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Amazon Drone Delivery Takes Flight
Amazon has completed its first customer delivery by drone, as part of an Amazon Prime Air pilot in England.
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GE Builds Amazon’s Alexa Into New Funky-Shaped Lamp
GE has integrated Amazon’s Alexa voice technology into an LED table lamp.
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Amazon Opening No-Checkout Store
For Amazon, just opening a brick-and-mortar store is big news. Now the House That Bezos Built is taking showrooms one step further by opening...
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TIGER GROUP EXPERTS: ABL LENDERS SHOULD ‘HAVE NO FEAR’ OF AMAZON
NEW YORK — Some asset-based lenders (ABLs) still hesitate to lend against inventory held at Amazon’s warehouses. However, savvy e-tailers, distributors and manufacturers increasingly...
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Amazon’s Echo & Fire Devices Were Gobbled Up Over The Holiday Weekend
Amazon said four of its proprietary Echo and Fire devices outsold all other products purchased on its site over Black Friday weekend. The Amazon...
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Best Buy And Amazon To Carve Up Tech Retail: CEO Joly
After leading Best Buy through five holiday seasons, chairman/CEO Hubert Joly feels confident about Christmas, and foresees a time when CE retail will be...
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Amazon Dash Replenishment Adds New Device Makers and Launches New Products
SEATTLE—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced that a new set of diverse device makers joined the Amazon Dash Replenishment program (www.developer.amazon.com/drs), including GeniCan, Honeywell, Nestle and...
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Amazon Offering Black Friday Exclusives Through Alexa
Shoppers using Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices got a leg up on the Black Friday rush this weekend. To help promote its personal digital assistant, the...
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Sellers on Amazon Ready for Busy Holiday Season
SEATTLE — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) predicts record-setting sales this year from businesses selling on Amazon as they prepare for a busy holiday season. To...
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Amazon Touts ‘Lowest Prices’ On Select Samsung, LG And Sony TVs
Amazon plans to win the holidays through a one-two knockout punch of low prices and customer convenience. To make its point, the No. 1...
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Black Friday Rundown: Costco, Staples, Amazon, JCPenney, Toys‘R’Us And More
Updated! Either intentionally or otherwise, another slew of Black Friday retail ads surfaced over the weekend. Here are the highlights: Costco: The No. 1...
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Amazon’s Private-Label Brand Is Gobbling Up Market Share
Amazon is successfully taking market share from established brands in several product categories, analysis from market-research firm 1010data purports. Using consumer spending data representing...
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Amazon Begins Black Friday 2016 Countdown With Dedicated Deals Page
Amazon has started the holiday clock by bringing back its Black Friday Deals Store. The dedicated section features more than 7,000 pages of discounted...
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Adorama Takes On Amazon Prime With VIP360 Loyalty Program
It’s all about the repeat business. Photo-specialty retailer Adorama debuted a $49.99/year loyalty program today known as VIP360, an upgrade to its original (free)...
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Amazon Prime Growth Is Slowing (Because Most Already Have It): CIRP
The number of people signing up for Amazon Prime is slowing, according to estimates from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). Despite a membership increase...
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Amazon Launches ‘Unlimited’ Music Streaming Service
Amazon has supplemented its Prime Music streaming service with a new program that offers “tens of millions of songs” for $10/month, upping the competitive...
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GE & Amazon Put Dishwasher Pod Purchases On Autopilot
GE Appliances, an early adherent of Amazon’s Dash automatic reordering system, has added dishwashers to its laundry list of compliant products. The benefit: GE’s...
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Apple: 90% Of Apple Chargers & Cables On Amazon Are Counterfeit
According to a lawsuit filed against accessory manufacturer Mobile Star, Apple said it has tested more than 100 cables and chargers being fulfilled through...
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GE Adds Dishwashers To Amazon Dash Contingent
GE Appliances, an early adherent of Amazon’s Dash automatic reordering system, has added dishwashers to its laundry list of compliant products. The benefit: GE’s connected...
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Amazon Launches ‘Unlimited’ Music Streaming Service
Amazon has supplemented its Prime Music streaming service with a new program that offers “tens of millions of songs” for $10/month, upping the competitive...
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Amazon Primed To Take Target’s Customers
Target has resumed selling Amazon’s Kindle and Fire devices this week, four years after they were shown the door. According to the author, whatever...
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How To Be A Match For Amazon This Holiday Season
It’s no mean feat to be all things to all people in all places, but “always on” availability is the hallmark of cross-channel selling,...
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Amazon Opening Convenience Stores
First bookstores, then mall stores, and now convenience stores. Amazon’s latest brick-and-mortar foray will support its growing Fresh subscription grocery service, and the company...
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Amazon’s New Dash ‘Wand’ Isn’t As Magical As It Sounds
Unlike the original Dash Wand, this new portable scanner can be used to order nearly anything from Amazon. This hands-on review, however, shows it...
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Google Home Ecosystem Throws Down The Gauntlet Before Amazon
With the availability of Google’s new smart-home hub, the company has marked its “move from mobile-first to AI-first,” stated CEO Sundar Pichai. Google Assistant,...
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Amazon Adds Alexa, More Oomph To Fire TV Stick
Amazon has packed a host of improvements into its latest generation Fire TV Stick, which debuted for only a dollar more than its $39...
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If Your Speaker Supports Play-Fi, It Will Soon Also Support Alexa
Amazon’s Alexa may have received its biggest boost into audio yet. DTS announced all Play-Fi-capable audio systems, regardless of brand, will be controllable by...
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Living With Amazon’s Alexa
“New Yorker” contributor Sarah Larson recounts her occasionally trying path toward finding common ground with her new AI pal. “The first time I met...
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Amazon Expected To Grab Over 25% Of Holiday Online Sales
It’s shaping up to be an e-commerce Christmas and we can all thank Amazon for that. According to market research firm eMarketer, online sales...
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5 Reasons Why Amazon’s Alexa Is The Real Deal
So why is Amazon’s Alexa the breakthrough product that is finally going make voice control viable? It’s Open. It is truly unlimited what you...
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Amazon Bans Incentivized Reviews Tied To Free Or Discounted Products
After a blistering study showed how third-party sellers could be gaming Amazon’s review system, the e-tailer announced that the only incentivized reviews now permitted...
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Blink Charges Into The Future With Amazon Alexa Voice Control Integration
BOSTON, Oct. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ –Blink, the ultra-affordable, wire-free, home security and HD video monitoring system, today unveiled that its popular home security cameras...
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Amazon Adds Alexa And More Oomph To Fire TV Stick
Amazon has packed a host of improvements into its latest generation Fire TV Stick, which debuted today for only a dollar more than its...
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Is Amazon Building Its Own Delivery Empire?
Current and former Amazon managers and business partners say yes — as a direct competitor (rather than an adjunct) to FedEx, UPS and the...
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Jam Audio Adds $70 Jam Voice Wi-Fi Speaker With Alexa
Count in Jam Audio as the latest company to incorporate Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. The Jam Voice is the company’s first voice-operated smart speaker...
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Amazon Expected To Grab Over 25% Of Holiday 2016 Online Sales
It’s shaping up to be an e-commerce Christmas and we can all thank Amazon for that. According to market research firm eMarketer, online sales...
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Amazon Planning Plenty More Pop-Up Stores: Report
During Amazon’s formative years its executives would often tout the cost advantages of cyber storefronts over physical locations. In due time though, the company...
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GE Appliances Adds Voice Control Via Amazon Alexa
GE Appliances, which has collaborated with Amazon on its Dash automated replenishment system, has tapped into the e-tailer’s technology yet again. Effective this month,...
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Amazon Redesigns (And Slahes The Price Of) Its Dot
Amazon has improved its portable Echo Dot device, shaving a few millimeters off the top and dropping the price down to $50. It also...
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Amazon Algorithm Highlights Higher-Priced Products
Shoppers shouldn’t assume that items appearing in Amazon’s “buy box” are necessarily their best bet. “We’re investigating algorithmic injustice and the formulas that increasingly...
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Amazon Sellers Who Give Away Products For Review May Be Gaming The System
One research group crunched the numbers and found reviewers who received a product for free were more likely to give it a positive rating....