Amazon has long avoided troubles with copyright and trademark infringement issues in the U.S. by calling itself a venue through which merchants can sell — not an actual merchant for many of the goods for sale under its umbrella. Amazon can try to police its sellers,...
A new study has revealed that Alexa users are buying more, which means that its voice technology is turning into a major marketing platform for consumer brands. CNBC reported that the study, conducted by Linc Global and Rakuten, found that Amazon Echo owners increased their...
Amazon is an officially up and running in Australia. The eCommerce giant took its first orders Tuesday, but it seems local retail wasn’t too badly hurt by the development, according to Monday (Dec. 4) reports from CNBC. In fact, retail stocks actually shot up as...
Coming soon to Amazon Alexa’s rapidly expanding skill set? Going to work. As its annual re:Invent cloud services conference is going off in Vegas this week, Amazon announced that it will be rolling out a new toolbox that will make it easier to program Amazon’s...
Amazon Pay is coming soon to apps developed for Amazon’s Alexa by third-party developers. That news comes care of Amazon’s re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week. Starting out, Alexa’s payment-embedded skills will fall into the following categories: donations, restaurants and event ticketing. A developer preview...
Amazon.com is coming to Australia, notifying third-party sellers to prepare to accept retail orders on Thursday (Nov. 23). According to news from Reuters, citing a retailer, this marks the first time Amazon has given a start date for doing business in Australia, although expectations have...
As part of Amazon’s unending quest to optimize its supply chain for efficiency, Amazon has stealthily dropped Relay — a mobile app meant to make the pick-up process for truckers at warehouse facilities smoother and faster. With Relay, drivers can use the app to enter...
Amazon’s line of Echo speakers powered by Alexa, its digital voice assistant, has made its way to Canada. First spotted by TechCrunch, the Echo Dot and the Echo Plus are on sale in Canada as of Wednesday (Nov. 15). The Dot is selling for $49.99...
So, what went wrong with AmazonFresh? That was the question on everyone’s keyboard last week when it came out that Amazon had decided to pull the plug on its Fresh Delivery program in nine states — particularly because it did so suddenly and without explanation....
