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Amazon has started the search for a UK team to develop its driverless delivery Scout service. After the boost in online shopping from the coronavirus lockdown, the online retail giant…

Ocado is accelerating the development of its “robotic picking products” as the pandemic presents opportunities bigger “than we imagined (were) previously possible”.

Ocado and Waitrose face backlog of online orders

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March 17, 2020

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Unprecedented levels of customers deciding to carry out their shop online instead of visiting the supermarket have left the UK’s online retailers backlogged with orders. Ocado has been resorting to…

JD.com and Alibaba raked in more than $130 billion (£104 billion) during the ‘618’ shopping festival in signs that the world’s second largest economy is returning to health.

JD.com hires Bank of America for Hong Kong listing

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March 17, 2020

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Chinese ecommerce platform JD.com has hired Bank of America and UBS to work on a second listing in Hong Kong. The listing could happen as early as mid-2020, according to…

Smartphone sales across the globe plummeted by more than 20 per cent during the first quarter with nearly every major manufacturer seeing dramatic declines.

French regulator hands Apple £1bn fine for anti-competitive behaviour

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March 17, 2020

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The French Competition Authority on Monday announced it will fine Apple EUR 1.1 billion (GBP 1 billion) over restrictions it placed in contracts with wholesalers. In the biggest antitrust fine…

Amazon has warned US sellers that it will be re-imposing restrictions on the quantity of goods they can sell via its Fulfilled By Amazon (FBA) service.

Amazon sets out on 100,000-person recruitment drive to fulfil surge in online orders

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March 17, 2020

Amazon will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery drivers in the US to deal with the huge surge in online orders. With the spread of coronavirus, consumers are turning to online…

Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma has been summoned to a court in India amid allegations the retailer censored content seen as unfavourable to China.

Jack Ma donates 2 million masks to Europe

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March 16, 2020

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has pledged to donate two million protective masks across Europe. The Chinese billionaire announced on Friday that a cargo plane loaded with 500,000 masks and other…

Amazon has removed a t-shirt featuring an image of George Floyd with a policeman kneeling on his neck from its marketplace as it continues to face a backlash on social media.

Amazon names new UK finance chief

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March 16, 2020

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Change at the top for Amazon as its former Amazon European finance chief for fashion, Jeremy Martin, is named new UK finance chief. Martin replaces Jeff Stauber, who will move…

Apple has scrapped a limit on bulk purchases after less than a week which it imposed due to supply chain constraints brought on by the coronavirus.

Samsung, Apple switch AGM voting and annual developers conferences online

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March 16, 2020

Big tech firms will be putting their digital capacities to the test in the next few weeks as employees switch to working from home and social distancing measures. Samsung Electronics…

Amazon struggles under Whole Foods delivery demands

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March 16, 2020