Amazon is going airborne with a new shipping partner. The Wall Street Journal reports that the eCommerce giant, in an effort to offset rising delivery costs, has entered into a deal with Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) to lease as many as 20 of its...
Years from now, plenty of pundits will claim that Amazon Prime Now was a surefire bet from the start. Why wouldn’t customers want to pay a little extra to get their purchases within one or two hours? That’s how fast the retail world moves, though...
Whether it’s by air, land or sea, there are few retail pundits who would claim that Amazon isn’t, at least, setting the pace for express delivery services. However, even Amazon knows that it can’t get every package to every doorstep it wants — but it...
There’s nothing to get customers thinking that the sky is falling quicker than by raising the minimum price for services that they’ve come to think of as fundamental to the average shopping experience. Thanks to Amazon, fast and accurate two- and one-day shipping has always...
Despite many customers’ perceptions that tech companies like to beta test their new products and services as initial releases, Amazon has been cautious with its restaurant delivery program. However, now that several U.S. cities have been taken under the Prime Now umbrella, is it time...
A few years ago, it was unthinkable that customers could have household items delivered in as little as one or two days for no extra charge — let alone within a few hours for a slight fee. But are consumers prepared for two of the largest...
San Diego is a city that represents a confluence of cultures, as well as the traditional foods they bring to the metaphorical table. As if all the food and sun they could ask for wasn’t enough for San Diegoans, though, Amazon just made their lives...
When Amazon first announced its Prime Air drone delivery program years ago, the reaction ranged from the incredulous to the slightly skeptical. Fast forward to 2015, and Amazon is releasing as many technical details on its flying machines as it can — air speed, flight altitude,...
Amazon has been careful to keep interest in its slowly advancing drone delivery program, but if people are looking to the skies for the latest Amazon developments, they should start looking for larger aircraft instead. The Wall Street Journal reported that Air Transport Services Group...
