All Amazon articles – Page 7
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NewsAmazon faces £1bn damages claim by UK retailers
A £1bn damages claim has been filed against Amazon in “biggest collective action ever” launched by UK retailers.
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NewsAmazon expands grocery delivery to non-Prime members
Amazon has expanded its grocery deliveries to reach all of its customers in the UK, including non-Prime members.
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NewsAmazon to kick off third sustainability accelerator for start-ups
Amazon is launching the third edition of its sustainability accelerator for start-ups to pilot their technology and grow their business.
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NewsAmazon to build new multimillion-pound UK warehouse
Amazon is set to build a new £500m fulfilment centre in the East Midlands, creating a mass of new jobs.
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Opinion'Gen-AI boom has come at exactly the right time for Amazon'
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy emphasised to analysts on its quarterly investor call the huge opportunity that generative AI (Gen-AI) will bring to its business: “I don’t know if any of us have seen a possibility like this in technology in a really long time, for sure, since the cloud, perhaps since the internet.”
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NewsAmazon sales surge driven by AI and advertising
Amazon has posted a surge in sales during its first quarter, helped by the appeal and success of its AI and advertising capabilities.
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NewsGMB launches legal action against ‘anti-union’ Amazon
GMB Union has launched legal action against Amazon, claiming the ecommerce giant is carrying out an “anti-union campaign” in the UK.
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Innovation of the WeekAmazon unveils latest tech advances aimed at ‘actively supporting employees’
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team. Every week, we will bring you new ideas and case studies that link to the trends in our Retail Horizon 2024 reports – across consumer, technology, sustainability, and economy, policy and industry.
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AnalysisIs Amazon’s latest tech investment the answer to its workforce woes?
As Amazon continues to see growing strike action in the UK and abroad, Retail Week visited the Amazon Operations Innovation Lab in Vercelli, Italy, to see what it is investing in to improve its operations and the workforce.
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AnalysisSupply chain strategy: How WHSmith, Co-op and Inditex found their missing links
Third-party tie-ups are a central part of the modern retail supply chain and are only becoming more strategic. In this exclusive excerpt from Retail Week’s Supply Chain 2025 report, discover how some of the country’s biggest retailers are collaborating to improve operations
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NewsAmazon to invest £600m in European robotics and AI over five years
Amazon has announced it will invest €700m (£600m) across its European fulfilment centre network between 2019 and 2024 to enable robotics and AI-powered technologies.
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NewsAmazon to axe hundreds of jobs across AWS
Amazon is slashing hundreds of jobs across its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division.
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NewsAmazon drops Just Walk Out technology from US grocery stores
Amazon has begun the process of phasing out its patented Just Walk Out technology from its US grocery stores.
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AnalysisPoo power, drones and drive-throughs: Discover the latest supply chain innovations
Supply Chain 2025 analyses how retailers in the UK and internationally are investing to transform their operations. Here, we reveal five innovative ROI-generating solutions explored in the new report
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NewsAmazon unveils new ‘Spring Deal Days’ Sales period
Amazon has unveiled the launch of its first spring Sales event, which is due to kick off later this week.
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DataRanking: Meet the UK’s top 30 ecommerce retailers
Asda, Next, Amazon and Screwfix have been named among the UK’s biggest ecommerce power players in a new report out today. Discover who they are and explore their winning strategies for sustainable growth
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NewsAsda and Amazon face fresh strikes this month
Workers at the Asda Wisbech store, as well as at the Amazon Coventry and Birmingham depots, are set to strike this month, the GMB union has announced.
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NewsAmazon UK boss Boumphrey: Gen-AI the ‘most transformational technology since the internet’
Amazon UK country manager John Boumphrey has said the generative AI will probably be the “most transformational technology for the retail industry since the arrival of the internet”.
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Opinion‘Body Shop shows standing still is the most dangerous thing you can do in retail’
Retailers such as Lush and Rituals show the kind of mentality that bricks-and-mortar retailers need, by giving customers an experience they can’t get on a screen, maintains Natalie Berg.
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NewsAmazon Fashion teams up with UK luxury resale platform
Amazon’s European fashion arm is collaborating with luxury resale platform Hardly Ever Worn It to offer a range of pre-owned items from luxury brands.