Amazon’s Internet of Things endeavor continues to pick up speed. The online retail giant announced yesterday (Nov. 22) that a new set of device makers recently joined onto the Amazon Dash Replenishment Program (DRS) — GeniCan, Honeywell, Nestle and WePlenish. Amazon’s DRS allows participating connected devices...
Amazon isn’t known to sit idly by when it enters a market, and that could be true of the online ticketing business, which it got into last year. According to a report, Amazon is gearing up to expand it to Europe, Asia and maybe the...
This holiday season, the fight against the fakes is on. That’s according to Amazon, which is launching new tools aimed against counterfeiters on its platform. The tools are called “Brand Central,” and they are intended to help merchants thwart other merchants from selling an imitation...
Amazon has something to cheer about this holiday season: a lot of Prime subscribers. That’s according to Cowen Analyst John Blackledge, who estimated on Monday (Nov. 21) that Amazon’s Prime subscribers in the U.S. have climbed to 49.5 million, reaching an all-time high. The analyst,...
Ever the retail trendsetter, Amazon just celebrated the newest holiday shopping event around. The event, dubbed Voice Shopping Weekend, ran starting on Friday (Nov. 18) of last week. The event ends tonight. (OK, so it was an extra-long weekend.) All customers have to do is...
Consumers in the market for a new car now have a new place they can buy, and they don’t even have to leave the house to do it. At least if they live in Italy. Fiat Chrysler and Amazon announced a deal that will offer...
As it turns out, you can teach a dog new tricks. Especially if the “dog” in question is actually a sophisticated piece of artificial intelligence designed to learn new tricks. Amazon’s personal assistant AI Alexa also knew a fair number of tricks already – she...
Did you know that 50 percent of units sold on Amazon are from third-party retailers? Well, wherever these third-party retailers are located, they’re ready for the holiday rush. So ready that, according to a release, Amazon is predicting a record-setting sales year from businesses selling...
Going forward, Amazon Prime members in the U.K. who shop at Morrisons will be able to tap into same day grocery delivery. This continues a partnership the two firms struck in February that saw the British supermarket chain begin wholesale supply to the Internet. That...
