Technology - Amazon

Amazon Hikes Monthly Prime Membership Prices By 18%

Amazon is looking to squeeze more money out of monthly subscribers to its free two-day shipping service, which could persuade many of them to sign up for a...

Amazon Continues Move Into Grocery Market, Seeing Growth In 2017

Online retail giant Amazon is slowly gaining ground in the grocery market. In 2017, the company secured an 18% market share in online grocery sales in t...

Amazon Has A Plan To Become Profitable. It’s Called Advertising

For more than two decades, Jeff Bezos has famously sacrificed profit for growth, persuading Wall Street that Amazon was best served pouring money into...

Coming To A High Street Near You – Unmanned Grocery Stores: Analysis

On 30 December, online retailer JD.com unveiled its first unmanned convenience store, in Yantai, Shandong Province, which enables consumers to walk in, pic...

Google Narrows Search Gap With Amazon, Retailers Left In Dust

Amazon remains the top online destination for US shoppers seeking products, but Google and other search engines narrowed the gap over the past year. Abo...

Whole Foods Deal Provides Boost To Delivery Startups

When Amazon acquired Whole Foods as part of its attack on the supermarket industry, it looked like a crushing blow for grocery-delivery startups like Shipt...

Is 2018 Set To Be The Year Voice Activation Takes Over Retail? Probably: Opinion

The announcements over the past few days that France’s Monoprix and Coop Sweden have both introduced voice ordering solutions indicates that 2018 cou...

Amazon Seeks To Conquer New Continent With Australian Debut

Amazon is now up and running in Australia, offering millions of products and one-day delivery in some areas, seeking to seize a share of the nation’s...