Amazon says its same-day perishable grocery delivery service has reached 2,300-plus communities. Now, Amazon is planning additional growth in 2026 as it finds itself on track to deliver at its fastest speeds ever for Prime members worldwide for the third consecutive year, the tech giant announced Wednesday (Dec....
Amazon plans to invest $35 billion in India through 2030 to support business expansion, artificial intelligence (AI) digitization, export growth and job creation. This will build on the $40 billion the company has already invested in India in terms of compensation to employees and development...
Amazon is rolling out new shopping features for its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Alexa+. As reported Tuesday (Dec. 9) by TechCrunch, these features include a shopping hub, a feature that lets users add items to recent orders and personalized recommendations. The report notes that while Amazon has been...
Retail’s triple crown of Walmart, Amazon and Target saw major shifts in who shopped this year’s Black Friday sales—and not all the changes were identical. New PYMNTS Intelligence data shows that as millions of Americans became more cost-constrained this summer and fall, they overwhelmingly favored...
Pinterest and Walmart plan to pilot a shoppable recipe experience in the United States and will roll it out over the coming weeks. This collaboration enables Pinterest users to discover recipes on the visual search and discovery platform, tap on ingredients from eligible recipe Pins...
On the holiday gift list, your pet is the only recipient who will neither say “thank you” nor fake delight while quietly calculating the resale value of your choices. Dogs will wag for a box of tissues. Cats will treat a $900 smart gadget with...
Target is reportedly testing new ways to provide next-day delivery. The new models the retailer is testing include shifting fulfillment from busy stores to ones that are less busy, opening a new facility focused on overnight deliveries, and having gig workers handle some deliveries, the...
The defining retail battle of the 21st century has been around who controls the flow between click and doorstep. This has made the real competition less about shelves and inventory, and more about operational networks and their nodes. Networks that retail giants like Amazon and...
Amazon is reportedly evaluating its delivery network after talks with the U.S. Postal Service stalled. If Amazon expands its network, the move would make Amazon the country’s most ubiquitous delivery service and present a blow to the Postal Service’s financial health, The Washington Post reported Thursday (Dec....