All Amazon articles – Page 110
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Apple iPad to shake up books market
Apple has unveiled the much-anticipated iPad that it said will ignite the e-books market.
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AnalysisOn the right channel?
With most online retail propositions now up to scratch in terms of customer delivery, what’s the best way and which is the best channel to differentiate your offer?
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NewsAmazon opens up music downloads to Android users
Amazon UK has launched a mobile application that allows customers with Google Android-based mobile phones to buy and download music from Amazon’s MP3 music store.
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AnalysisNRF: US retail IT leaders follow the consumer
The technology show at NRF had all the normal high-tech gadgets, but US retail’s IT leaders are increasingly focused first and foremost on the customer, finds Joanna Perry
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AnalysisHow the online revolution transformed retail in a decade
10 years ago Retail Week’s headlines reflected online and value retail being in their infancy. At the start of the next decade, Sara McCorquodale examines what the sector can learn from the last one
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NewsAmazon to ship larger Kindle to UK this month
Amazon will start shipping the large-screen version of its Kindle e-reader to the UK later this month.
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NewsSnow causes retailers to shut up shop
The heavy snow has caused havoc for retailers with many of the major chains shutting shops early so staff can get home safely.
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NewsAmazon extends free post and packaging to all products
Amazon UK has extended its offer of free delivery and packaging on all of its products following a trial over Christmas.
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OpinionA hangover from Monday’s online retail madness
This Monday was predicted to be the zenith of the Christmas trading peak online, but the take away from 2009 is that retailers must make their own luck online.
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NewsPostal strikes called off
Etailers will be breathing a sigh of relief this morning as the postal strikes have been called off until at least the New Year.
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NewsNew online start-up to mimic eBay
A new website set up by a former clothing manufacturer and retailer claims to have ambitions to be the “biggest rival” to eBay.
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Amazon won't sell wine in the US
Amazon has ditched plans to sell wine in the US after hitting various problems.The etailer’s plans to sell wine direct have been hampered from the outset by the complicated regulatory and distribution system in the US.The retailer had hoped to ship US wines to up to 26 states, but its ...
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NewsDon’t ditch Royal Mail, urges Amazon chief Brian McBride
Amazon UK chief executive Brian McBride has urged retailers not to turn their backs on Royal Mail as strike action continues to threaten online retailers.
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NewsFoyles joins battle for e-book market share
Bookseller Foyles has launched an e-book store as the battle for share of the digital books market hots up.
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NewsKindle helps boost Amazon sales and profits
Amazon has reported international sales, including the UK, grew 33% in the three months to September 30 reaching $2.61bn (£1.56bn).
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Walmart enters into a price war with Amazon
Walmart has entered into a price war with Amazon and the nation’s book retailers, lowering prices on certain highly anticipated hardback titles to $9 (£5.49).The retailer listed prices for some upcoming hardcover releases, such as Dean Koontz’s Breathless and Stephen King’s Under the Dome at $10 (£6.10), which was answered ...
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NewsDebenhams sets up online stores with Amazon and eBay
Debenhams has become the first department store to open dedicated online stores on both Amazon and eBay’s UK sites.
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AnalysisAs e-readers launch, is it the last chapter for bookshops?
As Amazon launches its Kindle e-reader in the UK, George MacDonald asks if it will bring about bookshops’ demise, or if the world of print will prove resilient
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NewsAmazon UK to offer free delivery on all products for Christmas
Amazon UK will offer free delivery on all of its products in the run up to Christmas.