Amazon has announced the launch of a new music streaming service for customers with Alexa. “Customers in the U.S. who do not yet have a Prime membership or a subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited will now be able to listen to an ad-supported selection of...
Amazon is set to shut down its domestic marketplace in China by mid-July. Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported that the eCommerce giant has decided to focus on selling overseas goods and cloud services in the country. While Amazon shoppers in China won’t...
Reports that Amazon is planning to launch a free ad-supported music service caused Spotify shares to fall 4 percent on Monday (April 15). According to Reuters, the eCommerce giant would offer the free music service through its Echo speakers, and it could launch as early as...
Amazon, the eCommerce giant, could launch a music service that is free and ad-supported in the coming days, reported Billboard. According to Billboard, citing sources familiar with the plan, Amazon is mulling marketing the service through its Echo speakers and Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant....
The Amazon marketplace stands as one of the most successful efforts of the eCommerce operator, and that fact was underscored on Thursday (April 11) by the annual Amazon letter to shareholders from CEO Jeff Bezos – a letter that also apparently served as a rebuke to a...
Amazon may be firing on all cylinders, but Chief Executive Jeff Bezos realizes not all of its efforts will see success, warning investors in the company’s annual shareholder letter of the potential for multi-billion dollar failures. “As a company grows, everything needs to scale, including...
Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced on Wednesday (April 10) that delivery of Whole Foods Market products via Prime Now has been expanded to nine more cities. In a press release, the eCommerce giant said that as of Wednesday, Prime members can shop via Prime...
Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) drive the sales of more than half of all units sold on Amazon, and today (April 9), the eCommerce giant announced that it has launched 50 new tools and services since the start of the year to help more of...
Amazon is starting to get more of the digital advertising dollars as marketers shift their focus away from Google. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported WPP, the biggest ad buyer in the world, increased its ad spend at Amazon in...
