All Amazon articles – Page 32
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Opinion
Will Amazon’s Prime Day be a delivery disaster?
Prime Day is now under way. Amazon’s self-created shopping holiday is in its third year and it’s expected to be bigger than ever.
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Analysis
Analysis: What is retail's next big tech shift?
We ask speakers from Retail Week and World Retail Congress’s Tech. event to pick the technology that will have the biggest impact on retail over the next three years
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Opinion
Prime Day is Amazon's key to long-term sales growth
Amazon promises its Prime Day 2018 will be its most “epic”, but it is also crucial to its long-term growth, writes Howard Lake.
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Opinion
Opinion: Don't ignore the seismic shifts in global retail
As we obsess about the rapidly changing shape of British retail, we are in danger of missing the bigger picture.
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Opinion
John Roberts: Complacency has killed high street jobs
The death of the high street is a much-used term, but some bricks-and-mortar retailers are starting to pay the price for not inventing their own future.
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Opinion
Amazon helps entrepreneurs to build delivery start-ups
Amazon is offering support to would-be entrepreneurs to help them develop delivery businesses that will fulfil the retailer’s growing parcel volumes.
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News
Amazon to shake up health sector with PillPack acquisition
Amazon is to acquire US online pharmacy PillPack in a deal likely to rock the healthcare sector.
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Analysis
Power List 2018: Retail's most powerful revealed
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos tops Retail Week’s Power List for the third consecutive year.
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Analysis
Retail Week Power List 2018: Five key trends
We look at five of the biggest trends in the Retail Week Power List 2018, in association with Medallia.
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Opinion
Opinion: Expect UK retail to mirror Carrefour-Google deal
In the old days, a landmark retail deal would typically mean an audacious M&A. Walmart’s acquisition of Asda or Kingfisher’s pounce on Castorama set the tone.
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Analysis
Power List 2018: Who are the ones to watch?
Retail Week unveils its annual Power List tomorrow. We take a look at those with the potential to make an impression over the next few years.
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News
Microsoft challenges Amazon with checkout-free tech
Microsoft is reportedly developing technology that would allow retailers to run checkout-free stores.
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News
Amazon slammed over working conditions in China
Amazon has been attacked by a labour watchdog over working conditions at a plant in China where its smart speakers and e-readers are manufactured.
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Opinion
Opinion: Digital shift creates high street opportunity
The retail landscape has evolved hugely over the past few years, but it’s not all doom and gloom for the high street.
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News
Amazon seeks 2,500 more UK staff
Amazon is to increase UK staff numbers by 10% this year as it creates 2,500 permanent jobs.
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Report Store
Digitising Down Under
How to make the move into Australia and New Zealand’s online markets
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Opinion
Do checkout-free supermarkets matter that much?
China leads the way when it comes to offering shoppers ‘scan and go’ supermarkets, but are consumers happy with what they’ve got elsewhere?
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Opinion
Opinion: Could M&S be on Amazon's wish list?
Amazon has been linked with a raft of UK grocers since its acquisition of Whole Foods last year – talk that has increased in fervency following the shock Sainsbury’s-Asda merger.
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Opinion
Is Ocado the grocery industry's antidote to Amazon?
The value of retail fulfilment was laid bare last week when Ocado’s share price surged 80% after signing a distribution deal with US grocer Kroger.
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Analysis
Analysis: End of the line nears for retail queues
As long as retail has existed, so have queues. But technology is trying to put an end to the wait.