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Amazon Tests ‘New Concept’ Satellite Grocery Store Next to Whole Foods
Amazon Commerce // October 18, 2024

Amazon is expanding its grocery reach with a new type of store. The company opened a store called “Amazon Grocery” within the same Chicago building that houses a Whole Foods Market, another Amazon-owned company. “With this new concept, customers can shop their favorite natural and...

Amazon Adds Annual Plan to Grocery Delivery Subscription Service
Amazon // August 22, 2024

Amazon has expanded its grocery delivery subscription service by adding an annual plan for Prime members and extending its discounted subscription to all Prime Access members. These new offerings build upon the success the grocery subscription has seen since its launch in April, Amazon said...

Amazon Chips Away at Walmart Grocery Lead With Unified Pickup Options
Retail // February 09, 2024

As Amazon continues to try to shrink the gap between its own share of consumers’ grocery spending and Walmart’s, the eCommerce giant is retooling its mass-market brick-and-mortar offerings and looking to provide one-stop pickup options. On Amazon’s latest earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy noted that the...

Amazon Opens Grocery Delivery Program to Non-Prime Customers
Amazon Delivery // November 09, 2023

Amazon is expanding its grocery delivery/pickup program to include shoppers who aren’t Prime subscribers. The retail giant is making grocery delivery and free pickup available to all customers in any U.S. city or town where its Amazon Fresh grocery stores are available for Prime members,...

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Amazon Chips Away at Walmart Grocery Lead With Unified Pickup Options

February 09, 2024
As Amazon continues to try to shrink the gap between its own share of consumers’ grocery spending and Walmart’s, the eCommerce giant is retooling its mass-market brick-and-mortar offerings and looking to provide one-stop pickup options. On Amazon’s latest earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy noted that the company has already captures a significant share of consumers’ nonperishable […]

Whole Foods Rolls Out Amazon One as Grocers Tap Account-Linked Payments

July 20, 2023
As grocers look to boost their data-collecting capabilities in stores, Whole Foods Market is rolling out parent company Amazon’s palm payment capabilities across all locations. On Thursday (July 20), Amazon...

The Evolution Of The Amazon Prime Ecosystem

August 09, 2018
The world was a very different place in February 2005 when Amazon first introduced its loyalty program: Prime. There was no such thing as an iPhone; that was two years...

Marketplace Sellers Drive Amazon’s Q2 Profit Train

July 27, 2018
Another quarterly earnings reports, another rush of pleased Amazon investors hurrying to boost the stock in after-hours trading — Amazon stock jumped 4.1 percent in after-hours trading, despite notching the rare miss...

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Amazon Grocery Stores Leader Tony Hoggett to Leave Company

October 25, 2024
Amazon SVP Worldwide Grocery Stores Tony Hoggett will be leaving the company. “After nearly three years at Amazon, it’s time for the next step in my career,” Hoggett wrote in a Friday post on LinkedIn. Amazon said in a Friday update posted on its website: “After nearly three years of leading our grocery business, helping […]

Amazon Tests ‘New Concept’ Satellite Grocery Store Next to Whole Foods

October 18, 2024
Amazon is expanding its grocery reach with a new type of store. The company opened a store called “Amazon Grocery” within the same Chicago building that houses a Whole Foods...

Amazon Adds Annual Plan to Grocery Delivery Subscription Service

August 22, 2024
Amazon has expanded its grocery delivery subscription service by adding an annual plan for Prime members and extending its discounted subscription to all Prime Access members. These new offerings build...

Amazon Opens Grocery Delivery Program to Non-Prime Customers

November 09, 2023
Amazon is expanding its grocery delivery/pickup program to include shoppers who aren’t Prime subscribers. The retail giant is making grocery delivery and free pickup available to all customers in any...