Amazon’s Alexa made herself known at CES this year. She’s showing up on Huawei devices, Ford’s new cars and LG’s smart home devices, to name a few. As Las Vegas’ big technology weekend wrapped up, Alexa hit the road and is hitching a ride with consumers soon. As...
Alexa recently added another new skill to her repertoire of well over 3,000, and it’s one that’s sure to make hungry Amazon Prime members happy. Amazon has integrated Alexa’s functionality into Amazon Restaurants, the food delivery service side of Prime Now. Now, Prime members can...
The week is looking to end up nicely for those holding Shopify share — an announced e-commerce partnership with Amazon has sent stock prices up 8 percent. The bounce came on formal confirmation of news that Shopify has completed a long-awaited integration with Amazon that will...
Amazon has just launched a test version of a new P2P marketplace in India, which will allow consumers in the country to sell their used items via Amazon’s online retail platform. As of now, the service is only operational in the city of Bangalore. The...
Soon, online payments might get more frictionless. Amazon’s patent on its 1-Click payment system will expire this year, meaning online buyers could soon see many other online stores adopting similar methods throughout 2017. Anyone who has used Amazon more than once or bought using voice...
Amazon may have been the clear winner this holiday shopping season, but that doesn’t mean everyone wants to shop on the eCommerce giant’s websites. According to The Wall Street Journal, which cited data from Kantar Retail ShopperScape, 17 percent of households in the U.S. do...
First up in this week’s sweet Amazon Tracker, an update on the story that broke (and broke hearts) just before Christmas came around. Amazon’s coveted Echo smart speaker is still sold out. And as it turns out, the backlog is actually more severe than first...
From selling a record number of Echo family devices, to beating out traditional retailers, to grabbing the attention of those last-minute shoppers, Amazon has had nothing short of a successful holiday season. On top of all that, Hanukkah and Christmas began on the same night...
Amazon and Alexa, its virtual personal assistant, have something to cheer about this holiday season record sales of Amazon Echo family of devices. In a press release, Amazon said the 2016 holiday season was the best ever for Amazon with the Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick,...
