In a continued expansion of its Prime Now delivery offering, Amazon and Whole Foods Market are bringing the service to more cites: The companies have launched PrimeNow in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Madison, Omaha, St. Louis, Orlando, Tampa and Tulsa as well as additional...
The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding round that also included participation from Obvious Ventures. The funds will be used towards new...
Snap announced that it is testing out a new way to search for products on Amazon using the Snapchat camera. “It’s super easy to use. Simply point your Snapchat camera at a physical product or barcode, and press and hold on the camera screen to...
Amazon put on a product pageant on Thursday (Sept. 20), one centered around its Alexa voice-assistant technology, and one of the main themes that came out of that Seattle event is a reminder of how badly the eCommerce operator wants to live inside your house...
Amazon, along with private equity firm Samara Capital, will acquire Indian supermarket chain More for an undisclosed sum. According to DealStreetAsia, a source said the transaction was valued at around ₹4,200 crore (more than $583 million USD). The acquisition of More’s parent company, Aditya Birla Group,...
Amazon is forecast to reach the number three spot among sellers of digital ads in the U.S. this year, according to market research firm eMarketer. According to The Wall Street Journal, buoyed by a pickup in ad revenue growth and accounting changes, Amazon is on...
Amazon.com announced Wednesday (September 19) that it launched in Turkey, enabling consumers in the country to shop from millions of products over the internet. In a press release, Amazon said Amazon.com.tr is now live, featuring products in 15 different categories including books, consumer electronics, sports,...
eCommerce giant Amazon is looking into allegations that employees are offering merchants internal data and confidential information that can help them boost sales, reported The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The report, citing sellers who have been offered and purchased the data, reported employees, with the aid...
Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly gearing up to launch a new store later Monday (September 17) where consumers can shop the U.S. small and medium sized businesses that sell on the platform. According to a report in FoxBusiness.com, the store is being called Amazon Storefronts and gives...
