Tag "Amazon"
In 2024 the growth of Hungarian e-commerce is already driven by import
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 When we talk about the “Hungarian e-commerce market”, it is important to add what we mean by “market”. A few...
Read more
Amazon launches climate label in Belgium and Sweden
Amazon is expanding its “Climate Pledge Friendly” to Belgium and Sweden, making it easier for customers to filter searches to highlight products with sustainable features. The new label, in the...
Read more
Amazon launches annual food subscription programme
Amazon is offering an annual food subscription programme for Prime members, as well as an expansion of its home delivery service for users who receive government assistance. The new annual...
Read more
Amazon uses AI to scan products for defects before delivery
Amazon uses AI to detect faulty products before they are delivered. Amazon’s “Project P.I” model (P.I. stands for private investigator) combines generative AI with computer vision to help find defects...
Read more
Temu eclipses Amazon in monthly downloads
A new analysis of download data for the Chinese shopping app Temu reveals it is quickly growing in popularity. The Temu app has been downloaded more than 735 million times...
Read more
Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant Rufus arrives in the UK
Amazon has launched its AI-powered shopping assistant in the UK after rolling out the feature in the US earlier this year. The new chatbot Rufus, which is initially being launched...
Read more
Amazon orders workers back to office five days a week
Amazon has scrapped its hybrid work policy, with staff forced to return to the office five days per week from January. Announcing the change in a memo to staff, the...
Read more
Amazon reaches milestone in speed of delivery
Amazon has delivered more than 5 billion products worldwide in a single day, and increased its same- or next-day delivery rate by 30% year-on-year, the company announced. Tens of millions...
Read more
Amazon to pilot one-hour delivery in the U.K.
Amazon is testing the viability of Prime Air one-hour drone delivery in a European nation. The e-tail giant is one of six organizations taking part in new trials conducted by...
Read more
Walmart owns the top 5 private label brands
Numerator’s updated Private Label Trends Tracker has found that nearly all U.S. households purchased private label products in grocery, health and beauty, household, and home and garden categories over the last 12 months,...
Read more
Amazon partners with TikTok and Pinterest for social selling
Amazon has partnered with TikTok and Pinterest to allow users to buy products directly through the social media apps. At the moment, this trial is limited to users in the...
Read more
Amazon in AI partnership to help brands measure ad performance
Amazon is collaborating with an artificial intelligence-enabled market insight platform to measure the sales impact of ads across multiple retailers. The e-tail giant and Stackline have rolled out a multi-retailer...
Read more
Amazon has joined the $2 trillion club
Amazon on Wednesday joined the small group of companies with a market value of more than $2 trillion. The e-commerce giant joins Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia and Alphabet, which owns Google,...
Read more
Amazon to launch online store in Ireland next year
Amazon has announced it will launch a new website in Ireland in 2025, in a bid to improve the retail experience for existing and new customers. The Irish website will...
Read more
Bezos Earth Fund Opens Sustainable Protein Centre In North Carolina
The Bezos Earth Fund is confident that its new Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at North Carolina State University will become a ‘biomanufacturing hub for dietary proteins that are environmentally...
Read more
Amazon AI initiative tackles defective products
Amazon is using artificial intelligence to scan items for defects before they are shipped. An Amazon AI model named “Project P.I.” (the P.I. stands for “private investigator”) uses a combination...
Read more
Retail trade 2023: rationalising consumers, technological development
In this article we try to paint a picture of what happened in retail trade last year. 2023 was a challenging year for the food sector in Europe and overseas....
Read more
Aldi introduces AI-powered checkout-free technology in the US
Germany’s Aldi and its partner Grabango have officially announced the launch of an Aldigo pilot programme, offering checkout-free technology in one of the discount chain’s Chicago stores. This article is...
Read more
Amazon To Invest €1.2bn in France, Create 3,000 Jobs
Amazon plans to invest more than €1.2 billion in its French operations and create more than 3,000 permanent jobs in the country. The French presidency had said on Sunday that...
Read more
Amazon Launches Low-Cost Grocery Delivery Subscription Plan In The US
E-commerce giant Amazon.com has launched a new grocery delivery subscription in the United States for members of its Prime programme and customers who are recipients of the government food assistance...
Read more
Aldi and Grabango announce AI-powered checkout-free tech
Similar to Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” tech, it was rolled out at a store in suburban Chicago German discount grocer Aldi, and its partner Grabango, have publicly announced the launch...
Read more
Temu floods the market with a new strategy
Temu, owned by China’s PDD Holdings, is expanding its marketplace to include sellers with US warehouses to compete with Amazon, reducing delivery times and expanding its product range. Temu, part...
Read more
Walmart leads annual ranking of top 50 global retailers
Két amerikai székhelyű kiskereskedelmi óriás áll az 50 legjobb globális kiskereskedő éves rangsorának élén, amely 2023 eleji működési teljesítményük alapján készült. Megőrizte első helyét a Walmart a National Retail Federation...
Read more
Artificial intelligence is the top trend of the year
According to research by Mintel, artificial intelligence (AI) – or more precisely, generative artificial intelligence – has been the subject of increasing hype in recent years. If brands wish to...
Read more
Clinique opens brand store on Amazon
Clinique, an Estee Lauder company, is continuing to expand its digital commerce touchpoints. The cosmetics brand is debuting on the U.S. Amazon Premium Beauty store and is the first of a select...
Read more
Colruyt trials smart shopping trolley
An unusual shopping trolley is popping up in the Colruyt supermarket near the retailer’s headquarters in Halle, Belgium this month. It can scan the products customers put in it, and...
Read more
Walmart buys Vizio for $2.3B as retail media race turns to streaming
Retail media networks are shifting focus to areas like connected TV and streaming to increase their ability to reach consumers. Walmart has agreed to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3...
Read more
Aldi debuts automated checkout tech at Chicago-area store
The retailer is working with artificial intelligence startup Grabango to offer the service for the first time in the U.S. at a location in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois....
Read more
Amazon shifts from European roads to trains and boats
Amazon is increasingly using rail and sea transportation in Europe, with a 50 percent growth in utilization this year. According to the company, rail and short sea routes are not...
Read more
Müller sells DTC business Milk & More to UK group Freshways
The dairy group made the decision to sell following a strategic review. Müller is set to sell its UK milk delivery business Milk & More to local dairy group Freshways...
Read more