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20 January 2020
It’s been almost two years since Amazon Go opened to the public in Seattle. We visited a recently opened store in New York to see how the format is evolving. Over the last two years, the network has grown to 24 stores across four cities, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. The retailer has opened in a mix of locations, with a range of different footprints, typically 1,000 to 1,500 sq...
07 January 2020
Amazon is partnering with Indian Retail Group, Future Retail, to expand the reach of Future Retail’s stores through Amazon’s marketplace. The deal will see Amazon become the official online sales channel for Future Retail. Authorised online sales channel Amazon India will become the authorised sales channel for Future Retail stores, enabling the latter to reach a wider customer base. Future...
03 January 2020
The competition and markets authority (CMA) is launching an in-depth investigation into Amazon’s purchase of a stake in food courier service Deliveroo. $575m funding round In May 2019, Amazon became the biggest investor in a $575m investment round in Deliveroo, with the exact amount Amazon spent unknown. Deliveroo said the new investment would contribute to expanding its London based engine...
02 January 2020
Amazon has announced it saw record-breaking sales this holiday season, with customers purchasing billions of products globally. The importance of Prime As well as record sales, more Amazon customers tried Prime this holiday season than in any previous year. More than 5 million new customers started Prime free trials or began paid memberships worldwide in one week alone. Across the holiday p...
02 January 2020
Amazon is set to increase the fees it charges merchants in the US from February 2020. Logistical investment In February this year, Amazon has announced it will raise the fees it charges its sellers. The online retailer said that in 2019, it invested more than $15bn in infrastructure, people, and programmes, including its Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service. 150 new tools and services were al...
18 December 2019
Based on the number of items purchased worldwide, Cyber Monday 2019 became the single biggest shopping day in Amazon’s history. Black Friday also became the best-ever Black Friday for Amazon. Record breaking sales Amazon customers purchased hundreds of millions of items in the period between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, achieving record breaking sales for the retailer. This year, the Blac...
16 December 2019
Morrisons is the last of the major UK retailers to launch its Christmas ad.  Iceland For Iceland's Christmas 2019 campaign 'The Magic of Frozen', the retailer has partnered with Disney's Frozen, ahead of the release of Frozen 2 at the end of November. The ad uses several characters from the Disney film, with each sharing their favourite part of Christmas. The retailer returns back to ...
16 December 2019
Amazon has secured the rights to stream Champions League games in Germany. Bringing Champions League football to customers Amazon has secured the rights to broadcast a range of Champions League matches and will show these on Tuesday evenings for the 2021-2022 season. The retailer has had the audio rights for the German Bundesliga since 2017, but this will be the first time it shows live gam...
26 November 2019
Amazon has launched a pop-up store on Chinese ecommerce platform Pinduoduo.  Selection of 1,000 products Pinduoduo is a group buying platform that allows shoppers to use their social network to make group purchases and benefit from discounts. Shoppers can invite their contacts to create a group to get a lower price for their purchases. Amazon has now opened a pop-up store on the platform th...
19 November 2019
Amazon has reduced the monthly membership fee for AmazonFresh in Germany. Prime members now also have the option to shop without an AmazonFresh membership and pay per delivery. Removing a significant barrier AmazonFresh, which was rolled out in Germany in 2017, offers a range of products to Prime Members in Berlin, Potsdam, Hamburg and Munich. The range includes fresh fruit and vegetables, ...