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Amazon Sees Pandemic Boosting Holiday Sales And Investment In Delivery

Amazon.com Inc has forecast a jump in holiday sales - and costs related to COVID-19 - as consumers continued to shop more online during the pandemic. A...

Amazon Launches Shopping Website In Sweden

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday opened up its Swedish website, offering customers more than 150 million products across 30 categories, marking its first entry...

Amazon Workers In Germany Strike On 'Prime Day'

A German trade union called on workers at seven Amazon warehouses to go on strike on Tuesday to coincide with the global 'Prime Day' promotion ev...

Amazon Moves Against India's Future Group Over Reliance Deal

India's Future Retail Ltd shares fell 9% on Thursday after Amazon.com Inc sent a legal notice to Future Group, alleging the retailer's $3.38 billion asset...

Amazon Launches Climate-Friendly Programme To Help Shop For Sustainable Products

Amazon.com Inc, the world's biggest online retailer, has announced the launch of a climate-friendly programme to help customers shop for sustainable produc...

Most Online Purchases 'Still Reliant On Physical Stores', Study Finds

The growth in e-commerce during the COVID-19 lockdown period owes a lot to the physical retail channel, which saw click-and-collect orders soar, a new stud...

Amazon UK Unit Pays $8m Corporation Tax As Sales Hit $17.5bn

Amazon.com Inc's main UK subsidiary, Amazon UK Services Ltd., paid just £6.3 million ($8 million) in corporation tax in 2019 despite the group report...

Amazon To Hire 100,000 More Workers In The US This Year

Amazon.com has said it is recruiting 100,000 more workers - the fourth hiring spree it has announced for the United States this year - to keep pace with e-...