Amazon is jumping into the fray of prescription discount offerings, hoping to grab a slice of the $360 billion U.S. medication market with its six-month plan for Prime members starting at $6, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (June 8). Since the majority of insurance firms don’t cover...
Among the greenfield opportunities beckoning for modernization and digitalization, none beckon quite as brightly as healthcare. After all, it’s an industry that represents more than 17 percent of U.S. GDP, as measured by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. And by all accounts it...
Speculation among Amazon-watchers has been growing over the Prime question: When will the company hold its annual Prime Day sales? Bloomberg Technology reported that the event will take place on June 21 and 22, based on company records and a source familiar with the matter....
Amazon banned sellers of Chinese electronics brands earlier this month following a database leak that apparently connected some of these companies to fake reviews, which the world’s largest retailer says it forbids. But a report from Recode on Thursday (May 20) says internal communications obtained...
Amify, which bills itself as “the first Amazon-as-a-Service provider” announced on Thursday (May 20), that it had hit an annual run rate of $100 million in gross merchandise value (GMV) in terms of customer goods sold on Amazon. The company saw its client base expand...
Amazon has put a video player called miniTV inside its Android shopping app for customers in India, and it will soon extend the service to its iOS app and web apps, according to a company blog post. Amazon India described the offering in the post...
Looking to hire 75,000 new employees in fulfillment and transportation, Amazon is offering $1,000 signing bonuses and hourly wages averaging $17 per hour. If a new hire shows proof of being vaccinated for COVID-19, Amazon will throw in another $100. Amazon Vice President of Global...
In week of upgrades and expansions, Amazon’s Alexa is on the road again, expanding its partnership with Ford to ride shotgun with more drivers. And Alexa is also being pitched more directly to younger users with the release of the latest Echo Show 5 device...
Amazon is hiring 1,900 technical and non-technical workers for its HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia’s Pentagon City area just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., according to an announcement. There are currently 1,600 workers at HQ2, the announcement stated. The Seattle-based eCommerce giant said it...
