Amazon news and analysis – Page 28
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NewsAmazon grocery sales soar 30% thanks to drinks and snacks
Sales reached £25m in the first quarter of 2017, up £5.8m year on year
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Comment & OpinionAmazon's algorithms are in control of UK grocery's margins
It’s not the discounters that are the biggest threat to traditional grocers. It’s Amazon
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NewsAmazon calls on brands to sell directly to shoppers
The online giant will reportedly tell big manufacturers in a May meeting that the future lies outside supermarkets
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NewsAmazon rolls out drive-through grocery stores in Seattle
The stores will eventually open exclusively to Prime members
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Analysis & FeaturesThe need for speed: what next for supermarket deliveries?
With super fast delivery now ‘the currency’ of the retail market, how will retailers develop their offers?
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NewsMondelez brands unlikely to get Amazon Dash buttons in UK
SupplIer said there was current insuffient UK consumer interest in the model
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News'Two-hour deliveries will be normal' says Amazon Prime now VP
Stephenie Landry said she places more value in customer love than delivery costs
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NewsAmazon winning urban millennial and hipster pound
Amazon grocery shoppers choose high-end, niche brands such as Lindt and Ciroc over category favourites
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NewsAmazon reported to be planning drive-thru supermarket in Seattle
The model would enable customers to pick up online orders in a designated 15-minute to two-hour window
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NewsAmazon reveals plans to add 5,000 UK jobs in 2017
The recruitment drive will take its UK workforce to 24,000 – up from 15,500 at end of last year
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Comment & OpinionAmazon is quick to experiment but its expansion into UK grocery will be slow
Since it started pursuing the UK grocery market in 2015, Amazon’s every move has provoked prophecies of doom
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NewsAmazon extends Fresh delivery service to Surrey and Hampshire
Amazon has more than tripled the geographical coverage of the UK service since its launch in 69 central London postcodes
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NewsPickavance urges government to crack down on online giants
Government action could avert “millions of job losses in a soulless virtual world” warned a report by the Fabian Society’s retail taskforce
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Comment & OpinionKeep up with Amazon; Sugar regulation dystopia
With the launch of Dash a few years ago, and now its API and integration on Amazon in a digital format
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Comment & OpinionAmazon will place its own labels at centre of strategy
Sir, Amazon Go represents another example of it removing friction from the shopping process and continuously innovating
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NewsAmazon to provide Magic Breakfast charity with 700,000 meals
Magic Breakfast provides food such as bagels, cereals, juice and porridge to 467 schools in disadvantaged areas
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Comment & OpinionSelf-service is great but you have to get the balance right
It’s well known that self-service checkouts increase shrinkage. They can also make a store soulless
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NewsAmazon Go checkout-free stores poised for UK launch
The online giant recently trademarked ‘Amazon Go’ in the UK
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Comment & OpinionAmazon Go is exciting but also full of challenges
What happens if the IT system goes down and no one can pay, asks Neville Payne of Checkpoint Systems
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NewsAmazon Fresh offering discounts on independent suppliers' foods
Discounts of between 20% and 50% are being offered on a total of 374 items, including premium cheese, meat and fish