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Amazon Plans To Open Six More Cashierless Stores, Says Recode

Amazon plans to open as many as six more cashierless stores this year, according to a new report. The e-commerce giant is considering locations in Los A...

"Alexa, Please Don't Listen": Ad Misstep Hints At A New Marketing Angle

On 14 February, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) revealed a complaint it had received about an advert for Amazon's Echo Dot, which featured i...

Amazon Flexing Its Muscles Is Likely To Worry Meal-Kit Firms: Analysis

When Amazon announced last July that it had filed a trademark application for the delivery of 'prepared food kits', it became the latest online retailer to...

Amazon To Add 2,000 Jobs In France As Recovery Drives Demand

Amazon will create 2,000 permanent jobs this year with an eye to the strengthening French economy. Amazon, which already added 1,500 jobs in France last...

Amazon Eliminates Hundreds Of Seattle Jobs In Rare Cutback

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its headquarters in Seattle, paring back older departments focused on selling goods online while hiring in newer line...

Amazon Threat Has Maersk Racing To Stop Clients Becoming Rivals

The world’s biggest container shipping line is trying to stop customers like Amazon and Alibaba Group from becoming competitors in just a few years&r...

Amazon Is Turning These Four Cities Into Grocery Battlegrounds

The Amazon-fueled grocery price war may have finally arrived. News that Amazon will start offering two-hour delivery from Whole Foods stores in four US...

Walmart Reportedly Set To Spend Billions For Flipkart Stake

Walmart Inc. is in discussions to pay several billion dollars for as much as 20 percent of India e-commerce leader Flipkart Online Services Pvt, according...