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Kindle Top Weekend Seller For Amazon
Seattle — Two Kindle tablet models were the best-selling items on Amazon.com over the Thanksgiving weekend, the e-tailer reported. Sales of the Kindle Fire HDX...
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BMW, Mini Add Amazon Cloud Player Control
Seattle – Automakers are stepping up their smartphone-connectivity options with the launch by BMW and Mini Cooper of in-dash Amazon’s Cloud Player control for...
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Amazon, Listen To Rick Blaine
In the classic World War II drama “Casablanca,” when American expatriate and nightclub owner Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart) is asked by Major...
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Amazon Origami Debuts
Seattle – Amazon today introduced a new program that allows Kindle buyers to design a personalized device cover. Called Amazon Origami, the Kindle purchaser...
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Amazon Begins Sunday Deliveries With USPS
Seattle – The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is providing Sunday deliveries to Amazon Prime customers in Los Angeles and New York. The partners plan...
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Amazon Offering Kindle To Indie Booksellers
Seattle — Amazon is opening up sales of its Kindle devices to independent booksellers and giving these stores a commission on Kindle e-books purchased...
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Walmart, Amazon Get Head Start On Black Friday
New York – Walmart and Amazon formally began their Black Friday promotional periods today with a blitz of early-bird specials and daily deals. The jumpstarts...
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Amazon Collects Sales Tax In Three More States
Seattle – Amazon.com will begin collecting sales tax today on items purchased by residents in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. Separately, the e-tailer has begun donating...
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Amazon Reduces Q3 Loss, Posts Sales Gain
Seattle – Amazon.com reported a $41 million net loss for the third quarter, ended Sept. 30, compared with a year-ago net loss of $274 million....
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Shhh, Amazon Has Raised Its Free-Shipping Minimum
Just ahead of the biggest shopping period of the year, Amazon.com has quietly raised the amount you have to spend to qualify for Free...
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Amazon Holiday Hiring Up 40%
Seattle – Amazon.com is hiring over 70,000 full-time temporary workers to man its fulfillment centers this holiday season, a 40 percent increase over last...
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Amazon Expands Kindle Line
Seattle — Amazon unveiled the third-generation Kindle Fire on Wednesday, known as the Kindle Fire HDX. Two screen sizes will be offered — 7...
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Amazon’s 6th-Gen Kindle Set For Pre-Order
Seattle – Amazon today rolled out its sixth-generation e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite. Two versions of the e-reader are on tap. The basic Paperwhite ($119)...
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Amazon Launches Home-Automation Store
Amazon.com has quietly opened a dedicated department for home automation. The virtual storefront culls the e-tailer’s mammoth selection of programmable products and assorts them...
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Amazon Gives Details On CE Trade-In Effort
Seattle — Amazon.com said that customers can trade in their used devices (including iPhones, iPads and iPods) in exchange for up to $460 (depending...
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Amazon Hiring 5,000 Warehouse Workers
Seattle — Amazon.com is looking to bring in more than 5,000 workers to staff its growing network of U.S. distribution centers. The No. 1...
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Amazon Reports Sales Gain, But $7M Q2 Loss
Seattle – Amazon.com reported 22 percent higher sales but a $7 million net loss in the second quarter ended June 30. Net loss was...
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Acoustic Research Intros Amazon-Exclusive Ear Buds
Hauppauge, N.Y. — Acoustic Research announced a line of ear buds sold exclusively through Amazon. The Performance series, which consists of three models, will...
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Amazon’s Massive Impact On CE Retailing
Back in 2000 I called an executive a major CE manufacturer to inform him that Amazon.com was carrying his company’s products. He adamantly said,...
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One-On-One With Amazon’s CE Chief Ben Hartman
SEATTLE – As VP of consumer electronics for Amazon.com, Ben Hartman heads the third-largest CE retail operation on the planet. In this exclusive interview...
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Amazon Finds Growth In Camera Drought
SEATTLE – Perhaps as much as any other product category, digital imaging has benefitted from the convenience, bargains and informational benefits that Amazon offers...
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TV Or Not TV? Amazon Has The Answer
SEATTLE — Virtually from the launch of the first HDTVs, e-commerce retailing of an item like a television set was considered a difficult proposition....
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Measuring Amazon’s Impact On CE
Back in 2000 I called an executive at a major CE manufacturer to inform him that Amazon.com was carrying his company’s products. He adamantly...
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‘Son Of Kindle’ Coming Soon From Amazon?
CUPPERTINO, CALIF. – Amazon.com is widely believed to be developing a fuller range of proprietary hardware to broaden its line of e-readers and tablets,...
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Amazon Primed For Nationwide Sales-Tax Collection
SEATTLE – At first blush it may sound counterintuitive, but Amazon.com fully backs the Marketplace Fairness Act, the federal legislation that would make state...
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Amazon Is Awash In All Things Mobile
SEATTLE – Type the word “tablets” into Amazon’s search engine, and the site shows more than 600,000 items available. Granted, many of these items...
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Even Without Installation Bays, Amazon Has Strong Presence In Car
SEATTLE – All the benefits of showrooming aside, Amazon has still had one thing stacked against it in the car electronics category: a lack...
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Amazon’s Audio Mix Skews Toward The High End
SEATTLE – Unlike with some other CE categories, home audio consumers did not have to evolve their way of shopping to appreciate Amazon’s offerings....
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Amazon Q1 Profits Fall 37%
Seattle – Continued investments in content and the impact of unfavorable foreign exchange rates let to a sharp drop in Amazon.com’s first-quarter earnings. Net...
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Reports Hint At Amazon STB, Next Gen. Xbox
Apple may still not be ready to launch its long-anticipated and speculated-on iTV, but that’s apparently not stopping a couple of other industry giants...
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Sam’s, Amazon Tops In Customer Experience: Survey
Waban, Mass. — Sam’s Club and Amazon.com provide the best customer experience in retail, a survey of 10,000 shoppers revealed. Conversely, RadioShack came in...
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Amazon Cuts Kindle Fire 8.9 Tablet Pricing
Seattle — Amazon is pumping up tablet competition by dropping the prices of its Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet by $30 for the Wi-Fi...
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Amazon’s Threat Overstated, Survey Shows
While there’s no question that Amazon.com is siphoning off sales from physical stores, retailers’ biggest competitors still remain … other retailers. A recent survey...
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Amazon, CBS Expanding Streaming Agreement
New York — CBS and Amazon.com have expanded a content-licensing agreement to bring classic series and TV shows from CBS Television Distribution and Showtime...
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Ford Sync Systems Access Amazon Cloud Player On Android Phones
Seattle — Ford vehicles equipped with OEM Sync systems can now access Amazon’s Cloud Player through a wirelessly connected Android smartphone running the Amazon...
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Amazon, Apple Most Trusted U.S. Companies: Poll
New York – Amazon.com was cited as America’s most reputable company in a Harris Interactive poll of 14,000 consumers. Amazon earned the top-spot for...
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Amazon Tops In M-Commerce Satisfaction: Survey
Ann Arbor, Mich. — Amazon.com has extended its vaunted customer service model to mobile shopping as well. According to a holiday survey of 6,200...
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Amazon Gets SVOD Exclusive For ‘Under The Dome’
Los Angeles – CBS said Monday that it has reached a content licensing agreement with Amazon that will make the new television series “Under...
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Amazon Tops In Visits, Searches And Satisfaction
Costa Mesa, Calif. – Amazon.com was the most visited and searched for e-tail site of the year, a title it also held in 2011,...
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Samsung TVs Get Amazon Cloud Player
Seattle – Amazon said Thursday its Cloud Player application for Samsung Smart TVs. The new app gives Cloud Player customers access to their entire...
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Amazon To Collect Sales Tax In Massachusetts
Boston — Amazon.com will begin collecting sales tax in Massachusetts next fall. The agreement, which goes into effect Nov. 1, 2013, was announced today...
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Amazon Discounting Top Kindle Fire In One-Day Sale
Seattle — Amazon.com is offering a $50 discount on its 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD today. The one-day sale suggests that demand for its top-of-the-line...