All Amazon articles – Page 115
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AnalysisWhy low prices are not enough
People may be watching what they spend, but that hasn’t saved value specialists from collapse. George MacDonald surveys their prospects as they enter another tough year
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AnalysisBooks etcetera
Distracted by the allure of online, consumers might be forgiven for turning their backs on bookshops. So are booksellers offering anything to persuade them otherwise?
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Amazon hires finance boss as it rethinks its offer
Amazon UK has appointed a financial director to boost its senior team as it considers new categories for 2008 including food and digital downloads.
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Amazon Q4 profits double but margins slip
Amazon has reported its fourth quarter profits have more than doubled, but Wall Street has reacted badly to a slump in margins.
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EBay and Amazon lead the field online
EBay and Amazon have maintained their positions as the UK’s most popular online retailers.
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Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon
Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.
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AnalysisPromises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders
Fulfilling online orders placed just days before Christmas sounds like a nightmare but, as Charlotte Dennis-Jones discovers, plenty of retailers believe that it can be done
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Asda takes on Amazon with online book launch
Asda has launched 300,000 book titles online to grab a bigger slice of the Amazon-dominated market.
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AnalysisThe age of the consumer
Charlotte Dennis-Jones and Katie Kilgallen look at the key characteristics of shoppers in four age groups and investigate how to earn brand loyalty
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Amazon still top of the online charts
Amazon has been ranked the most popular UK online retailer for the sixth quarter running, according to an IMRG/Hitwise report.
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Amazon launches digital book
Amazon has launched an electronic device that could replace the traditional printed book.
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Toys R Us sues Amazon
Toys R Us has filed a lawsuit against Amazon .com, alleging breach of the exclusivity arrangement that Toys R Us has to sell merchandise on Amazon’s Web site. Toys R Us struck the deal in 2000.
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Amazon’s virtual mall strategy could backfire
Amazon’s move to offer space on its Web site to other retailers as part of a virtual mall strategy could run into trouble, experts have warned.