Amazon’s shoe business has already experienced 18 percent growth year-over-year during the first two quarters of 2017— an indication that the online retailer’s investment in the footwear market is paying off. Chain Store Age reported that Amazon had a total 35 percent year-over-year growth in...
Amazon has announced news its voice-activated assistant Alexa can now provide music for specific activities such as running, napping or meditating, among others. Amazon editors create the playlists, drawing from the Amazon Prime Music streaming service and the Spotify-esque Amazon Music Unlimited, Tech Crunch reported. While Amazon...
The conspiracy theorists may be right this time: Cybercriminals could use the Amazon Echo to spy on them. A British security researcher demonstrated how he — or anyone — could install malware on an older Echo device (sold before 2017) to stream audio from the hacked device...
Customers in the U.S. with Amazon’s Echo speaker and Fire TV are in luck: A new update now allows users to connect their Echo devices to their Fire TV, Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Edition smart TVs. According to Mashable, this means you can...
When one gets on a hot streak like the one Amazon has been on for the last several weeks, it can be hard to remember baseball great Connie Mack’s sage advice: You can’t win them all. Because no matter how big, smart or powerful a...
Talking about retail and not mention Amazon these days is a difficult thing to do. Amazon seems to pop up in almost any conversation touching the topic. As such, it should come as no surprise that there may not be a single day in the...
Amazon continues to expand internationally, with Tech Crunch reporting the company is getting set to launch its services in Singapore — officially marking the online retail giant’s entry into Southeast Asia. According to sources, the arrival could happen as soon as this week, making Amazon...
As Amazon and Whole Foods roll toward the conclusion of their acquisition/merger, it seems the FTC is gearing up to take a look at Amazon’s discounting practices and whether or not they are on the level, legally speaking. Specifically, the FTC will be investigating allegations...
“The dirty little secret about apps in 2016,” Amazon’s Vice President of Amazon Pay Patrick Gauthier told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, “is that people don’t download them.” That’s a problem for merchants, who spend time and treasure building apps and then lose sleep...
