Amazon is expanding the number of Alexa custom lists users can create, a move to enhance one of its voice-activated digital assistant’s most frequently used features. According to a report in TechCrunch, Amazon is expanding the Shopping List and To-Do List capabilities, enabling Alexa device...
Amazon appears to be making yet another big move this year, this time branching into the realm of private-label sportswear. According to news reports published by Bloomberg on Friday (Oct. 13), the Seattle, Washington-based company has partnered with two well-known Taiwanese sportswear manufacturers to create...
From teenagers to Tokyo, Amazon is perpetually looking for new ways to meet new consumers where they are. In this week’s tracker, the eCommerce giant raises the bar (the pop-up bar, that is), gives YouTube and pharmacies a run for their money, allows teens to...
While there are many ways to mark the start of the holiday season each year — the appearance of decorations, the sprinklings of early Black Friday sales, the radio station that only plays Christmas songs for the entire month of December — our favorite here at...
Amazon’s Alexa now offers voice recognition that can tell the difference between family members’ voices. Users can set up voice recognition using the Echo, Echo Dot or Echo Show. Family members are then asked to read aloud 10 phrases, and Alexa will use that data...
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday (Oct. 10) it has launched an easy way for teens aged 13 to 17 to shop on the eCommerce website with their own, parent-controlled login information. In a press release, the Seattle, Washington-based online retailer said teens, can for the first...
A deal between Amazon and Swatch — one that would have seen the watch company offering its brands like Omega and Blancpain on Amazon’s site — has fizzled out, according to The Wall Street Journal. And, reports indicate it has fizzled in such a way...
Amazon will be deciding before Thanksgiving whether to move into the online selling and delivery of prescription drugs, and the news that the ecommerce giant could be entering the market sent shares of drug retailers Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid tumbling on Friday. “We are convinced that...
It’s now been a month since Amazon took over Whole Foods, and the initial stats have likely kept execs of other grocery stores awake at night. Barron’s reported that real-time location data from Thasos Group showed a 17 percent year-over-year uptick in Whole Foods foot...
