Technology - Amazon

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...

Why Amazon Orders In Mexico Need Cash And The Corner Store

In Mexico, it turns out the key to online shopping is offline payments. In a nation where just about everyone prefers to pay cash, Amazon and ...

Amazon, Walmart Shift From Deal-Seekers To Procrastinators

Cyber Monday sales reached $6.59 billion, fuelled by deals on toys, video-game consoles and televisions, making it the biggest US online spending day...