These 12 Retailers Have Been Hit Hardest By Amazon
The “Amazon Effect” has cost retailers billions in lost revenue and market value over the past decade, leading to thousands of storefront closures. But...
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The “Amazon Effect” has cost retailers billions in lost revenue and market value over the past decade, leading to thousands of storefront closures. But...
Blu, the ultra-budget smartphone brand, has been dropped from Amazon’s Prime Exclusive Phones program over findings that its handsets secretly collect owners’ personal data...
If you thought that chaos in the White House or a legislative agenda adrift would be the top concerns of America’s business leaders, you’d be...
Amazon’s net sales increased 25 percent to $38 billion in the second quarter, ended June 30, compared with $30.4 billion in Q2 2016. But...
As this story notes — along with just about every other one mentioning Jeff Bezos and his wealth — the Amazon founder is one...
According to the report, Amazon is exploring all avenues: hardware, software and Cloud storage. It’s a logical, if a bit unnerving step, for the...
The number of people in the U.S. who will use a smart TV is expected to rise 10.1 percent from last year, to 168.1...
According to Consumer Watchdog, Amazon’s “straw man” prices are much higher than those found in the marketplace — and are often completely fictional. “As...
Sears will begin selling its Kenmore line of major appliances on Amazon, marking the first time Kenmore major appliances are sold by another retailer....
It wasn’t all that long ago when Amazon was struggling to get a toehold in CE. MarketWatch, with input from our friends at The...
Echo Show, Amazon’s first smart speaker with a touchscreen, is an object of desire among current Echo owners but merely rates a “meh” among...
While Apple was expected to discount its Alexa darlings for this year’s Prime Day, the slashing of the flagship Echo by 50 percent still...
Amazon said yesterday’s Prime Day sales promotion raked in more revenue than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. The 30-hour haul was up by...
Electronics and appliance retailers including Best Buy, Office Depot, Newegg, Sears and JCPenney are holding special sales of their own today in order to...
With Amazon’s much-vaunted Prime Day sales event just hours away, here’s a 50-second look at the logistics it takes to pull it off —...
Dixons Carphone, Europe’s largest CE and appliance specialty chain and former Best Buy mobile partner, has outlived its brick-and-mortar competitors by learning how to...
In its escalating open war against Amazon, Walmart has thrown down the gauntlet for the second time this month. After laying down the law...
Amazon will kick off its third annual Prime Day at 9 p.m. ET on Monday, July 10. The sales event, which features “hundreds of...
Best Buy knows a good thing when it sees it. Rewarded for its smart-home forays with strong comp-sale gains, the retailer has accelerated its...
Sure Universal, which markets a smartphone-based universal remote app, has added Amazon’s Alexa voice control to its capabilities. The company will debut the updated...
Although it may seem as if the gloves have truly come off, the fact remains that Walmart isn’t the only retailer that requires its...
Seattle, WA – Prolitec, a global leader in commercial ambient scenting, today announced that its popular Aera home fragrance system can now be voice controlled...
BSH’s Bosch brand will soon begin integrating select major appliances with Amazon’s voice-operated Alexa AI platform. The interoperability began with Bosch’s built-in coffee machine...
Perhaps in response to recent online inroads by Walmart, Amazon is on the counterattack, offering discounted Prime membership rates to lower-income consumers, the discounter’s...
Sources say Amazon is ready to put its Fire phone fiasco behind it and launch a new entry-level model, perhaps for emerging markets, under...
Voice control in the connected-home market will rapidly expand the adoption of such devices, according to the latest forecast from Park Associates. Parks is...
In this op-ed piece from the L.A. Times, author Amy Koss breathlessly (and we think incorrectly) predicts the end of brick-and-mortar retail at the...
For a company that once belittled brick-and-mortar as overhead, Amazon has certainly taken on plenty of it, with dozens of U.S. distribution centers and...
Dish has teamed up with Amazon to improve its DVR functionality. Available today, Dish customers with a Hopper or Wally and an Amazon Echo,...
A trio of new reports confirms what we kinda already know: that voice control is the happening new user interface, and that smart wireless...
We especially like the “Uh Huh” feature.
Element Electronics has begun taking pre-orders on Amazon for its line of 4K Ultra HD Amazon Fire TVs. The LED TVs, first announced during...
Control CasaTunes and the musicBox 6 using Amazon Echo, Tap, and Dot Devices Ft. Collins, CO, May 10, 2016 – CasaTunes®, the leader in...
For the second time in two weeks Amazon this morning has introduced another variant to its market-leading Echo smart-speaker line. This time, the House...
A trio of new reports confirms what we kinda already know: that voice control is the happening new user interface, and that smart wireless...
Walmart has made it no secret that it won’t go gentle into Amazon’s good night, revealing last year that it would slow brick-and-mortar openings...
Consumers will soon be able to have Alexa-controlled smart lighting without owning an Echo, Dot, Tap or Look. GE has revealed shipping and pricing...
Store closings and loss of retail jobs continue to make business headlines, and many retailers with a brick-and-mortar presence blame Amazon and the online...
Samsung and Amazon are teaming to deliver a higher standard of high-dynamic-range (HDR) performance to the video market. The Samsung-backed HDR10+ technology (based on...
Amazon reported its profits grew 41 percent for the first quarter, in no small part thanks to the global expansion of its retail and...
While growth of Amazon Prime membership is slowing due to saturation, the e-tailer is winning the loyalty battle as consumers continue to maintain or...