Home Automation
Amazon Plotting New Boston Hub For Voice Control, Robotics
Boston remains a finalist in the HQ2 search
Amazon
Retailing
Amazon’s Warehouses May Be Worse Than You Thought
An undercover report from one journalist paints his time at a U.K. distribution center as a prison shift.
Retail
Amazon Adds Echo Dot For Kids, Keyless Deliveries To Cars
An extra $30 buys you a complimentary subscription service, a two-year warranty and a childproof Dot case.
Retailing
Why Are Amazon Warehouse Workers On Food Stamps?
Also: The email you don't want to see from Jeff Bezos.
Retail
Amazon Prime Exceeds 100 Million Subs
CEO Jeff Bezos reveals number in letter to shareholders
Products
Best Buy Joins Amazon As 3rd-Party Seller For New Fire TVs
Models will be sold under Toshiba, Insignia brands
Retailing
Why An Online Sales Tax Would Be Good For Amazon
Also: Did you know Amazon has over 70 house brands?
Products
Amazon Tops HP & Apple In Tablet UX: Temkin
But HP and Lenovo win most improved player award
Retailing
This Week In Amazon: What To Expect At Prime Day 2018
Also: Trump Tweetstorm XIV; Sausage Making In Space
Home Automation
Amazon’s Summer Tech Preview
A sneak peek at what the seller expects to be hot, hot, hot
Retail
Trump Gunning For Amazon: Report
The president is considering tax and antitrust actions against the e-tailer.
Keeping Current
Guess Who’ll Gain From Toys’R’Us’s Pain?
If you thought Amazon would be the biggest beneficiary of Toys"R"Us' liquidation, guess again.
Retail
Walmart Hands Off TV Installs To Handy
Walmart has tapped nationwide service provider Handy to handle in-home TV mounting and furniture assembly.
Retail
Amazon Cleared For Landing
A new patent removes a major hurdle from its aerial strategy: humans
Retail
Amazon Said To Squeeze Suppliers To Curb Losses In Price Wars
Taking a page from Walmart’s playbook
Retail
Walmart: ‘We’re Definitely In Acquisition Mode’
The chain remains in buying mode to fight Amazon, Says Lore
Keeping Current
Toys ‘R’ Us Locations May Go Unleased — Unless Amazon Steps In
With big-box chains busy downsizing, who'd want the real estate?
Retailing
Amazon Go A No-Go For Retailers; Looking At Toys’R’Us?
Amazon is reportedly looking at old Toys'R'Us locations.
Retail
Amazon Sellers Seek More Clout With New ‘Merchants Guild’
Merchants bonded by sales-tax issues
Keeping Current
Lawsuit Says Walmart Overstated Web Sales, And Fired Exec For Saying So
A former Walmart business development director claims he was "abruptly terminated" after alerting the company's e-commerce star Marc Lore to questionable practices on the...
Appliances
Sears-Amazon Pact: Kenmore Has Left The Building
Major appliance partnership has gone nationwide
Home Automation
Alexa, Google Assistant On A Collision Course
Amazon holds the lead in voice-assisted devices, but Google will catch up this year, says Futuresource
Retailing
Hey Rex, There’s Job Openings At Amazon
The revolving door at Amazon headquarters is spinning nearly as quickly as the West Wing’s.
Keeping Current
Best Buy’s Joly: There’s Room For More Than Just Amazon
While the demise of RadioShack and hhgregg has lent Best Buy a helping hand in its battle against Amazon, retrenchment can’t take all of...
CES
Retailers Are Sold On Smart Home; The Trick Is Convincing Their Customers
The trick is convincing their customers
Home Automation
Was Hillary Behind Alexa’s Outbursts?
Jimmy Kimmel suggests the former Secretary of State may be connected to a rash of creepy cackling.
Home Automation
Amazon-Google Feud Reignites
The digital giants are at it again in the battle for smart-home supremacy.
Home Automation
Amazon Paying $1B-Plus For Ring
Will add lineup of video doorbells and connected cameras to its smart-home repertoire
Retailing
This Week In Amazon: HQ2 Clue & NRATV
Also: 14 Things That Can Drive Amazon Customers Batty
Retailing
This Week In Amazon: Which Industry Shall We Disrupt Next?
Even Amazon’s corporate crew isn’t immune to the dreaded pink slip.
Retailing
Google Banished From Alexa’s Brain; Amazon Leapfrogs Apple
Also: You’ll never guess which brand is the world’s most valuable