amazon

May 3, 2019

Amazon has been able to execute one-day shipping in many locations for some time now. The company feels confident expanding the offering because of the infrastructure it has built up over the years, Ashley Robinson, a spokesperson for Amazon, told […]

May 2, 2019

Amazon’s newest marketplace is based in the United Arab Emirates but has enjoyed popularity throughout the Middle East as Souq. Egypt provided the greatest amount of traffic to Souq.com at 38.1% over the past year, followed by the United Arab […]

April 29, 2019

At first, Target and Walmart seemed blindsided by Amazon’s announcement last Thursday that its free two-day Prime shipping offer is already on its way to becoming free delivery in just one day for many items. Those retailers’ shares took a […]

April 26, 2019

After two decades of disrupting retail, Amazon is facing new realities as a mature company — that it’s getting harder to grab market share at the same rate as before and that its rivals have risen to meet its challenge. […]

April 9, 2019

Americans in the Z generation — whom Piper Jaffray defines as those ages 13 to 19 — are collectively spending some $77 billion a year, based on teens’ claim through the survey that they spend $2,600 each annually, on average. […]

April 2, 2019

After its acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017, Amazon introduced a sweeping lineup of lower prices on Whole Foods products. From Whole Trade bananas and organic avocados to animal-welfare-rated ground beef and almond butter, grocery staples were discounted by as […]

March 21, 2019

Removing ads for unprofitable products could infringe on Amazon’s ad business, which is one of the company’s biggest sources of revenue and an area it is focused on growing. The aggressive stance on who can and cannot advertise could also […]

March 20, 2019

The Feedvisor study sheds light on the central role that Amazon plays in most consumers shopping journeys, as 66% start their product searches on the platform and 74% go to Amazon to make a purchase. The finding that 73% of […]

March 20, 2019

With its penchant for introducing private labels into any category — Amazon is already in batteries, mattresses, pet food and apparel — and with beauty sales among the hottest in retail, it was only a matter of time before the […]

March 19, 2019

In addition to challenging traditional retailers on many fronts, with vast shipping and fulfillment operations and a marketplace to shore up its endless aisle, Amazon is staking a claim in merchandising both commodities and specialties, with its own private and […]