All Amazon articles – Page 111

  • Argos
    Analysis

    Toy sales

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    With the Christmas trading period well under way, what impact will changes in the market have on toy retailers at this crucial time of year?

  • News

    Amazon acquires Spanish ecommerce company BuyVIP for £61.4m

    2010-10-14T18:08:00Z

    Amazon has announced it has completed the acquisition of the Spanish ecommerce company BuyVIP for about €70m (£61.4m). BuyVip offers overstock items from brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton and Levi’s at steep discounts. The company doesn’t buy the stock itself but acts as a broker between fashion ...

  • Opinion

    What we're reading: Tuesday

    2010-10-12T13:54:00Z

    Retail technology stories we found worth reading on the web

  • Opinion

    What we’re reading: Monday

    2010-10-11T17:33:00Z

    Retail technology stories we found worth reading on the web today

  • News

    Amazon launches first ecommerce storefront on Facebook for Pampers

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Amazon has launched its first ecommerce storefront on Facebook, for nappy manufacturer Pampers. Under a ‘Shop Now’ tab on the Pampers Facebook page, people can buy nappies as well as other products from parent company Procter & Gamble (including Tide, Olay and Pantene products) through Amazon.Customers on the Pampers Facebook ...

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    Analysis

    Is John Lewis’s online pledge a game changer?

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Online just got tougher as John Lewis rolls out its famous price pledge, but what does the initiative bode for the sector?

  • danaher tim cutout
    Opinion

    In-store strengths are online strengths too

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Rivals may tire of hearing it, but when it comes to innovation in retailing today, no one is doing more than the John Lewis Partnership.

  • perry joanna cutout
    Opinion

    Amazon alert

    2010-09-28T17:24:00Z

    Amazon has launched the beta version of its ‘Kindle for the Web’ tool this week, allowing customers to try e-books before they buy, and showing the true power of the web.

  • Asos
    News

    Bestseller rules out bid for fashion etailer Asos

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Danish retailer and investor Bestseller has ruled out bidding for online fashion specialist Asos.

  • Andy Street
    News

    John Lewis: Never Knowingly Undersold... even online

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    John Lewis has broken new ground by extending its Never Knowingly Undersold price-matching policy to its website.

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    News

    Amazon in bid for Lovefilm

    2010-09-20T08:45:00Z

    Amazon is understood to have made a takeover offer for online movie rental firm Lovefilm, valuing the business at close to £200m.

  • Michael Poynor
    Opinion

    The mobile is the medium of the message

    2010-08-06T00:00:00Z

    “The medium is the message”. Marshall McLuhan’s dictum, which defined the post-Second World War marketing era, has become more pertinent than ever in this age of the worldwide web.

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    News

    Amazon bets on Christmas winners

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Amazon is betting on games hardware Microsoft Kinect and Sony Move to be its biggest sellers this Christmas as the etail giant revealed global sales rose 41% in its second quarter to $6.57bn (£4.34bn).

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    News

    New Amazon Kindle available in the UK for the first time

    2010-07-29T09:55:00Z

    The new version of the Kindle launched today on Amazon with the e-reader device now available for the first time directly from the etail giant’s UK site.

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    News

    Amazon sales up driven by Kindle

    2010-07-23T10:12:00Z

    Etail giant Amazon has reported a 41% uplift in sales in its second quarter to $6.57bn, driven by growth in Kindle.

  • Kindle
    News

    Amazon selling more e-books than hardcovers

    2010-07-20T09:40:00Z

    Amazon.com has sold more e-books than hardcovers – nearly half again as many – over the last three months, the company has revealed.

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    Data

    ICM Poll: Online food shopping

    2010-07-16T00:00:00Z

    In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,000 adults aged 18 and over between July 9 and 11, 2010 about online food retailing.

  • Ocado
    News

    City split on Ocado IPO as Amazon launches online grocery offer

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Competition from Waitrose and Amazon adds to questions over Ocado’s valuation and profitability

  • News

    Amazon launches food offer in Germany

    2010-07-07T16:00:00Z

    Amazon has launched its online shop for groceries in the country, with 30,000 items, including vegetables, meat, fish and baked goods as part of the offer.The products are offered by Amazon and 60 partners with whom the retailer has teamed up. Delivery will remain the same as Amazon’s normal service ...

  • Opinion

    £119.95 lamb anyone?

    2010-07-07T12:11:00Z

    Amazon’s trial food range would only suit the weirdest palates, but the fact it’s doing it is still bad news for Ocado.