All Amazon articles – Page 110
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AnalysisBooks etcetera
Distracted by the allure of online, consumers might be forgiven for turning their backs on bookshops. So are booksellers offering anything to persuade them otherwise?
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Amazon hires finance boss as it rethinks its offer
Amazon UK has appointed a financial director to boost its senior team as it considers new categories for 2008 including food and digital downloads.
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Amazon Q4 profits double but margins slip
Amazon has reported its fourth quarter profits have more than doubled, but Wall Street has reacted badly to a slump in margins.
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EBay and Amazon lead the field online
EBay and Amazon have maintained their positions as the UK’s most popular online retailers.
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Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon
Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.
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AnalysisPromises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders
Fulfilling online orders placed just days before Christmas sounds like a nightmare but, as Charlotte Dennis-Jones discovers, plenty of retailers believe that it can be done
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Asda takes on Amazon with online book launch
Asda has launched 300,000 book titles online to grab a bigger slice of the Amazon-dominated market.
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AnalysisThe age of the consumer
Charlotte Dennis-Jones and Katie Kilgallen look at the key characteristics of shoppers in four age groups and investigate how to earn brand loyalty
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Amazon still top of the online charts
Amazon has been ranked the most popular UK online retailer for the sixth quarter running, according to an IMRG/Hitwise report.
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Amazon launches digital book
Amazon has launched an electronic device that could replace the traditional printed book.
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Toys R Us sues Amazon
Toys R Us has filed a lawsuit against Amazon .com, alleging breach of the exclusivity arrangement that Toys R Us has to sell merchandise on Amazon’s Web site. Toys R Us struck the deal in 2000.
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SAS takes Marketmax
German software giant SAS has bought retail supply chain specialist Marketmax.
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Amazon’s virtual mall strategy could backfire
Amazon’s move to offer space on its Web site to other retailers as part of a virtual mall strategy could run into trouble, experts have warned.