Amazon Prime

Teens Can Shop On Amazon Using A Parent-Controlled Login

Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday (Oct. 10) it has launched an easy way for teens aged 13 to 17 to shop on the...

India, Japan Can Soon Command Alexa To Work For Them

Amazon announced Wednesday (Oct. 4) that its Echo speaker, powered by voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, is now available in India and will...

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Amazon Kicks Off Restaurant Delivery With Olo Partnership

Would you like a side of fries and instant gratification with that? Amazon’s got you covered. Friday morning, Sept. 22, Amazon and...

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Amazon Pushes Retailers To Same-Day Delivery

In data that will likely surprise anyone who has avidly watched retail over the last few years, the market is trending strongly...

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How Alcohol Delivery Suddenly Stopped Being Amazon-Proof

Until Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, the logistics of alcohol delivery were mostly outside the grasp of what Amazon could efficiently cover. Intoxicating...

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Amazon Should Get Millions Of New Prime Members Thanks To Whole Foods

Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market isn’t just a means to create a footprint in the physical retail world. It should also...

Missed Amazon Delivery Frustrate Floridians’ Irma Preparations

Retailers statewide have been disappointing Floridians in the run up and cool down from Hurricane Irma. More than 50 Floridians told The...

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Amazon’s Souq ‘All In’ On Instant Delivery With Wing.ae Purchase

Dubai-based eCommerce marketplace Souq.com, which was acquired by retail giant Amazon this year, recently announced that it has acquired the Middle East...

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Changing Physical Retail’s STORY

Though the level of alarm one feels about the current state of physical retail in the United States can vary some, from...

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Fraud Attack

Cybercriminals Use Prime Day As Phishing Bait

Cybercriminals have created a new, realistic-looking phishing campaign targeting Amazon Prime customers, which not only gains access to a customer’s account, but could...

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Amazon Tracker: Where The Customers Are

Amazon is meeting its customers where they are. In the U.K., the eCommerce giant is letting shoppers load up their accounts using...

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Delivery

Deliv Brings Same-Day Delivery To 1,400 Cities

As consumers grow increasingly accustomed to getting what they want, when they want it, eCommerce and brick-and-mortar companies are both stepping up...

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Pet Category Sales Soar At Amazon

Americans love their pets — and really love spending money on their furry companions. If there was any doubt about that, the latest...

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Amazon’s Whole Foods Whole Pay Play

Fanny Fern was the highest paid journalist in the country in 1855 because of her “witty and irreverent” tell-it-like-it-is style. Fern — a...

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The Amazon Whole Foods Deal Is Done — Now What?

Just a few short months from the merger announcement, and as of this week, the deal is done: Amazon officially owns Whole...

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Amazon Prime Comes To Whole Foods POS

eCommerce giant Amazon has announced its multi billion dollar acquisition of brick-and-mortar retail grocer Whole Foods Market will close next week. In...

Amazon Tracker: Is This The Year Prime Takes Over America?

By the end of the year, Amazon Prime will be in more than 50 percent of American homes, predicts Cowen and Co....

Sizzle/Fizzle

Credit Cards Sizzle, Debt Fizzles And Alibaba Crushes Earnings

It’s Friday, which can only mean one thing — time to see what Sizzled and what Fizzled this week. Sizzle: Retail Sales: Research...

Amazon Rolls Out Instant Pickup In Five Markets; More To Come

Amazon, the eCommerce giant, announced Tuesday (Aug. 15) the launch of Instant Pickup, a free service for Prime and Prime Student members in...

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Amazon Prime Day Boosts Overall Retail Sales

It’s no secret that Amazon is giving most retailers a run for their money. Over the past few years, the eCommerce giant...

Amazon Investments

Live Nation Share Gains Pared On Amazon Ticket Plans

What’s a good way to deflate some heady stock gains? Have Amazon come gunning to eat your lunch. Seeking Alpha reported that...

Amazon/Whole Foods Merger Still Shrouded In Mystery

Though Amazon is still playing mum about its plans for Whole Foods (should the deal be approved by U.S. regulators), its quarterly...

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Loyalty Begets Loyalty, But Only If QSRs Give Customers The Rewards They Want

Loyalty is a two-way street — both in life and in rewards programs. Every quick-service restaurant (QSR) seems to offer its own loyalty...

Mobile Commerce

Amazon Interjects Social Through Amazon Spark

Amazon recently announced the launch of Amazon Spark, a service designed to improve customers’ ability to find new products. According to a...

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Say Hello To The New Retail Intermediary

“There is also no question that doing business with [XXX] can give a supplier a fast, heady jolt of sales and market...

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Data Dive

Data Dive: The Things Edition – Stripe, Starbucks And The Comptroller’s Concerns

Innovation never sleeps and, from the current shape of things, it is also safe to assume that it isn’t much for taking...

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Today in Data: Amazon Prime Day By The Numbers

It’s no secret that Amazon’s Prime Day has become a highly sought-after shopping day for consumers over the last few years. Since...

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Amazon Delivery

Amazon Air Cargo Planes Ready For Prime Day For First Time In The U.S.

As Amazon Prime Day launches for the third year in a row, the online retailer has its Amazon Air Cargo planes fueled...

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Today in Data: Amazon’s Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day is here, and that means there are a lot of new developments coming from the eCommerce giant. As it...

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Carter’s Offers Private Label Products For Amazon On Prime Day

If it’s possible to raise any higher, Amazon has just been elevated to the next level in the retail world. For today’s...

Echo, Echo Dot Deep Discounts Part Of Amazon Prime Day

Amazon’s Prime Day 2017, which promises deep discounts every five minutes for 30 hours, will include big savings on its Echo and...

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Today In Data: eCommerce Strikes Again

The tug-of-war between Amazon and Walmart wages on in eCommerce news this week. As rumors start to spread of Amazon’s alleged blocking...

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Amazon Commerce

Eighty-Five Million Americans Use Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime has long been a coveted service by many consumers in the U.S. A new report out of Consumer Intelligence Research...

Amazon's move to kill its bike deliveries for its "Prime Now" service in Seattle, WA has left its bicycle messengers disheartened.

Amazon Commerce

Amazon Prime Now Deals Added To Prime Day

In case Amazon Prime Day 2017 savings weren’t enough, there’s even more good news: The eCommerce giant is now offering two-hour Prime...

Jeff Bezos Boosts Amazon India Investment

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Today in Data: The Amazon 411

While the eCommerce frontrunner is taking further steps into solidifying its position, Amazon is getting a run for its money. In this...

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Amazon Trails Japanese Competitor Rakuten

Amazon isn’t giving up on Japan, despite trailing homegrown Japanese competitor Rakuten basically since it launched. The American eCommerce giant launched its...

Christmas In July Starts Early For Amazon Prime Members

On the first day of Prime Week, Alexa gave to me 100 exclusive deals on Amazon’s Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, Tap,...

Amazon Steps Further Into Middle Eastern Market

Amazon has officially completed its acquisition of Middle Eastern-based eCommerce firm Souq.com through a $580 million cash deal. Amazon announced its intention...

Amazon’s Prime Day Is Coming July 11

Amazon.com announced Thursday (June 29) that its third-annual Prime Day, in which it rolls out hundreds of thousands of deals only for...

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Prime Day, Amazon’s Answer To Black Friday, Will Last A Whole Week This Year

It’s not Christmas in July without Black Friday. And it’s not Black Friday if the deals don’t span an entire week. It’s...

ResTech

Swedish Company Wheelys Is Rolling Out Moby Mobile Grocery Mart

Wheelys might beat Amazon to the punch with its fully-automated grocery store Moby. The Swedish company is currently testing its prototype in...

Amazon Innovations

Amazon’s Latest Retail Punch: ‘Try (On) Before You Buy’

And the hits just keep on coming. Some companies might have decided to coast on the buzz generated by a $13.7 billion...

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Amazon ‘Prime Now’ Delivers To Denver In Two Hours Or Less

One-day shipping? Ain’t nobody got time for that. Amazon Prime is now introducing one- and two-hour delivery of Amazon goods, as well...

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Amazon Payments

Amazon Prime Reload Launches, Gives Members Rewards For Using Debit Card

All Amazon Prime members in the U.S. can now receive rewards when they shop on Amazon.com using an Amazon payment method, as...

Walmart Takes On AmazonFresh With Grocery Pickup Kiosk

Hopefully AmazonFresh enjoyed its two weeks as the only drive-up grocery pickup kiosk in town, because Walmart has been testing one of...

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Amazon Australia In The Works As Amazon Looks For A Warehouse

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is “actively looking” for a warehouse to start operations in Australia. According to Bloomberg, one analyst believes...

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Amazon Fire TV Shopping App Is Now Available

Amazon has officially launched an app that enables users to use their remote to browse products on its Fire TV. According to...

Dollar Stores Are The New Grocery Stores

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Mobile Applications

An App A Day Keeps Grocery Shoppers Coming Their Way

Serving society’s appetite for socially conscious company behavior, Longo’s grocer in Toronto has introduced Flashfood, a mobile app that enables its shoppers...

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