All Amazon articles – Page 90
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OpinionComment: Making every minute count as Christmas retail battle nears
Twenty-four minutes: that’s how long one of Marks & Spencer’s legion of female shoppers typically spends in the general merchandise section.
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NewsAsos poaches top Amazon director as it strengthens leadership team
Asos has poached Amazon finance boss Shaun McCabe as it further strengthens its management team.
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AnalysisAnalysis: McKinsey's guide to tackling the technological shift in retail
Technology is transforming retail as consumer habits change. McKinsey consultants Stefan Niemeier, Andrea Zocchi and Marco Catena tackle the shift in a new book.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s Verdict: Dixons – could the 'dream scenario' come true?
Shareholders in Dixons have been haunted by the prospect of the UK recovery being frittered away by persistent losses in peripheral businesses.
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OpinionComment: Would Morrisons/Ocado merit a mention in Robert Peston Goes Shopping?
Robert Peston’s TV programme on shopping on Monday made enthralling viewing.
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OpinionComment: Old-fashioned customer service goes a long way in retail
The battle between online and multichannel retailers shows no sign of abating, despite the Government seemingly dismissing the call for an online sales tax.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, DIY retailers, Waitrose, SuperGroup and Dixons
Retail news round-up September 2, 2013: HMV hires new marketing director, DIY chains are expected to benefit from housing market recovery, Waitrose appoints sports marketing agency to make most of cricket sponsorship, SuperGroup and Dixons expected to report first quarter sales rises.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on John Lewis, Signet and Amazon
Retail news round-up August 30, 2013: John Lewis to launch a new range of upholstery, Signet UK Sales fall in the second quarter, Amazon drops clause banning traders from offering products cheaper elsewhere
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NewsAmazon ramps up mobile app presence with developer commission scheme
Amazon is ramping up its presence on mobile apps by offering developers incentives to integrate adverts for its products into their applications.
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AnalysisRetailers’ own-brand tablets: What do retailers need to know?
Not content with simply selling tablets, retailers including Tesco, Next and Argos have developed own-brand devices. Retail Week takes a look at the market as Aldi enters the fray.
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OpinionComment: Amazon - Sales are vanity, profit is sanity and cash is reality
I’m often reminded of the saying “sales are vanity, profit is sanity and cash is reality” when reading reports on retailers’ financial performance.
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NewsThe Co-op unveils plans for online grocery launch
The Co-operative is to log on to the £6.1bn online grocery market as food boss Steve Murrells bids to drag the mutual into the digital age.
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NewsAmazon.com down for 30 minutes
Amazon.com became the latest high-profile website to go offline last night following Google’s outage last week.
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OpinionComment: The new Comet - same name, same problems
Despite Clive Coombes’ attempts to rescue Comet last year, his plan to return to the high street with 80 ‘Meridian Comet’ stores remains surprising.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Amazon, Spar and Morrisons
Retail news round-up August 8, 2013: Amazon introduces digital downloads for video games, Spar UK to launch first TV ad campaign in four years, and Morrisons retains ad agency after review.
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NewsAmazon founder Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post for $250m
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has branched into publishing by buying newspaper The Washington Post for $250m.
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OpinionComment: What Bezos's Washington Post deal says about retail and HMV
Amazon is as much a media business as it is a retailer, so are there retail lessons to be learned from the etailer’s founder Jeff Bezos’s acquisition of US newspaper the Washington Post?
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NewsHouse of Lords calls for end to Amazon-style tax avoidance
The House of Lords has said the UK faces losing “much-needed revenue” to multinationals whose tax affairs are under the microscope.
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NewsAmazon records surprise $7m loss in second quarter
Amazon has recorded a surprise $7m (£4.56m) loss in its second quarter despite a 22% surge in sales to $15.7bn (£10.2bn) in the period to end of June.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why retailers haven't yet cracked big data
Has managing the retailer-customer relationship become harder with the growth of data, or easier as technology advances?