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What Are People Buying Through Prime Now?
March 07, 2016

Years from now, plenty of pundits will claim that Amazon Prime Now was a surefire bet from the start. Why wouldn’t customers want to pay a little extra to get their purchases within one or two hours? That’s how fast the retail world moves, though...

Amazon Falls Back In Love With Encryption Support
March 07, 2016

Encryption has become one of the hottest debated subjects in the tech industry lately, and even Amazon has had its name thrown into the mix of stories. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Amazon’s ‘Prime’ Push Abroad
March 05, 2016

Amazon has one clear bread-and-butter service that, even during tough quarters, has given it a boost. That service, of course, is Amazon Prime. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Amazon Nixes Device Encryption Support
March 04, 2016

Encryption is most certainly having a moment, though not in the way its proponents might expect. While Apple is fighting a legal battle in support of it, another major retailer just sandbagged encryption in a major way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Echo Family Grows — By Getting Smaller
March 04, 2016

The way Amazon’s Echo is designed, one might think it can handle just about everything with nothing more than voice commands. On every front the regular Echo can’t hold its own, though, Amazon has its customers covered. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Expands College Package Pickup Footprint
March 03, 2016

Whether it’s by air, land or sea, there are few retail pundits who would claim that Amazon isn’t, at least, setting the pace for express delivery services. However, even Amazon knows that it can’t get every package to every doorstep it wants — but it...

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Is Amazon’s Free Shipping Hike The Canary In The Coal Mine?
February 29, 2016

There’s nothing to get customers thinking that the sky is falling quicker than by raising the minimum price for services that they’ve come to think of as fundamental to the average shopping experience. Thanks to Amazon, fast and accurate two- and one-day shipping has always...

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Amazon May Take Restaurant Delivery Across The Pond
February 29, 2016

Despite many customers’ perceptions that tech companies like to beta test their new products and services as initial releases, Amazon has been cautious with its restaurant delivery program. However, now that several U.S. cities have been taken under the Prime Now umbrella, is it time...

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Amazon’s $15 Million Movie Ticket
February 26, 2016

The revolution won’t be televised — it’ll be available for streaming with an Amazon Prime subscription. But to drive consumers there in the first place the eCommerce giant knows it has to attach itself to more serious star power, especially when it comes to Hollywood...