Amazon.com
July 17, 2018 at 10:04 am
Amazon.com suffered glitches at the start of Prime Day on Monday, slowing sales on the e-tailer's biggest shopping day of the year. Amazon's annual shopping holiday kicked off at 3 pm E.T. and runs for 36 hours, the longest Prime Day yet. Shoppers reported several errors on both the desktop site and the mobile app. Amazon didn't…
July 16, 2018 at 12:19 pm
Amazon.com is kicking off its fourth annual Prime Day today at 3 p.m. EST, with millions of products on sale exclusively for Prime members over the course of 36 hours. In anticipation of the sales event, some of Amazon's top rivals have announced their own online sales to steal some some market share from the online retail…
June 22, 2018 at 10:37 am
In this week's episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Caitlin Sullivan and Joe Keenan discuss the upcoming shopping holiday Amazon Prime Day. Topics addressed in this video include Amazon.com's motivations for launching Prime Day three years ago, how the shopping holiday may change this year, and the opportunities for other retailers and brands to…
June 15, 2018 at 11:34 am
Microsoft is reportedly working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week. More specifically, the software giant is developing a system that tracks what shoppers add to their carts. Reportedly, Microsoft has shown sample technology to several global retailers and has had talks…
May 15, 2018 at 2:57 pm
Amazon.com's cashier-free grocery store of the future is coming to San Francisco and Chicago. The company is expanding its experimental Amazon Go store to the two cities, but didn't say when they would open. It has posted job listings for store managers in the cities on its site, which were first noticed by the Seattle…
May 7, 2018 at 2:38 pm
Amazon.com is reportedly inviting customers into a New York office to measure their body shapes and sizes over a 20-week period in an effort to improve the shopping experience for customers. According to The Wall Street Journal, twice a month volunteers (chosen from a survey) will visit the office in order to allow Amazon to…
May 3, 2018 at 4:55 pm
Amazon.com is reportedly offering discounted credit card fees to retailers that adopt Amazon Pay as an option for their customers, according to people with knowledge of the matter who spoke to Bloomberg. The Bloomberg report said that Amazon has offered the discounts to several smaller sellers with higher credit card fees than Amazon, which can negotiate…
May 1, 2018 at 11:23 am
Amazon.com announced a huge expansion in Boston that will bring 2,000 technology jobs to the city, where it will focus on developing its Alexa voice-activated technology as well as cloud computing and robotics. The move cements Boston as one of the retail giant’s prime technology hubs, even as the company weighs 20 metro areas, including…
April 30, 2018 at 11:10 am
Chico's FAS, Inc. announced today that its Chico's brand apparel and accessories will be available to purchase on Amazon.com in mid-May. Shoppers will be able to find a select assortment of Chico's brand merchandise on Amazon, including core collections such as athleisure, no-iron shirts and jewelry. As the new business channel gains traction, additional Chico's…
April 19, 2018 at 4:31 pm
Amazon.com has launched a new feature within its shopping app for iOS and Android users to cater to international customers shopping for U.S. goods, according to a report from Reuters. The feature, which was announced late on Tuesday, will enable users to shop in five languages, including English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, German, and Brazilian Portuguese, and will be…
