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Online retail sales hit highest level in 3 years thanks to Amazon Prime Day

August 15, 2019

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UK online retail spending hit its highest level in three years in July, helping boost overall retail sales and beating analyst estimates. Online sales rose 6.9 per cent throughout July,…

Amazon Prime Day 2019 saw sales increase by as much as a third year-on-year according to new research.

Amazon Prime Day 2019 electronics discounts averaged just 4.5%

August 6, 2019

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, News

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Amazon Prime Day 2019 saw sales increase by as much as a third year-on-year according to new research. Sales rose to around $5.3 billion this year, up from an estimated…

Alibaba will be the first retailer to be issued China’s state-backed cryptocurrency alongside six other Chinese financial giants.

Alibaba to expand its Singles Day event to international markets for the first time

July 19, 2019

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, Marketing

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Alibaba is planning to bring its Single’s Day shopping event to a global audience for the first time this year, as it continues to try and limit its reliance on…

Amazon Prime Day 2019 breaks new records taking in more than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined

July 18, 2019

Ben Stevens

Companies, Ecommerce, News

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Amazon’s longest ever Prime day has again broken new records, raking in sales totalling more than last year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday events combined. Prime Day 2019, which was…

Ebay levies new tongue-in-cheek attack at Amazon Prime Day

July 16, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies, Ecommerce, News

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Online marketplace Ebay has launched a new advert satirising Amazon Prime Day’s “parade” of deals starring an “honest Alexa”. Tapping into the rising disillusionment of the Prime Day sales, a…

Amazon workers strike in Germany over “discount on incomes”

July 15, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Ecommerce, Industry

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Workers at seven of Amazon’s sites across German have timed in a strike with the retailer’s Prime Day activity, demanding better pay and conditions for logistics workers. According to labour…

Amazon has officially launched the first ever Amazon Small Business Awards to its sellers, opening up nominations and offering a prize package for the winners.

Prime time for a sale? Amazon’s competitors launch rival promotions

July 10, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Ecommerce, News

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As Amazon gears up for two days of heavy discounts for its Prime members, rival retailers are also jumping on the bandwagon with separate promotions designed to lure customers elsewhere.…

Amazon Prime Day to run for 48 hours for the first time

June 25, 2019

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, Industry

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Amazon Prime Day is due to stretch over 48 hours for the first time, marking the longest sales event in the retailer’s history. The online giant’s shopping festival, one of…

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Online retail sales hit highest level in 3 years thanks to Amazon Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day 2019 electronics discounts averaged just 4.5%

Alibaba to expand its Singles Day event to international markets for the first time

Amazon Prime Day 2019 breaks new records taking in more than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined

Ebay levies new tongue-in-cheek attack at Amazon Prime Day

Amazon workers strike in Germany over “discount on incomes”

Prime time for a sale? Amazon’s competitors launch rival promotions

Amazon Prime Day to run for 48 hours for the first time

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