Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is a paid subscription service offered by Amazon that gives users access to services that would otherwise be unavailable, or cost extra, to the typical Amazon customer. This includes free two-day delivery, streaming music and video, and other benefits.

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Amazon Expands Whole Foods Savings Perks For Prime Members
Amazon Expands Whole Foods Savings Perks For Prime Members
June 25, 2018  |  Retail

To provide Prime members with additional perks at Whole Foods, Amazon is rolling out an expanded discount program starting on Wednesday (June 27). The benefits,...

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Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
June 25, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

My plan on Friday evening was to write a hard-hitting piece on a services segment with incredible marketplace friction. Then I went to Whole Foods...

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Five At Five: Amazon Goes Fashionable With Prime
Five At Five: Amazon Goes Fashionable With Prime
June 20, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at today’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes a look at the newest feature connected to Amazon...

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Amazon Rolls Out Prime Wardrobe To US Prime Members
Amazon Rolls Out Prime Wardrobe To US Prime Members
June 20, 2018  |  Amazon

Following a beta accessible by invitation only, Amazon is rolling out Prime Wardrobe to all of its U.S. Prime customers. An executive with Amazon said...

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Amazon’s Prime Savings To Bow At Half Of Whole Foods Market Stores
Amazon’s Prime Savings To Bow At Half Of Whole Foods Market Stores
June 11, 2018  |  Retail

The Prime will now include … prime steak. Amazon and its recently acquired Whole Foods grocery unit said on Monday (June 11) that savings tied...

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Are Private Labels The Key To Cracking The Profitability Of Indian eCommerce?
Are Private Labels The Key To Cracking The Profitability Of Indian eCommerce?
May 31, 2018  |  South Asia

In 2016, 95 percent of transactions in India were done in cash and there were approximately 60 million online shoppers, representing about 14 percent of...

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Amazon’s Whole Food Discounts Are Rolling Out Across Dozens Of States
Amazon’s Whole Food Discounts Are Rolling Out Across Dozens Of States
May 30, 2018  |  Amazon

The Prime rewards are coming; the Prime rewards are coming. Such is the hue and cry set to go off in about a dozen states,...

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Amid Trucker Shortage, High Prices Loom
Amid Trucker Shortage, High Prices Loom
May 24, 2018  |  Delivery

Keep on truckin’ — if you can find the drivers. The Washington Post reported that the trucking industry, that linchpin of last-mile deliveries, is facing...

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You Could Do Worse Than Quit A Warehouse Job At Amazon
You Could Do Worse Than Quit A Warehouse Job At Amazon
May 22, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon puts significant effort toward loyalty, as shown recently by its push to extend Prime discounts to Whole Foods shoppers, a move designed to increase...

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