In more Amazon news, the U.S.-based technology group has reportedly approached Leclerc, a privately-held French supermarket, about a logistics collaboration. Michel-Edouard Leclerc, head of the Ivry-sur-Seine-based French hypermarket chain, confirmed the rumor, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 4) Reuters report. The news comes after a...
There are two big Alexa announcements this week. First up: It is now officially the first voice assistant to be available on Sonos, turning the wireless speaker product into a voice-controlled sound system. According to news from TechCrunch, Sonos has been working “day and night”...
Amazon announced Wednesday (Oct. 4) that its Echo speaker, powered by voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, is now available in India and will be coming to Japan later in 2017. According to a press release, the company said Indian consumers will gain access to Alexa and the Amazon...
A Reuters news report said the European Union on Wednesday (Oct. 4) ordered Amazon to pay $295 million in back taxes that it received in the form of illegal tax benefits. According to a statement from the European Commission’s Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, the company has...
Beware, those who think defrauding or scamming Amazon is a good idea — getting caught can be costly. According to a recent article from Fortune, Erin and Leah Finan, a husband and wife fraud team from Muncie, Indiana, scammed Amazon out of $1.2 million in electronics...
Fresh off its acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Amazon is eyeing further retail expansion — this time in Paris, France. According to a news report published on French news site Le Monde, Amazon is interested in opening roughly 15 physical stores in the French economy, with a particular...
Sleep tech startup Eight has launched a new Alexa skill that allows users to interact with their mattress, both to control it (by adjusting the temperature, for example) and to access their sleep data using the Echo and other Amazon devices. “You don’t even need...
For the last several years, economists have been trying to crack the mystery of low U.S. inflation. Despite being ten years out of the financial crisis, U.S. inflation stubbornly refuses to resume normal growth and remains below the Fed’s 2 percent target. Some are questioning...
Amazon has sold $1.6 million of Whole Foods’ private label products in the first month since acquiring the national grocery chain. According to news from The Wall Street Journal, this is one of the first infusions of cash the eCommerce giant has delivered to Whole Foods through...
