Tag: Amazon

December 11, 2018

Products that present potential harm, such as rechargeable batteries, chemicals and aerosol cans, must be packaged correctly and in compliance with federal regulations, or they can cause harm to those that handle them. Related worker safety issues have been in […]

December 4, 2018

Before Amazon opened its first Amazon Go store in Seattle last January, it tested the enabling technologies of its cashierless concept for months. The company reportedly delayed that store opening due to technology glitches that surfaced in test situations when […]

November 27, 2018

Amazon benefitted from Whole Foods at Thanksgiving this year, and customers keep Alexa busy. The Amazon-owned grocery chain sold a record number of turkeys, and “more customers than ever” had them delivered this year through the company’s AmazonFresh and Prime […]

November 26, 2018

Amazon may be especially tight-lipped about this breach because of its timing, just ahead of the unofficial launch of the holiday shopping season. The news is nevertheless likely to affect sales, especially in light of escalating competition online from Target, […]

November 19, 2018

Here is a bit of good news for the rest of the retail industry: Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos believes that the mega-retailer will eventually go bankrupt. The bad news: He has placed the timeline for Amazon’s downfall in the three-decade […]

November 9, 2018

Amazon is poised to learn a lot about physical retail with a series of global pop-ups at the holidays. In the past decade or so, chain stores, brands and, especially, e-commerce companies have turned to pop-up retail to test new […]

November 8, 2018

Walmart and Amazon have been in a fierce battle over grocery dollars this year, showing just how much the omnichannel experience has evolved as a brick-and-mortar giant challenges an e-commerce behemoth. Last year, Retail Feedback Group found that Amazon was […]

November 6, 2018

Just days after word spread that three cities were in “late-stage” talks to win the much-anticipated HQ2, this latest news has sent shockwaves, and has already led some media outlets to declare the months-long process to pick a second headquarters […]

November 5, 2018

Thanks to its perk-heavy Prime membership, Amazon has long enjoyed an edge over legacy retailers because those customers get free two-day shipping. But rivals, which already have something of an advantage during the season because they have so many stores, […]

November 1, 2018

While Amazon Go is showing significant early success, inMarket suggests that the store concept is not necessarily a threat to grocers. The firm says this is partially because shoppers are treating Amazon Go as more of a convenience store or […]