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Amazon customers could soon receive their deliveries in less than five hours as it piles investment into new warehouses to improve its same-day delivery service.

Amazon can now deliver orders in under 5 hours

March 4, 2020

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Amazon customers could soon receive their deliveries in less than five hours as it piles investment into new warehouses to improve its same-day delivery service. Prime customers in Philadelphia, Phoenix,…

Amazon’s automated delivery robots will soon be legally allowed to operate on sidewalks and many roads in the state of Virginia.

Amazon’s Scout delivery robots can soon legally operate in Virginia

February 28, 2020

Ben Stevens

Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain, News

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Amazon’s automated delivery robots will soon be legally allowed to operate on sidewalks and many roads in the state of Virginia. The Virginia House of Delegates has approved new legislation…

Jeff Bezos has sold $4.1 billion (£3.16 billion) worth of Amazon shares in the past week marking the largest seven-day selldown by any billionaire executive on record.

Amazon smashes all expectations in 4th quarter sending shares skyrocketing 13%

January 31, 2020

Ben Stevens

Companies, marketplace, News

Amazon, Amazon Web Services, one-day delivery, Prime, same-day delivery

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Amazon has smashed sales expectations across the board in its fourth quarter sending shares surging as much as 13 per cent and raising its market capitalisation back to over $1…

Amazon has broken records this holiday shopping season after deliveries “nearly quadrupled compared to last year”, sending its shares soaring.

Amazon celebrates record-breaking holiday sales

December 27, 2019

Ben Stevens

Companies, News

Amazon, Boxing Day, Prime

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Amazon has broken records this holiday shopping season after deliveries “nearly quadrupled compared to last year”, sending its shares soaring. The ecommerce giant saw its shares jump more than four…

Amazon said it will have delivered a total of 3.5 billion parcels throughout 2019, smashing estimates to become its own largest delivery company.

“Novelty of Amazon is wearing off” as shopper numbers and Prime subscribers decline

November 5, 2019

Ben Stevens

Companies, Ecommerce, News

Amazon, First Insight, Prime, research, Study, Survey, Walmart

Amazon customers are shopping far less than in previous years as a new study suggests the “the novelty of Amazon is wearing off.” Customer who purchase items on Amazon six…

Amazon’s ‘Choice’ rating label is being manipulated by traders to boost sales of mediocre or even dangerous items according to consumer watchdog Which?

Amazon Prime promotion banned by ASA

October 30, 2019

Ben Stevens

Advertising, Marketing, News

Advertising Standards Authority, Amazon, ASA, Prime

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Amazon’s promotion offering users a month of free Prime has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for being “likely to mislead.” The ASA upheld seven complaints about a…

Amazon is struggling to keep up with a spike in demand for home deliveries as the continuing spread of coronavirus sparks panic buying.

Amazon to make 2-hour grocery delivery free for all Prime subscribers

October 29, 2019

Ben Stevens

Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce, News

Amazon, Amazon Fresh, Delivery, Prime

Amazon is rolling out free two-hour grocery delivery to all of its Prime members without them having to subscribe to Amazon Fresh. Prime members across 2000 locations eligible for the…

Amazon Fresh launches on-demand delivery for non-subscribers

September 11, 2019

Ben Stevens

Delivery / Supply Chain

Amazon, Delivery, Fresh, grocery, online, Prime, Russell Jones

Amazon Fresh is now available on demand in the UK allowing Prime customers which are not signed up to the monthly delivery service to order groceries online anytime. Prime customers…

Amazon is set to begin offering its customers small business loans as it closes in on a deal with banking giant Goldman Sachs.

Amazon stock to jump 50% over next year thanks to 1-day delivery

September 3, 2019

Ben Stevens

Companies, Ecommerce

Amazon, Delivery, Mark Mahaney, Prime, RBC Capital Markets

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Amazon’s stock could jump nearly 50 per cent over the next year thanks to its planned roll out of Prime One-Day Shipping. RBC Capital Markets believes that its drive into…

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

2019, Adobe Analytics, Amazon Prime Day, Echo Dot, Jeff Bezos, Prime

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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…

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Amazon can now deliver orders in under 5 hours

Amazon’s Scout delivery robots can soon legally operate in Virginia

Amazon smashes all expectations in 4th quarter sending shares skyrocketing 13%

Amazon celebrates record-breaking holiday sales

“Novelty of Amazon is wearing off” as shopper numbers and Prime subscribers decline

Amazon Prime promotion banned by ASA

Amazon to make 2-hour grocery delivery free for all Prime subscribers

Amazon Fresh launches on-demand delivery for non-subscribers

Amazon stock to jump 50% over next year thanks to 1-day delivery

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

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