Technology - Amazon

Ahold Delhaize CEO Unfazed By Increased Online Retail Rivalry

Ahold Delhaize’s chief executive officer is putting on a brave face as the owner of US grocery-delivery service Peapod squares off against fast-...

Amazon Plans To Open Six More Cashierless Stores, Says Recode

Amazon plans to open as many as six more cashierless stores this year, according to a new report. The e-commerce giant is considering locations in Los A...

"Alexa, Please Don't Listen": Ad Misstep Hints At A New Marketing Angle

On 14 February, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) revealed a complaint it had received about an advert for Amazon's Echo Dot, which featured i...

Amazon Flexing Its Muscles Is Likely To Worry Meal-Kit Firms: Analysis

When Amazon announced last July that it had filed a trademark application for the delivery of 'prepared food kits', it became the latest online retailer to...

Amazon To Add 2,000 Jobs In France As Recovery Drives Demand

Amazon will create 2,000 permanent jobs this year with an eye to the strengthening French economy. Amazon, which already added 1,500 jobs in France last...

Amazon Eliminates Hundreds Of Seattle Jobs In Rare Cutback

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its headquarters in Seattle, paring back older departments focused on selling goods online while hiring in newer line...

Amazon Is Turning These Four Cities Into Grocery Battlegrounds

The Amazon-fueled grocery price war may have finally arrived. News that Amazon will start offering two-hour delivery from Whole Foods stores in four US...

Britain's Amazon Obsession Pushes Retailers To Breaking Point

The U.K. is leading the way into an online-shopping future, and that has the country’s traditional brick-and-mortar retailers fighting for their live...