Amazon news and analysis – Page 21
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NewsWhole Foods cuts prices by up to half on fresh food lines
Amazon-owned retailer has cut prices at all 467 US and seven UK branches
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News'Big UK grocer' to open Amazon Go-style store this year
Portuguese tech startup Sensei is working with an unnamed “very big” UK grocer on an Amazon Go-style store
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Analysis & FeaturesOcado Zooms ahead in rapid delivery service comparison
How the services compare on a shop-for-tonight 12-item mission
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Analysis & FeaturesHow disruptive are Amazon's own-label brands really?
A new US report suggests the majority of Amazon’s private-label brands fail to make an impact with shoppers. But does this hold true for UK grocery?
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NewsAmazon's plans to grow Fresh grocery delivery service confirmed by job ad
The plans, revealed in a job ad, are the latest evidence of Amazon’s nationwide ambitions for its same-day fresh grocery service
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Comment & OpinionAmazon is building trust with its fight against fakes for a reason
Offering more concessions to brands also helps build trust in Amazon as a partner, both in e-retail and, increasingly, advertising, says Eric Fulwiler, executive director London at VaynerMedia
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NewsAmazon hires Home Bargains' store recruitment coordinator
Ryan Taylor was previously recruitment coordinator for Home Bargains, where he was responsible for ‘supporting new store openings through ‘bulk’ hiring
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NewsAmazon hires senior Tesco figure as UK grocery focus intensifies
John Farrell spent 11 years at Tesco, in roles including group transformation director and MD of new business development
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Comment & OpinionCan AmazonFresh really crack the online grocery market in the UK?
In a grocery environment where rapid delivery is becoming the norm, Amazon’s speed and agility is hardly a USP
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NewsAmazon discontinues sale of Dash ordering buttons
Amazon is to continue taking orders placed using the buttons while withdrawing the devices themselves from sale globally…
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Comment & OpinionAmazon is Go - but will the concept really work in the UK?
It’s been difficult to take these reports entirely seriously
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Analysis & FeaturesHow will Amazon Go shake up grocery shopping in the UK?
Is it time for UK supermarkets to reassess the tech giant’s threat?
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NewsAmazon secures central London retail space for Amazon Go
The sites will be devoted to the UK’s first Amazon Go stores, where customers are automatically charged for their shopping
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NewsAmazon reports huge increase in net sales for 2018
Fourth-quarter operating income was $3.8bn compared with $2.1bn the year before
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NewsAmazon expands health & beauty presence with own-label make-up and vitamins
The online retailer has added 17 colour cosmetics SKUs to its Find own-brand, which it already uses for clothing
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat expensive ketchup can tell us about Amazon's grocery strategy
We asked Ray Gaul of Kantar Consulting to explain Amazon’s own-label pricing strategy on ketchup - and what it tells us about its wider grocery ambitions
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NewsAmazon launches autonomous robot deliveries with US trial
Six of the ‘small cooler’ sized robots began making deliveries yesterday in an area of Snohomish County, Washington
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Analysis & FeaturesHas Amazon disrupted advertising too?
How the digital retailer is standing out in an advertising landscape that still relies on TV
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NewsAmazon calls end to Restaurants takeaway delivery service
Amazon Restaurants first launched in Seattle in 2015 before coming to London in 2016
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NewsHow Amazon’s move into premium whisky could threaten booze retailers this Christmas
It’s the first time big names in posh whisky have been bottled exclusively for Amazon. So what challenges does this create for online competitors?