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Casino To Step Up Promotions As Cost-Of-Living Crisis Weighs On French Sales
French retailer Casino vowed on Tuesday to spend more on promotions this quarter to help cash-strapped shoppers after sales at its Géant hypermarkets in France fell sharply in the fourth...
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(HU) Nincs még meg az Amazonnak a szupermarketek sikerreceptje
Amazon.com Inc, the online retailer long feared to disrupt the grocery sector, believes it has fallen short. The company has paused expansion of its Fresh supermarkets and cashier-less convenience stores...
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Amazon Launches Air Cargo Service In India As Online Sales Soar
Amazon.com Inc has launched a dedicated air cargo service in India, Amazon Air, as it looks to expand and speed-up deliveries across one of its key markets amid fast-growing e-commerce...
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Amazon to shutter three UK warehouses
Amazon is to shutter three UK warehouses and replace them with two new distribution centres. Sites in Hemel Hempstead, Doncaster and Gourock are slated for closure, and staff there will...
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Amazon started layoffs
Amazon began laying off corporate employees last week, becoming the latest of the tech giants (Twitter, Salesforce, Meta) to slash its workforce by thousands. The cuts are expected to affect...
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Amazon to match Tesco’s prices
In a new scheme from Amazon Fresh, which delivers groceries to Amazon Prime members, the service will match its prices to Tesco Clubcard deals on everyday items. As the economic...
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Amazon dominates the world’s book market
The rise of Amazon has put traditional bookstores in ever greater trouble in recent years. And based on the latest data, it seems that the leading role of the American...
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Amazon opens next-gen store data to brands
Amazon is introducing Store Analytics, a new service offering brands data-driven insights about the performance of their products, promotions, and ad campaigns in Amazon Go high-tech convenience stores and Amazon...
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Amazon U.S. drones taking off this year
Amazon is launching drone delivery in California, marking the retailer’s first drone debut in the U.S. The news comes on the heels of competitors Walmart and Google/Alphabet Inc. already testing...
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Walmart Expands Drone Delivery Network In Partnership With DroneUp
US retailer Walmart plans to expand its DroneUp delivery network to 34 sites by the end of the year, with the potential to reach four million US households across six...
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Affordable brand from Amazon focuses on sustainability
Amazon has launched a new sustainably made collection which includes fashion, home, beauty and household products. Amazon’s new brand is available in the USA, Canada and Europe through the retailer’s website....
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Amazon debuts medical care program via Alexa
In a move to deepen its footprint within the health care industry Amazon has launched a Alexa-based physician service. The mega omnichannel retailer is partnering with telemedicine provider Teladoc Health...
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Amazon becomes the biggest advertiser in history after spending $16.9bn last year
Amazon has revealed it spent $16.9 billion (£12.5 billion) on advertising last year, likely making it the largest advertiser in history. The ecommerce behemoth said “advertising and other promotional costs to...
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Amazon UK sales revealed: Brits spent £23.6bn at online giant in 2021
Amazon has filed sales figures for its UK business, which show that revenue jumped 20% last year – and a startling 82% on pre-pandemic levels – as lockdown and heightened...
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Amazon unveils ‘curbside recyclable’ grocery delivery packaging
While much of the attention on sustainable food packaging focuses on the point of purchase, Amazon has unveiled a solution for the point of delivery. Perishables deliveries from Amazon Fresh...
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Amazon invests in 3D packaging specialist CMC to boost Frustration-Free Packaging
Italian 3D packaging automation specialist CMC Machinery has landed a minority investment from Amazon through the online retail giant’s Climate Pledge Fund. CMC’s technology will help propel the “Frustration-Free Packaging”...
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Amazon And Others Commit To Using Zero-Carbon Shipping Fuels By 2040
Amazon.com Inc and IKEA are among commercial users of container shipping that will opt for zero-carbon marine fuels by 2040 in a new initiative aimed at speeding up decarbonisation in...
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FedEx competing with Amazon in autonomous cargo delivery
FedEx will test self-driving vehicles for linehaul trucking operations. The parcel delivery giant is kicking off a collaboration with autonomous technology developer Aurora and medium-and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer PACCAR to test...
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Britain’s Co-op Announces Partnership With Amazon
UK’s Co-op has announced plans to accelerate its e-commerce strategy through a new partnership with Amazon and step-up robot deliveries in cooperation with Starship Technologies. The new elements are part of...
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A bear stole an Amazon shipment
It is a common crime in the United States to steal delivered packages from residents ’homes, Origo wrote. Usually people are the perpetrators, but this time it seems a hairy...
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Amazon plans to open physical stores
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon plans to open several large physical retail stores in the U.S. – origo wrote. The company aims to increase sales of its clothing...
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Amazon is the most valuable brand in the world
Amazon remains the world’s most valuable brand. The company stands on the frst place for the third year in a row. According to the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global...
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Amazon to introduce biometric payment in Whole Foods stores
Amazon.com Inc is introducing a biometric payment service in its Whole Foods stores in the Seattle area: shoppers can pay by scanning their palms. The system is called Amazon One...
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Retailers in 2021: Online presence in offline stores
In 2021 most shoppers still visit physical stores because they want to ‘experience’ the product. They want to see it, hold it in their hands and try it before spending...
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Amazon had sales income of €44bn in Europe in 2020 but paid no corporation tax
Despite lockdown surge the firm’s Luxembourg unit made a €1.2bn loss and therefore paid zero corporation tax. Fresh questions have been raised over Amazon’s tax planning after its latest corporate...
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Amazon launches retail beauty salon
Amazon is now a beauty salon operator having launched the Amazon Salon in London. The business strategy, according to an Amazon blog post, is to offer consumers the best technology...
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Amazon opens second Just Walk Out store in London
Amazon has opened its second Just Walk Out store in London. The approximately 232m² shop is waiting for customers between 7.00 and 23.00 on every day of the week. The...
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Amazon’s new Polish website launched
In early March online retailer Amazon’s new Polish website went live. This event marks a significant intensification of competition in Poland’s booming e-commerce sector. Amazon launched the site to better...
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DS Smith profits from online shopping boom
DS Smith has reported that that the boost from the Christmas season to its packaging business continued into 2021, with more people shopping online. There were also signs of recovery in demand...
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(HU) Lehull a lepel az Amazon titkos fegyveréről: magyar webshopok is átvehetik az e-kereskedelmi óriás módszerét!
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