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Amazon promotes John Boumphrey to UK country manager

Online retail giant Amazon has named vice president of fashion, John Boumphrey as the new boss of its UK operations. Boumphrey joined Amazon nine years ago as director of media in the UK, before taking over the role of vice president of Amazon Fashion Europe, where he launched new fashion brands and programmes, including Prime Wardrobe,...

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Amazon to create over 2,000 UK jobs this year

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 29,500. The company said it is looking for engineers, software developers, data scientists, and cloud and machine learning experts, along with a number of entry-level positions. Of the jobs created,...

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Amazon UK reveals 2017 trends

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 as highlighting its growth in the UK, the success of its private fashion label, and that its Fire Stick and Echo Dot continue to be bestsellers. Black Friday was a huge milestone for the...

Business

Amazon opening distribution centre in Bolton

Amazon is continuing its expansion in the UK with news that it is to open a new distribution centre in Bolton, which will create 1,200 new permanent jobs in the North West of England. The online giant currently has 16 distribution centres in the UK and the Bolton location will be equipped with advanced Amazon Robotics technology, and the team...

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Amazon to double high-tech staff in London

E-commerce giant Amazon has opened its new London headquarters, a 15-storey building in Shoreditch, and has announced that it is set to increase the number of research and development roles based in the capital from 450 to 900. Amazon has taken all the floors of the Principal Place building that spans 600,000 square feet, and the move is part of...

Fashion

Amazon states Sunday most popular fashion shopping day

Amazon UK has released its Summer Trends report that reveals that Sunday is ‘style-day’ on the e-commerce site, as sales for fashion are boosted, with many customers taking advantage of next day delivery to have their outfits for the week ahead. The Amazon Summer 2017 Trends Report, which reveals when its customers are most likely to order, what...

Fashion

Sarah Jessica Parker shoes coming to Amazon UK

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is to launch her shoe collection on Amazon UK in October, including introducing three exclusive colours of the ‘Fawn’ court shoe. The news comes almost a year after the footwear brand launched on Amazon in the US and is part of the brands expansion plans in Europe. The e-tailer will offer a variety of both new and...

Retail

Amazon Prime Day sales surpassed Black Friday

Amazon’s Prime Day has broken sales records with 60 percent growth globally compared with last year, surpassing sales seen on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year’s event marked the third annual Prime Day, which offers deals reserved exclusively for Amazon Prime members, and saw the online sale running for 30-hours, starting at 6pm on July...

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Amazon to create 1,200 jobs at new fulfilment centre

Online giant Amazon is to create 1,200 new permanent jobs with the opening of its new fulfilment centre in Warrington, including new roles for operations managers, engineers, HR and IT specialists. Warrington is one of four new fulfilment centres that Amazon pledged to open in 2017 in the UK. Other sites include Daventry, Doncaster and Tilbury....

Retail

Amazon rolls out Handmade offering to the UK

Online giant Amazon has rolled out its Handmade at Amazon store to the UK and Europe offering more than 30,000 handcrafted products that are “factory-free” made. The store features more than 1,000 artisans from the UK and Europe, offering products from 10 categories including jewellery, home décor, artwork, kitchen and dining, and furniture,...

Fashion

Amazon launches ‘women in innovation’ bursaries

Online giant Amazon is introducing a new ‘women in innovation’ bursary to support young women working towards a career in innovation and technology. The bursary was originally launched two years ago, for students at Edinburgh University, and now the scheme is looking for female students in financial need seeking to attend Churchill College in...

Retail

Amazon to create 1,500 jobs in Essex

Amazon is continuing its UK expansion with a new fulfilment centre in Tilbury, Essex, which will create more than 1,500 new permanent jobs. The new fulfilment centre will be Amazon’s 13th in the UK and is needed to meet increasing customer demand, expand its product selection of more than 150 million items and support the needs of a growing...