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07 November 2018
Amazon has expanded online grocery pickup from Whole Foods Market stores to 22 cities, following the launch of the service in August. Free one-hour pickup for Prime members This service builds on the Prime Now delivery service which is approaching full national roll-out. The pickup service is also only available to Prime members, who order via the Prime Now app. Customers can choose free pi...
07 November 2018
Amazon customers in Spain can deposit cash into their Amazon account, and therefore buy from amazon.es without using a debit or credit card. The service is called ‘Amazon recargas en tienda’, which translates to 'Amazon top ups in-store'. How the service works In order to top up their account with cash, customers essentially buy a digital gift voucher in-store, whose amount is added to thei...
02 November 2018
Amazon has expanded its 4-star physical store concept, as it opens at another location in Colorado. Second location for the concept Amazon’s second 4-star store has opened in Lone Tree, near Denver, Colorado this week. This follows the first store, which launched in New York earlier this year. Amazon 4-star is a physical store where everything for sale is rated 4 stars and above, is a to...
01 November 2018
Amazon's net sales increased by 29% to $56.6 billion and operating income rose to $3.7 billion for the third quarter. Amazon Business playing a key role Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, has outlined the crucial role Amazon Business has played in the third quarter. “Amazon Business has now reached a $10 billion annual sales run rate and is serving millions of private and public-sector org...
19 October 2018
As part of its increased investment in the UK, Amazon plans to create 1,000 new roles in research and development teams. New Manchester office Amazon is to create 600 jobs with a new office in Manchester city centre, which will be based in the Hanover Building in the city’s Northern Quarter and will open in 2019. At the new office, highly-skilled teams will work on projects including sof...
18 October 2018
Amazon is searching for space to build its fourth distribution centre in Mexico, according to reports from Reuters. The distribution centre, if opened, will help support the retailer’s growth in the country’s ecommerce market. Amazon targets Queretaro… Amazon hopes to build the distribution centre in Queretaro and has already considered several properties. The company needs 50 acres of land...
17 October 2018
Amazon has introduced a new range of grocery products in Australia, under the category Pantry Food & Drinks. Over 1,000 items available at launch The products include a range of food and beverages, including; health foods, specialty tea, snacks and confectionery, drinks, cereals and breakfast items, cooking ingredients, rice, pasta and grains. There is also a dedicated section for Australia...
16 October 2018
Casino-owned Monoprix made over 6,000 products available through Amazon’s Prime Now in September 2018. According to Casino, the partnership with Amazon has exceeded expectations and could be expanded soon. The service has exceeded forecasts… Monoprix made the Prime Now service available to a third of shoppers in Paris. The initial results have been “very, very satisfactory” with the...
08 October 2018
Amazon lockers installed in E.Leclerc hypermarkets E.Leclerc and Amazon have partnered and will install Amazon lockers across the grocery retailer’s hypermarket network in Spain. The lockers are already installed in many stores, and installations will be completed across the rest of the network soon. Last year in 2017, Amazon partnered with DIA to install lockers across selected stores in i...
04 October 2018
Amazon has opened a new physical store where everything for sale is rated 4 stars and above, is a top seller, or is new and trending on Amazon.com. The store is in Soho, New York. Amazon’s 4-star selection As well as offering products rated four stars and above, Amazon’s new store includes features such as Most-Wished-For, Trending Around NYC, Frequently Bought Together, and Amazon Exclusiv...