All Amazon articles – Page 44
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VideoThe Retail Week: Amazon, M&S, Sports Direct and Game
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories from the past week including Amazon Prime Day, M&S’ results and Sports Direct’s latest moves.
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DataData: Did Amazon Prime Day resonate with shoppers?
Amazon’s third annual Prime Day took place earlier this week to much fanfare, but did it deliver the sales spike the etailer hoped for?
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon Prime Day? More like a car boot Sale
Yesterday might have only marked the third Amazon Prime Day, but the sales bonanza has rapidly established itself in the retail calendar.
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OpinionOpinion: Learning from the ecommerce giants
The third annual Amazon Prime Day kicked off in the UK at 6pm last night and runs for a full 30 hours – having been extended from 24 hours in 2016.
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NewsAmazon patents shape-shifting robotic mannequin tech
Amazon has filed a patent for a robotic fashion mannequin that can change dimensions to allow a shopper to see how clothes fit on different sizes.
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NewsDixons Carphone hits back at Amazon with day of deals
Dixons Carphone is going toe-to-toe with online rival Amazon by launching its own Prime Day event.
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon Prime Day is brazen shopper acquisition
Amazon makes no attempt to hide what Prime Day is all about. Hint: it’s in the name.
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NewsAmazon raises curtain on Prime Day discounts
Amazon has unveiled details of some of its biggest Prime Day deals as the start time of the promotional spectacular nears.
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OpinionWhy Amazon's grocery deal doesn’t herald offline shift
The news of Amazon’s planned acquisition of Whole Foods has inevitably led to speculation that online pureplays will ultimately all open physical stores.
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AnalysisHow Amazon does data – and what others can learn
As Amazon’s Prime Day gets under way, what can retailers learn from the online powerhouse and its approach to data, customer experience and long-term profit?
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DataData: The 20 most trusted retailers in the UK
In a fiercely competitive retail market, understanding consumers, creating loyalty and gaining their trust has arguably never been more important.
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OpinionThe secret to stopping Amazon's world domination
Three or four years ago there was misplaced concern that Amazon was never going to be profitable.
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AnalysisAmazon Prime Day: How it’s changing retail
Amazon’s Prime Day promotion, which kicks off on Monday, has become a red-letter day in the retail calendar. Here we look at the impact of the promotional spectacular and how it has become a consumer phenomenon.
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NewsWill Ashley’s power drinking cause a retail hangover?
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley added to his roster of iconic quotes today when he told a High Court judge he is “a power drinker”.
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NewseBay launches price match as it battles Amazon
eBay is launching a price-match guarantee in an attempt to fend off competition from the likes of Amazon and Argos.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Holland & Barrett and eBay
Retail news round-up: L1 Retail set to receive £800m loan from banks for Holland & Barrett takeover and eBay will launch a price-match guarantee programme.
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NewsToday in retail: Is Amazon Ocado's white knight?
As Ocado seeks out international grocery partners to which it can license its Smart Platform, it may have found an unlikely catalyst for deals.
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NewsOcado's Steiner shrugs off Amazon Whole Foods deal
Ocado boss Tim Steiner has downplayed the impact of Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition − and insisted it will help the etailer to sell its technology.
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OpinionOpinion: Finding your company's purpose in retail
It’s difficult to miss the extraordinary number of books, research studies and conference speeches about ‘Purpose’ over the last few years.
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OpinionBlog: Clicks to bricks – why even Amazon is doing it
Working out why Amazon’s proposed acquisition of Whole Foods Market has made such an impact on the industry is a little difficult to determine.