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News
Amazon to launch home delivery service for food and drink in Japan
Amazon will start a regular home delivery service for food and beverage items in Japan by the end of the year. Amazon.co.jp will begin by delivering just baby food but is expected to expand the service to beverages and processed foods next year.Amazon expects the service will initially be used ...
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AnalysisHow to turn online sales into a profit
Selling online is one thing, making money from it is quite another. Charlotte Hardie reveals how to convert clicks into profit
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AnalysisHow online is changing the outlet model
EBay has made clear its ambitions for its online fashion outlet store. What does that mean for physical outlet centres? Mark Faithfull reports
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NewsAmazon looks to Kindle as its No.1 Christmas draw
Amazon UK expects its Kindle e-reader to be its best-selling product this Christmas as it continues to focus on value to win festive spend.
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NewsAmazon reports 16% Q3 profit rise
Online giant Amazon reported a 16% rise in third-quarter profit, as its e-book reader Kindle bolsters sales.
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Amazon acquires Spanish ecommerce company BuyVIP for £61.4m
Amazon has announced it has completed the acquisition of the Spanish ecommerce company BuyVIP for about €70m (£61.4m). BuyVip offers overstock items from brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton and Levi’s at steep discounts. The company doesn’t buy the stock itself but acts as a broker between fashion ...
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Opinion
What we’re reading: Monday
Retail technology stories we found worth reading on the web today
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Amazon launches first ecommerce storefront on Facebook for Pampers
Amazon has launched its first ecommerce storefront on Facebook, for nappy manufacturer Pampers. Under a ‘Shop Now’ tab on the Pampers Facebook page, people can buy nappies as well as other products from parent company Procter & Gamble (including Tide, Olay and Pantene products) through Amazon.Customers on the Pampers Facebook ...
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OpinionIn-store strengths are online strengths too
Rivals may tire of hearing it, but when it comes to innovation in retailing today, no one is doing more than the John Lewis Partnership.
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AnalysisIs John Lewis’s online pledge a game changer?
Online just got tougher as John Lewis rolls out its famous price pledge, but what does the initiative bode for the sector?
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OpinionAmazon alert
Amazon has launched the beta version of its ‘Kindle for the Web’ tool this week, allowing customers to try e-books before they buy, and showing the true power of the web.
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NewsJohn Lewis: Never Knowingly Undersold... even online
John Lewis has broken new ground by extending its Never Knowingly Undersold price-matching policy to its website.
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NewsBestseller rules out bid for fashion etailer Asos
Danish retailer and investor Bestseller has ruled out bidding for online fashion specialist Asos.
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NewsAmazon in bid for Lovefilm
Amazon is understood to have made a takeover offer for online movie rental firm Lovefilm, valuing the business at close to £200m.
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OpinionThe mobile is the medium of the message
“The medium is the message”. Marshall McLuhan’s dictum, which defined the post-Second World War marketing era, has become more pertinent than ever in this age of the worldwide web.
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NewsAmazon bets on Christmas winners
Amazon is betting on games hardware Microsoft Kinect and Sony Move to be its biggest sellers this Christmas as the etail giant revealed global sales rose 41% in its second quarter to $6.57bn (£4.34bn).
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NewsNew Amazon Kindle available in the UK for the first time
The new version of the Kindle launched today on Amazon with the e-reader device now available for the first time directly from the etail giant’s UK site.
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NewsAmazon sales up driven by Kindle
Etail giant Amazon has reported a 41% uplift in sales in its second quarter to $6.57bn, driven by growth in Kindle.