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Amazon to Launch Search, Viewing Updates for Prime Video
July 18, 2022

Amazon is preparing to launch several updates for its Prime Video app on connected living room devices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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Amazon Fresh UK Price Matches Tesco
July 18, 2022

Amazon’s U.K. grocery business will match prices on hundreds of everyday items to those offered by rival Tesco, the country’s largest supermarket chain. 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 Plans to Add Over 4,000 UK Jobs Despite Global Slowdown
July 15, 2022

Amazon will be one of the 10 largest private sector employers in the U.K. when it adds more than 4,000 new permanent roles across the region by the end of this year, putting its total headcount in the area at about 75,000, according to a...

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Amazon Could Kill Private Label Unit Accounting for 1% of Sales
July 15, 2022

Amazon could be getting out of the private label business, which only account for about 1% of its retail sales, and has been reducing the number of products it sells under its own labels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Amazon Delivers Biggest Prime Day Event Ever
July 14, 2022

Proclaiming “this year’s event the biggest Prime Day event in Amazon’s history,” Amazon said the first of this year’s two Prime Day events saw over 300 million items sold worldwide, and Prime members saved more than $1.7 billion in the two-day sales frenzy. Get the...

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Amazon Pitches Deal to Remedy EU Antitrust Charges While Watchdog Seeks Feedback
July 14, 2022

Hoping to settle two European Union (EU) antitrust probes, Amazon offered concessions on Thursday (July 14), including fair treatment to third-party sellers and banning the use of nonpublic data to compete with the merchants on its eCommerce site. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Amazon Dash Cart Lets Grocery Shoppers Skip Checkout
July 12, 2022

Amazon smart carts have new upgrades that include doubling the carts’ capacity and allowing for parking lot unloading, with expansion coming soon to the Whole Foods Market store in Westford, Massachusetts, followed by additional Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh stores across the U.S. Get the...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Live Commerce; Grocery Smackdown; Digitizing Agriculture; Payments as a Strategy; ICYMI
July 07, 2022

Today is Thursday, July 7 and the weekly jobless claims report and data on international trade come out this morning. Following scandal and criticism, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to resign today but will likely stay on in a transitional role until October....

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Amazon Lures Influencers to Fire Up Livestream Shopping in US
July 07, 2022

Livestream shopping has taken off in China but has failed to launch in the U.S. market, something Amazon is looking to change by attracting the right influencers to promote goods on its platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...