According to new reports, France’s government has filed a formal complaint against Amazon alleging the eCommerce giant has abused its position in the market. The filing follows a two-year investigation by France’s local answer to the CFPB: the DGCCRF. According to news from Reuters, citing French newspaper...
Amazon’s Alexa skills have reportedly surpassed the 25,000 mark in the U.S., after the company has been touting the milestone for several weeks. According to voicebot.ai, the voice web news site, Amazon has been promoting the availability of 25,000 Alexa skills in the U.S., but...
Rumors are swirling that Amazon is looking to up the level of its cybersecurity game with an acquisition. Axios is reporting that Amazon is in late-stage acquisition talks with Massachusetts-based Sqrrl — a cybersecurity startup with an impressive pedigree. Both of Sqrrl’s founders are NSA alumni...
Amazon Prime may have had the best Prime Day ever this past summer, but Morgan Stanley warned there are signs that its Prime growth is starting to slow. According to news from CNBC, Morgan Stanley said in a research report this week that based on a...
In answer to many retailers selecting Dec. 19 as a shipping deadline for guaranteed online holiday purchase deliveries this year, Amazon has launched a holiday delivery promise of its own: “fast, free shipping from Amazon to your door — through December 24.” According to a press...
Reports out of Seattle say that Amazon has significantly cut the number of open positions in the city, and some employees are even talking about a hiring freeze. Both the Seattle Times and CNBC reported on the story, speaking to employees about hiring freezes or...
The ability and tendency of the average American consumer to hit the web to purchase goods or at least research them and their price has created something for a difficulty for the Federal Reserve as it contemplates whether and how much to increase the benchmark...
December 5, 2017 was day one, Down Under, for Amazon. It was, according to Amazon executives, an opening day that broke all previous opening day records. It is, perhaps, not surprising. Although Australian consumers don’t spend as much money online as their American and U.K....
Amazon is making its Echo voice-enabled smart speakers available for purchase in more than 80 countries, but will only ship to the countries via Amazon.com. According to a news report in Venture Beat, Amazon is only selling the Echo devices from Amazon.com, with no local...
