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Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online marketplace for books, Amazon has since expanded to become the world’s largest online retailer, selling electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys and jewellery. Retail Week provides news, features, analysis and opinion about Amazon, online markerplaces and digital innovation and technology.

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Innovation of the Week
Amazon has ordered the UK’s largest ever fleet of electrical HGVs
2025-01-20T07:00:00+00:00
Innovation of the Week is a series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
Analysis
What will 2025 bring? Primark, Tesco, Amazon, Sephora and H&M bosses predict the year ahead
2024-12-23T06:00:00+00:00By Retail Week staff
Looking ahead: What will shape retail in 2025? We’ve asked the top bosses in British retail to gaze into the horizon and give us their predictions for the industry’s next chapter.
News
Amazon is to settle a dispute with delivery drivers which could cost millions of pounds
2024-12-18T10:33:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Amazon is to settle a claim from a group of delivery drivers which accuses the ecommerce giant of preventing them from earning thousands of pounds.

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Data

Data: How 1,000 UK shoppers will spend their money next year

2024-12-12T07:00:00+00:00Promotional research for SheerID and Vypr

Analysis

Reviewed: the top 10 retailer Christmas adverts of 2024 according to the experts

2024-12-09T16:02:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

Amazon workers around the world strike over the Black Friday weekend
2024-11-29T13:02:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Q&A: Amazon UK country manager John Boumphrey discusses the responsibility of sustainability as a global giant
2024-11-26T07:00:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Amazon research reveals independent sellers are using data and AI to boost Black Friday sales
2024-11-19T10:17:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Amazon has partnered with Asda to launch parcel pickup and returns at supermarkets
2024-11-18T10:03:00+00:00By Megan Robinson

Levi’s has launched personalised shopping experience on Amazon’s Alexa
2024-11-18T06:00:00+00:00
Amazon has launched a new low-cost online service in the US set to rival Shein and Temu
2024-11-14T15:55:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Amazon celebrates acts of kindness with show-stopping Christmas ad
2024-11-05T11:33:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Amazon profits and revenues exceed expectations off the back of strong retail performance
2024-11-01T07:32:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev

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