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Az Amazon a világ legértékesebb márkája
A tavalyi harmadik helyről az élre ugrott az Amazon a világ legértékesebb márkáinak a listáján. A Kantar Millward Brown médiapiaci kutatóvállalat “Brandz Top 100” felmérése szerint az Amazon értéke 302,1...
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Magazine: Festival presence
The Coachella music and arts festival in California marks the unofficial start of the festival season. Retail trade sees great opportunities in festival presence and some retailers prepare for these...
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Amazon teams up with Japanese supermarket chain to sell fresh produce online
Amazon Japan has partnered with the Eastern nation’s major supermarket chain Life Corporation to sell fresh produce online. Life is the first food supermarket in the country to participate as...
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Amazon challenges FedEx and UPS
Amazon is reportedly providing direct-to-consumer shipping services in key markets of the USA. According to a report from TJI Research, a new service known as ‘Amazon Shipping’ is bypassing Amazon fulfilment centres. The...
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Amazon likely to open grocery stores all over the USA
Amazon plans to open grocery stores in shopping centres across the United States, as it looks to expand in the food business – the Wall Street Journal reported. The first...
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Amazon launches livestream product presentation platform
Amazon has launched an online platform, Amazon Live, which allows sellers to livestream videos showcasing their products. By using the Amazon Live Creator app, Amazon enables brands to livestream directly...
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Investigation against Amazon in Austria
Austria’s competition authority has begun investigating whether Amazon is exploiting its market dominance in relation to other retailers that use its website as a marketplace. There is a suspicion that...
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Private label milk and dairy products from Amazon
Amazon.com Inc. has launched its own milk and dairy product range, called Happy Belly, in North America, Europe and Asia. They are re currently available only via AmazonFresh and the...
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Amazon’s revenue and profit increased significantly in the last quarter of 2018
Compared to a year before, Amazon’s sales and profits rose significantly in the last quarter of 2018, according to the company’s flash report released on Thursday. Amazon’s net sales rose...
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Amazon delivers with robots
In Snohomish (Washington) Amazon has started using robots to deliver products to customers’ homes. Six Scout robots do the job every day, from Monday to Friday. Shoppers can ask for...
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Amazon for Teens
E-commerce giant Amazon has launched services that are directly available to 13-17 year old consumers. The teenagers can browse, read recommendations and place orders on the platform, but their purchases...
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Amazon sends free samples
As part of Amazon Sampling, the online retailer sends free samples of new and established brands’ products to shoppers. It is Amazon that selects the customers who receive the free...
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Magazine: Germany: Will wholesale be Amazon’s next victim?
In Germany Amazon is intensifying its efforts in the B2B channel by courting wholesalers for cooperations. The wholesale sector is experiencing consolidation and Amazon’s move can speed this up; offering...
Read moreCommitment to remove dangerous products faster
Four major online marketplaces, Alibaba, Amazon, Ebay and Rakuten-France signed an agreement on Monday to remove the dangerous products – the European Commission announced. According to the information, the giant...
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Amazon lockers installed in E.Leclerc hypermarkets
E.Leclerc and Amazon have partnered and will install Amazon lockers (parcel vending machines) across the grocery retailer’s hypermarket network in Spain. The lockers are already installed in many stores, and...
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New York and Arlington will be the new centers of the Amazon Web Store
New York and Arlington will be the new centers of the Amazon Web Store, and the two cities will provide enormous financial support to the big corporation. Amazon announced on...
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Amazon’s sales were lower than the expectations of analysts
Amazon’s exchange rate dropped by 9 percent in post-closing electronic trading as a result of a mixed corporate report. Although the technology giant’s 5.75 USD per share far exceeded 3.14...
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Amazon might be interested in Metro Real
Metro AG plans to sell its struggling hypermarket chain, Real, which consists of 282 stores and employs 34,000 people. Analysts say Metro can get EUR 1 billion if the deal...
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Magazine: One reality isn’t enough
For traditional channels of retail adaptation can ensure that they keep their position in the new digital world. Every year the Euromoney Institutional Investor Thought Leadership (EY) prepares the EY...
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Can an e-commerce association be the solution in competing with giants such as Amazon?
One of the reasons why Central Europe is a popular cross-border e-commerce target is that giants such as Amazon or Alibaba aren’t expanding in the region yet. This situation is...
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Flipkart buys artificial intelligence startup
Flipkart – the biggest online retailer in India – has acquired an artificial intelligence startup, called Liv.ai. Liv.ai developed software that transforms speech into text, in 10 different languages spoken...
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Hypermodern Amazon store in Korea
Amazon has signed a cooperation agreement with the retail chain Hyundai Department Store, within the framework of which by 2020 they are going to build a store using futuristic technological...
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Thousands of cashless businesses can be opened by Amazon
Three thousands of automated retail stores can be opened in the coming years by Amazon, Bloomberg wrote. Thousands of cashless stores in prominent locations could pose a threat to a...
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Amazon would buy Real
German Metro chain would sell its retail units – Világgazdaság Online wrote. In the 282 units of the Real Business Network, 34,000 people are working. It is estimated that the...
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The value of Amazon is over a thousand billion USD
Amazon has surpassed the one thousand billion USD market capitalization threshold. The online retailer, after Apple has become the second US company that worth at least 1000 billion USD –...
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Amazon achieved largest quarterly profits
Amazon has reported results surpassing the expectations on its second quarter performance – marketplace.com wrote. The company generated nearly 53 billion USD in turnover in the previous quarter, which was...
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Varga Mihály negotiated with the vice-presidents of Amazon
Varga Mihály negotiated with the vice-presidents of the company in the Amazon center, and visited the Boeing Group as well – the Ministry of Finance (PM) told MTI. According to...
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Amazon launched online drug sales
It’s only a matter of time when Amazon’s online pharmacy service comes to Europe – piazzaprofit.hu quotes the German Pharmacy Association. After Amazon bought the big American PillPack online pharmacy,...
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Amazon makes a beauty move in Brazil
Amazon has started talks with Brazilian beauty industry giants Grupo Boticario and Natura Cosmeticos SA – the company would like to sell their products on its platform. Sales in the...
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Amazon also delivers inside the customer’s car
Amazon Prime users can now also ask for in-car delivery, via the Amazon Key service. At the moment this service is available in 37 US cities. Amazon’s delivery people get...
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