Amazon has enough satellites in orbit to begin rolling out Amazon Leo, the company’s broadband service, Bloomberg reported Thursday (July 2). The company gained another 29 satellites, bringing the total deployment to more than 390, when a United Launch Alliance rocket delivered them into orbit, according to the report. The...
The shorthand of direct-to-consumer (D2C) might boil down to selling through a brand’s own website or brick-and-mortar location. But writ large, the model is about controlling the customer relationship. Consumer brands poured resources into owned channels, betting that higher margins, richer customer data and stronger...
Retailers found a way to get inflation-weary Americans to buy in June. The question is how much it cost them. Amazon’s four-day Prime Day pulled into late June and was quickly matched by Walmart, Target and other chains. Still, Amazon’s discount push appears to have...
Kroger is set to acquire Pennsylvania-based grocery chain Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion. The deal, announced Wednesday (July 1), expands Kroger’s footprint in the western part of Giant Eagle’s home state as well as in Indiana, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. “Giant Eagle is a well-run, high-quality regional grocer with...
Amazon has announced several multi-billion dollar cloud/artificial intelligence (AI)-focused public sector initiatives. The announcements, made Tuesday (June 30) at the 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in Washington, D.C, include specialized infrastructure for defense contractors, migration incentives for intelligence agencies, and a global engineering program...
A fuel discount of 10 cents per gallon is one of the most popular perks of the Walmart+ membership program, Retail Brew reported June 24. The fuel discount drives higher engagement and reinforces the value of the membership program, with members visiting stations more frequently...
Amazon has expanded the price history function of its agentic artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant. Alexa for Shopping now shows 30, 90, and 365 days of price history, “so customers can feel confident they’re getting a great deal,” Amazon wrote in a recent blog post....
Amazon is highlighting the fuel savings benefits of Prime membership with a limited-time promotion that offers 50 cents per gallon off one fuel purchase over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The promotion runs from Thursday to Sunday (July 2 to 5), the company said in a Tuesday (June 30) press release....
Walmart has launched a program that helps its associates become opticians in a Walmart Vision Center or a Sam’s Club Optical Center. The new Associate to Optician program offers associates who work outside its vision care centers the opportunity to earn a fully funded associate degree in optical science...