Retail
Amazon Prime Day is proving to be a beneficial day for other large retailers in the United States. Retailers with more than 1 billion US dollars in annual rev
Amazon kicked off its two-day sales event, Prime Day, today and its competitors are trying to beat the retail giant at its own game. Retailers including Targe
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Workers at seven of Amazon’s twelve facilities in Germany are going on strike between Sunday evening and Monday, according to a press release by trade union
Amazon is looking to upskill 100,000 of its employees across the United States -- that’s almost a third of its workforce. The retail giant will invest over
Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sales event for Amazon Prime subscribers, kicks off July 15 at 12 a.m PST. This year’s Prime Day will last 48 hours instead
Fashion
Amazon Fashion has launched its second collaboration on its new platform, The Drop. Described as an "innovative shopping experience," The Drop is Amazon's aptly-named venture into the streetwear-led trend of frequent yet limited edition fashion collaborations.
Cotton Inc. is delving into retail. The not-for-profit research company funded by U.S. cotton producers and importers has launched an online shop through Amaz
Amazon's employees are planning a protest that could compromise Prime Day. Scheduled for July 15 and 16, Prime Day is "2-day parade of epic deals," according
Retail giant Amazon has announced plans to create over 2,000 permanent jobs in the UK in 2019, increasing its total permanent workforce to more than 29,50
John Lewis and Partners took home four awards in the GlobalData customer satisfaction awards 2019, including the prestigious Best Retailer category, having be
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After just under two years, Amazon has shut down its social discovery app, Amazon Spark. The app was intended to work as a competitor against Instagram, accor
Amazon has unveiled an AI-powered feature in its app, which helps consumers shop by analysing an uploaded photograph or screenshot of a look that they like.
Amazon dethrones Google as top global brand: survey
’Shazam,’ the wonder app that helps name that tune, has inspired a new world of AI-powered technology, including a new tool called StyleSnap empowering
More and more beauty brands are taking advantage of the front-facing cameras on smartphones. Now, Amazon is taking part. According to Reuters, L’Oreal
Amazon is launching a programme to help small online businesses grow by bringing them to the high street in the form of pop-up stores. Amazon partnered
Amazon basin countries have manifested their discontent with a recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to grant Ame
US retail giant Amazon is trying its hand at drop culture, the streetwear-lead trend that sees brands offering limited-edition items in small quantities and a
Amazon is launching a network of collection points in the UK and Italy. Called Counter, the behemoth retailer will offer a service for customers to receive
Net sales at online giant Amazon increased 17 percent to 59.7 billion dollars (46.1 billion pounds) in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the same period
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Is your online shop trusted by consumers? Does it have an environmentally friendly approach? Today, trustworthiness and sustainability are keywords for cons
Amazon, the online retail phenomenon which started in a garage, is now shopped at by almost nine in ten British consumers, with a new report stating that 86 p
Amazon has unveiled a new programme to boost gender diversity and inclusion across its UK business. The new ‘Amazon Amplify’ programme aims to ramp up t
Amazon doesn't want any frauds. The global retailer has announced plans for Project Zero, a new program that will help them counteract one of their biggest
Online giant Amazon has announced that it will be offering over 1,000 full-time apprenticeship roles in the UK over the next two years. The new apprentices
Amazon has secured a retail space in the heart of London to launch its cashless store Amazon Go for the first time outside the United States, according to Tec
Amazon reported its third record profit in a row on Thursday, but forecasts lower-than-expected sales for the first quarter of 2019. In the last quarter
Amazon's newest technology is meant to revolutionize the way we shop for clothing online. The retail giant is developing an app that will work as a virtual fitt
Meet Scout, Amazon’s new self-driving device for small package delivery. The device is the size of a small cooler and rolls along sidewalks at a walking pac
The UK has ruled out an online sales tax which aims to help struggling high street retailers, saying that it would fall foul of EU rules. According to t
It looks like 2019 could be another difficult year for UK retail, with more than 23,000 shops forecast to close in 2019, resulting in a further 175,000 jobs t
New York - Monday, a batteries-free IoT tags manufacturer startup announced that it has closed a $30 million round of funding. Amongst other investors, Wiliot
International sellers on UK marketplaces including Amazon and eBay are being banned following a crackdown on non-payment of tax. According to the BBC, t
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Eligible Prime members will soon be able to choose in-garage delivery from Amazon, increasing peace of mind that their packages will be delivered securely
New York - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has gotten its ‘richest man in the world’ title re-assured as his personal worth increased by 24 billion to 123 billi
The private label businesses of Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart may come under regulatory lens, following fresh guidelines issued to e-commerce com
Customers who buy online are seeking opinions from other users to help them make their purchase decisions. This is indicated by a study carried out by Tande
New York - Many retailers worldwide have brought forward their holidays deals and discounts. Starting with a quite early and comprehensive Black Friday campai
Some people say any publicity is good publicity. These fashion companies probably hope that is true, considering they made headlines in 2018 for what many
Online giant Amazon has teamed up with New Jersey police this Christmas season to catch would-be parcel thieves in the act. Police in Jersey City are inst
Online platform Amazon will soon stop supplying Switzerland via its website Amazon.com. The reason is a change in value-added tax law, which will come into fo
CNN goes inside Amazon HQ to see how Amazon uses AI to improve customer experiences, from cashier-less stores to Alexa's new tricks. Source: CNN Business,
Amazon has earned the ire of Europe and Germany. The company is currently Germany's largest retailer and an online host for smaller stores, and can now add
ECB launches real-time payments in challenge to tech giants
Watch out, Amazon, for Etsy is becoming the online marketplace of choice for many US shoppers. That’s one of the conclusions in the latest report on the sta
Amazon is finishing 2018 on a high note: this year’s Black Friday weekend was the best in the company’s history, with more products being ordered worldwid
The UK’s trade union GMB is staging protests across the UK against ‘inhumane working conditions’ in Amazon warehouses. Hundreds are expected to take par
With Black Friday just around the corner, online giant Amazon has suffered a major data breach that saw customers’ emails and names being posted on the comp
*After opening its first pop-up store in London last month, Amazon has announced similar plans in several other European cities. Titled “Amazon Loft for Chr
*Amazon has partnered up with cross-border, cross-currency payment company Western Union to make it easier for online shoppers to buy items from abroad. Custo
Amazon has been pouring money into developing its own private labels. Its massive distribution and shipping channels has serviced third-party brands well for
Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe option has just made its way to the UK. In the same vein of clothing box services like Stitch Fix and Trunk Club, Prime Wardrobe is
*In Amazon we trust. The e-commerce giant is the second most trusted institution in the United States, behind the military, according to a survey with 5,400 r
Though Amazon is second only to Walmart as the top apparel retailer in the U.S., according to a report by data-research firm Jungle Scout, its private label a
VR codes, live music, and free hairstyling have been on the schedule at 35 Baker Street in the Heart of London this week as online giant Amazon takes its
Startup tech company Thalmic Labs has rebranded itself as North to sound more like a fashion and lifestyle brand. The rebranding comes just after the company
Amazon Fashion is to open its first pop-up store on London’s Baker Street on October 23rd. It will be the tech giant’s first store in Europe, a 3,000
Calvin Klein, Inc. has announced that the brand is collaborating with Amazon Fashion to bring a digital experience to life in New York city's Flatiron distric
Amazon is increasing its minimum wage to 15 US dollars an hour for all full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal employees in the United States, after a re
Amazon opens its latest physical store in New York City today, located in popular shopping neighborhood SoHo. The store, located on Spring Street between Cros
German super model Heidi Klum and Amazon will team up to create a new, shoppable fashion program for Amazon Prime Video. The plan is to cast young, promising
Snap Inc., the company behind messaging app Snapchat, has announced a new tool in partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon. Beginning this week, Snapchat user
Amazon Fashion Europe has launched a new fall/winter collection under its activewear label Aurique that consists of a wide range of workout outfits and athlei
European Union countries must foster payment services that work across the continent to boost its financial sector and reduce dependence on third countries l
ANALYSIS/span>New York - Analysts at Morgan Stanley have raised their Amazon Inc. price target to the highest on Wall Street, forecasting that the e-commerce
Amazon has taken the top spot when it comes to reputation, ranking number one as the most reputable retailer in the UK. The findings come from the 2018 UK R
ANALYSIS/span>New York- Move on athleisure, plus-size fashion is here to stay and has already conquered the hearts and budgets of many in the apparel industry
Amazon has started selling fashion and athletic apparel in Brazil after five years trading in the Latin American country. The e-commerce giant started diversi
Amazon is expanding its operations in Brazil. Last Wednesday (August 22), the e-tailer added clothing, accessories and sportswear to its Brazilian marketplac
OPINION Opinion. Another fashion company that intentionally destroys its goods: Burberry announced in its current annual report that it destroyed finished
Thousands of Amazon employees went on strike yesterday in Germany and Spain to demand better working conditions. The German workers opted for a one-day strik
London - The continually evolving retail landscape is changing how shopping behaviour is affecting both in-store and online experiences and more importantly
Four e-commerce giants, including Amazon and Alibaba, pledged Monday to withdraw dangerous products more quickly from the market, the European Commission sa
Online retailer Amazon has come under criticism because of its disposal of returned and unsold items. According to reports by German public-service television
Amazon Inc. has announced that Australian consumers will now have to use the company's Australian website rather than the U.S. one beginning July 1 in order
Walmart has topped Fortune magazine’s list of the 500 most valuable companies in the US once more. 16 other fashion retailers have also made the list,
Amazon has become both a bonafide and successful shopping destination for fashion and footwear in the USA, but to date has struggled to gain the same tracti
It's now a race between Amazon and Walmart to see who will get to claim the coveted prize of Flipkart. *As FashionUnited reported last month*, Walmart seeme
*Amazon is UK’s best retailer according to this year’s Customer Satisfaction Awards, a ranking of retailers made by GlobalData. Having won just one award
Amazon.com, announcing its first quarter ended March 31, 2018, said that net sales increased 43 percent to 51 billion dollars compared with 35.7 billion dolla
Amazon has announced that customers globally will be able to browse and shop more than 45 million products from the US to their country through the newly laun
E-commerce giant Amazon has been named the ‘most valuable’ retail brand across pure retail, luxury brands, apparel, and the fast food sector, in the inaug
London - Amazon has launched its new women's wear occasion wear brand named Truth & Fable. Its debut collection, for Spring/Summer 2018 features a wide rang
Shopping for high-end groceries in France may be about to get a little easier. Monoprix, one of France's top supermarket and household item chains, has an
Logistics investments, new technology... Faced with fierce online competition from the likes of Amazon, affordable fashion giants Zara and H&M are shoring up
ANALYSIS Walmart is playing catch with its online nemesis with the most ambitious clothing launch in years: four new lines for women, men and children with it
London - Could the rise of voice shopping - shopping through voice-activated devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home, change the way consumers shop forever
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In a move that is termed rare in case of global ecommerce giant Amazon, the company has axed several hundred jobs at its Seattle headquarters and elsewhere, a
Aussie retailers are fighting omni-present Amazon with strike in its home turf: a 160 million dollars automated e-commerce warehouse. The warehouse, create
When Asos announced stellar festive season sales last week it left its British high street contemporaries in its shade. It may even be beating Amazon in the
ANALYSIS That Amazon is taking the world by storm – a digital one – is no news. But that the e-commerce’s giant’s foray in fashion is already bearing
London - JD.com has its sights set on becoming just as big, if not bigger, than its rival Alibaba, which is why the Chinese e-commerce firm aims to strengthen
London - The future of retail is closer than one would think as US retail giant Amazon filed a US patent application for 'blended reality' mirror. The techn
Business of Fashion has reported that Amazon Prime shipped over five billion items worldwide in 2017 in addition to adding a record breaking number of new m
As online giant Amazon announced yesterday, the company “celebrated its biggest holiday” season this year, with more than four million people starting Pri
Amazon UK has released its 2017 trend report, revealing what its customers are most likely to order, what they are reading, listening to and watching, as well
Italy is becoming notorious for making sure retail companies don't skip out on even so much as a dime in taxes. Today, the country's tax authority has annou
German fashion etailer Zalando aims to strengthen its current brand partnership scheme in order to go head-to-head with online giant Amazon. Following Ama
