Tag: Amazon

November 11, 2022

Amazon is under the process of reviewing some of its loss-making divisions as it continues on its path of cutting costs. Amazon is under the process of reviewing some of its loss-making divisions as it continues on its path of […]

November 9, 2022

Global downloads of mobile shopping apps were up 16% year-over-year in the first half of 2022 while the number of sessions was up 29%, according to data from the It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill: Make Every Marketing Dollar Count This […]

November 7, 2022

Amazon has teamed up with Snap to offer augmented reality fashion experiences that lets customers digitally try on different eyewear brands. Snap’s “virtual try-on” method gives 363 million daily active Snapchat users access thousands of eyewear styles in Amazon Fashion […]

November 4, 2022

Amazon has announced it is pausing hiring for roles in its corporate workforce as it continues to cut back on expenses. The announcement was made via a staff memo which was sent out on Thursday. Last month, Amazon said it […]

November 1, 2022

Figures from Wunderman Thompson Commerce have revealed that consumers are set to spend up to 50% less than usual this Black Friday. Overall spend per consumer is expected to fall from £168.18 in 2021 back to the 2020 average of […]

October 28, 2022

In a rare turnabout, Amazon’s AWS cloud services unit underperformed its retail operations. Sales in that segment rose 27% year-over-year to $20.5 billion, and operating income fell 9.6% to $5.4 billion. In retail, the company joins rivals in facing embattled […]

October 27, 2022

Amazon on Tuesday said that it is adding the Venmo peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service to the options it provides shoppers purchasing goods from its platform. The company is currently rolling the Venmo option out with plans to make it available […]

October 25, 2022

Amazon.com plans to hire Hawaiian Airlines to fly packages on 10 leased Airbus SE jets around the U.S. while taking a stake in the carrier. In a blog entry, Sarah Rhoads, VP of Amazon Global Air, noted that Amazon introduced […]

October 20, 2022

Amazon’s extension of the UPS option for seller-fulfilled returns underscores the two companies’ enduring ties, even as UPS reduces the share of its revenue from the online retail giant. Beyond its status as UPS’ largest customer, Amazon is also a […]

October 19, 2022

Amazon has opened its second Amazon Style store in the US, aiming to merge physical and digital retail into a bricks-and-mortar space. The new phygital store has opened at Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio. Amazon debuted its first instalment […]

October 17, 2022

Amazon.com last week held its second Prime Day event of the year and, as it turned out, the sales promotion may not have been the kickoff to the holidays that the retail and technology giant was hoping for. The Prime […]

October 13, 2022

The 800-pound gorilla that is Amazon.com finds itself coming off as a corporate bully when its private label teams find small and growing brand products and then produce knockoff versions that it sells at a considerable discount. The practice has […]

October 11, 2022

New research forecasts that imports to American ports will fall to the lowest level in nearly two years by the end of 2022. The National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates last week released their monthly Global Port Tracker, which found […]

October 4, 2022

Amazon has announced it is launching Amazon Access, a hub for US-based customers to explore the ecommerce giant’s more affordable shopping programmes which includes discounts. The company has also announced that its discounted tier of Prime membership, which was introduced […]

October 4, 2022

Amazon has reduced over 200 product lines as part of a major price reduction campaign across all of its 19 UK-based bricks-and-mortar stores. The 200 products, which come from both Amazon’s own-label ranges and third-party products, have been reduced in […]

September 26, 2022

Amazon has unveiled a new two-day shopping event exclusive to Prime members, starting 11th October. Prime customers in 15 countries will have access to the event, including Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, […]

September 20, 2022

Nike is aiming to replicate Amazon’s rapid delivery model by connecting its complex network of stores, warehouses and technology as part of a strategy towards a more “connected inventory”. The sportswear giant‘s CEO, John Donahoe, talked about “connected inventory” in […]

September 16, 2022

Amazon has announced that it will give ecommerce merchants free software for managing shoppers’ orders on and off its platform, as the retailer extends its reach. The company will be ending monthly fees for Veeqo, a shipping software firm it […]

September 14, 2022

Amazon is raising its delivery drivers’ pay and adding more work benefits to some delivery drivers after workers protested earlier this year while fuel prices soared. Amazon has said it will invest $450 million into rate increases, an education program […]

September 7, 2022

Amazon has started a policy of halting user reviews posted on its streaming service Prime Video by up to three days in order to tackle fake ratings. The moves comes after an influx of “review bombing,” which has been come […]