A new study from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) estimates that Amazon Prime memberships doubled in the past two years to more than 80 million people in the U.S. — and about 60 percent of all U.S. Amazon shoppers are now Prime members. According to GeekWire, this is a membership increase...
Amazon shares (AMZN) continue to ride high through April, skirting the 900 line with prices fluctuating just above and below, closing out the third week of April trading just below. AMZN was up 1.05 percent from the past week’s close in pre-market trading, looking to start...
Ecommerce giant Amazon expanded its subscription business after an announcement on Monday (April 24) detailed the launch of Subscribe With Amazon, a marketplace to subscribe to and manage digital subscriptions. On its website, Amazon said the subscriptions will be from a slew of service providers, including...
They say two heads are better than one — and when it comes to taking on a player like Amazon, it probably doesn’t hurt to throw an extra head into the mix. Which likely explains the three-pronged attack on Amazon’s Southeast Asia expansion signaled by the...
Alexa’s been in the spotlight for awhile now as Amazon’s darling voice-activated AI assistant. But the deep learning technologies behind the voice of Echo, Echo Dot and a growing number of other devices has, for the most part, stayed cooped up with Amazon Web Services....
Amazon’s marketplace troubles may be even broader than reported, according to some sellers. On top of the recent issues with hackers stealing account credentials of legitimate but inactive merchants and selling non-existent items, a report from Inc suggests that fraudsters are also making new accounts....
As it turns out, even if Jeff Bezos doesn’t like a show or movie coming out of Amazon Studios — even if he thinks it sounds boring and too complicated to make — he will greenlight it if his team makes the case for it....
While the company’s shares (AMZN) saw significant growth in the winter months of 2017, the first weeks of April trading brought AMZN to new heights. AMZN broke $900 during Tuesday (April 4) afternoon trading, peaking above $920 before tempering back down to around $894 by...
According to emerging reports, Amazon considered a Whole Foods Market takeover last fall — but ultimately decided not to pursue a deal. The potential move came as Amazon continues to look for ways to bolster its grocery business, though according to an unnamed source, the discussion...
