All Amazon articles – Page 20
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NewsAmazon tests ‘pay-by-palm’ technology at Whole Foods
Amazon is testing new technology that will allow customers of its Whole Foods grocery business to pay using nothing but their hands.
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OpinionThe Keynote: Let’s make UK retail the best employer on Earth
The Keynote: Let’s make UK retail the best employer on Earth
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Opinion‘Amazon’s shift from convenience to experience is warning shot to retail’
It is a topic that has become a regular fixture of boardroom conversations over the past decade.
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GalleryFirst look: Amazon’s first-ever hairdressing salon concept to launch in London
US tech giant Amazon is set to open its first-ever Amazon Salon in east London, trialling some of its newest technology and stocking products from its new dot-com beauty hub.
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DataData: How the pandemic has supercharged the warehouse space race
The closure of ‘non-essential’ stores because of the coronavirus pandemic and the associated surge in home delivery heralded record warehouse space expansion in 2020.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Shops and the 15-minute city – how to win in a hyper-local world
As retailers look ahead to a post-Covid reality, could the French concept of a 15-minute city provide a recipe for success in the UK?
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NewsAmazon found to have illegally fired climate activist workers
US labour officials have found that Amazon “illegally retaliated” against two former employees who were fired after speaking out about the firm’s environmental practices and warehouse safety.
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AnalysisDeep dive: How much Amazon and Walmart are investing – and should you follow suit?
As retailers ramp up for the new normal, how are titans Inditex, Tesco, Walmart, Amazon and Walgreens investing?
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Retail VoiceRetail’s pandemic: reflections on a year since lockdown
It’s been a little over 12 months to the day since the UK entered lockdown. Conrad Digan, independent consultant at Objectivity, looks back at a year unlike any other for the retail industry.
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DataData: The top five retailers consumers want on high streets
The future of UK High Streets is at stake as the country emerges from the grips of the pandemic, but it is important to understand what consumers want from it if they are to return in greater numbers. Read Retail Week’s High Street Rebooted report to find out what 1,000 UK consumers said
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Opinion
‘New partnerships such as Next and Reiss are shaping retail’s future’
Agility and partnerships go hand in hand with brand relevance and evolution. So do innovation and investment.
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AnalysisThe Disruptors: Seven businesses changing the face of food retail
Our new series, The Disruptors, highlights the businesses that traditional retailers should be keeping a close eye on as a new breed of competitors emerges post-pandemic.
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NewsMorrisons sales rise but profits battered by relief repayment
Morrisons has recorded an uptick in like-for-like sales during the year where the grocer’s “resilience has been severely tested”.
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AnalysisSuper-deduction: what it is and the retailers that could benefit
As part of the Budget last week, chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a ’super-deduction’ allowance to provide relief for certain businesses – but what does it mean for retail?
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Opinion‘Amazon stores are an ally, not an enemy, of town centres’ retail revival’
As once-powerful names such as Debenhams and Topshop exit town centres, there has been an unlikely newcomer to UK bricks-and-mortar retail – Amazon.
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VideoWatch: First visit to the new Amazon Fresh cashierless store
Retail Week visits the new “just walk out” cashierless Amazon Fresh convenience store in Ealing, West London on the day it opens to customers. Is it going to revolutionise grocery in the UK, or will it only ever be something of a fad?
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GalleryStore gallery: Amazon unveils first UK store in fresh assault on grocery sector
Amazon has unveiled its new format convenience grocery store in London today, Amazon Fresh, which marks the online giant’s first foray into bricks-and-mortar retail outside of the US.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What’s the best alternative to the broken business rates system?
Everyone seems to agree the UK’s outdated business rates are broken and its many detractors claim the system is crippling hopes of retail recovery post-lockdown. Yet there is less unanimity about finding a fairer alternative, as Mark Faithfull discovers.
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NewsAmazon Go to open first UK store this week
Amazon will open its first in a tranche of contactless grocery stores in the UK this week.
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AnalysisFavourite websites: Where retail bosses love to shop online
After a year that saw ecommerce accelerate like never before as consumers flocked online, Retail Week asks CEOs to name their favourite retail websites and tell us what they love about them.