Archive of all Amazon articles – Page 24
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News
'Quick and easy' pork testing kit goes on sale
Haltest is a test similar to the technology used in pregnancy tests
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Amazon extends Dash buttons feature to 20 more brands
The extension comes 10 months after Amazon first launched the Dash devices in the UK
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Comment & Opinion
The future has changed: bricks & mortar has a role in the online world
Gone are the days when we believed internet shopping would turn our high streets into ghost towns. Today’s e-commerce experts firmly believe there is a place for physical retail spaces
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Whole Foods acquisition may be prime pickings for Amazon
The organic grocery chain offers a quick win in building physical presence and credibility
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Amazon to buy Whole Foods in $13.7bn deal
Shock merger is due to take place in the second half of 2017
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Walmart opens automated 24-hour click & collect site in US
Facility will enable customers to place order and pick up groceries in as little as 60 seconds
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Amazon 'most valuable retail brand' in BrandZ rankings
’The brand was also the fastest-growing performer in the BrandZ Retail Top 20, up 41% ($40.1bn) year on year’
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AmazonFresh extends service to Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire
AmazonFresh will now deliver to 302 postcodes in London and the south east
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Amazon Fresh opens Seattle drive-through stores to public
The company began testing the two stores with employees in March
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Amazon trademark applications indicate checkout-free plan for UK
The online retailer filed a trademark for the slogan ‘Every queue is a defect’ on 11 May
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Comment & Opinion
Are intelligent personal assistants the future of labour-free shopping?
The market for Amazon Dash is small but growing, at least in the UK. Now Walmart have entered the fray with their own device, expect to see, and hear, more about this latest technology
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McColl's to trial Co-op brand own label lines
The trial will see McColl’s stock a range of Co-op brand own-label fresh, frozen and ambient products in 25 stores
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Amazon to dedicate Cambridge tech office to drone development
Castle Hill centre will concentrate on developing Prime Air, while other teams will move to a new 60,000 sq ft development
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Amazon set to recruit 1,200 workers for Warrington site
Warrington is one of four new fulfilment centres that Amazon will open in 2017
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AmazonFresh 14% cheaper than nearest supermarket rival on brands
The online giant undercut Asda by 14% and the rest of the big four by more than 20% in Profitero study
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Amazon grocery sales soar 30% thanks to drinks and snacks
Sales reached £25m in the first quarter of 2017, up £5.8m year on year
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon's algorithms are in control of UK grocery's margins
It’s not the discounters that are the biggest threat to traditional grocers. It’s Amazon
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Amazon calls on brands to sell directly to shoppers
The online giant will reportedly tell big manufacturers in a May meeting that the future lies outside supermarkets
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Amazon rolls out drive-through grocery stores in Seattle
The stores will eventually open exclusively to Prime members
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Analysis & Features
The need for speed: what next for supermarket deliveries?
With super fast delivery now ‘the currency’ of the retail market, how will retailers develop their offers?