Amazon news and analysis – Page 28
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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
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NewsAmazon launches Prime Now express delivery for local shops
Amazon Prime now includes over 22,000 products available on the service Amazon has ramped up its Prime Now express delivery service in London to include another 7,000 items from local shops. Customers can now order health and beauty products from the Queen’s pharmacy John Bell & Croyden ...
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NewsFifa 16 launch change leads to gaming fall at Tesco and Asda
HMV overtook Amazon in the 12 weeks to 27 September, to become the UK’s largest physical music retailer
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NewsSainsbury's most vulnerable to Amazon Fresh launch
CACI said Ocado could also suffer a blow to sales due to its popularity with the ‘city sophisticates’ demographic
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Comment & OpinionAmazon's Fresh idea, Work together on waste
Pension scheme deficits remain a sensitive topic in the sector
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Comment & OpinionAmazon’s c-store may be a novelty, but it shows its obsession with grocery
Jaws hit the floor this morning when the Wall Street Journal claimed Amazon is planning to open real-life grocery stores
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NewsAmazon to open 14th fulfilment centre in Daventry in 2017
Opening will push Amazon’s UK workforce over the 18.000 mark
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Comment & OpinionDairy industry's real potential flagged up by The Dairymen
Sir, It was to good to see The Dairymen set out an optimistic agenda for the industry with insightful commentary