Amazon has filed for a trademark for Amazon Pharmacy in several countries, according to a report by CNBC. Those countries include Australia, Canada and the U.K. The trademarks illustrate how Amazon could potentially move its nascent online pharmacy business overseas, despite the numerous challenges it...
A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been expanding their respective ecosystems in the process: Amazon and Walmart. At the time, in November 2018, it became clear that...
Amazon acquired Health Navigator, its second healthcare service for its employees, CNBC reported on Wednesday (Oct. 23). The startup Health Navigator will help power Amazon Care, the eCommerce giant’s primary care pilot program. Amazon acquired online pharmacy PillPack last year for $753 million. Health Navigator...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed details about its recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Testifying on behalf of the FTC, Bureau of Competition Director Bruce Hoffman stated, “This hearing focuses on one potential form of conduct...
December 31, 2019
A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been expanding their respective ecosystems in the process: Amazon and Walmart. At the time, in November 2018, it became clear that the state of that race had changed. Walmart was leading […]
November 28, 2018
Healthcare is proving a greenfield opportunity to big tech firms like Amazon and Apple, and retailers like Walmart. Here's why the Hippocratic Oath is likely to be, increasingly, rendered in...
September 19, 2022
Amazon executives TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen, who were instrumental in pushing the eCommerce titan more into health care, are now leaving the company, CNBC wrote Monday (Sept. 19). After Amazon bought PillPack in 2018 for $750 million, the two, who founded the company in 2013, helped roll out Amazon Pharmacy, the online source for […]
January 21, 2020
Amazon has filed for a trademark for Amazon Pharmacy in several countries, according to a report by CNBC. Those countries include Australia, Canada and the U.K. The trademarks illustrate how...
October 24, 2019
Amazon acquired Health Navigator, its second healthcare service for its employees, CNBC reported on Wednesday (Oct. 23). The startup Health Navigator will help power Amazon Care, the eCommerce giant’s primary...
September 24, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed details about its recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Testifying on behalf of the FTC, Bureau...
