All Amazon Web Services (AWS) articles – Page 4
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AnalysisUnderstanding Amazon – how every retailer’s biggest threat operates
If you ask most retail leaders what their biggest threat is, you’ll hear one common answer: Amazon.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The retailers that became tech titans
Amazon, Ocado, Farfetch and The Hut Group are just some of the retailers that have branched out into selling the technology that they build in-house, and their tech divisions are the fastest-growing – and often highest valued – part of the business.
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OpinionOpinion: If Bezos sees bricks and mortar opportunity, so should other retailers
Well-known retail names are shrinking their store estates as fast as you can say CVA.
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NewsAmazon pulls plug on retail operations in China
Amazon is closing down its retail business in China after admitting defeat to its great rival in the market, Alibaba.
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NewsAmazon toasts record Christmas but sales growth is slowing
Amazon posted record sales and profits in the Golden Quarter, but it forecast lower-than-expected first-quarter sales, sparking fears growth is slowing.
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NewsAmazon surpasses $1trn market valuation milestone
Amazon’s shares briefly edged passed the $1trn market value mark yesterday, making it only the second publicly listed US firm to do so.
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NewsAmazon posts record profit growth as sales soar
Amazon has reported a 12-fold increase in its second-quarter profits driven by demand for Amazon Web Services and increased online sales.
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AnalysisRetail Week Power List 2018: Five key trends
We look at five of the biggest trends in the Retail Week Power List 2018, in association with Medallia.
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NewsAmazon profits double in first quarter as sales surge
Amazon’s profits and sales have surged in its first quarter, surpassing analyst expectations and causing its share price to soar.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five lessons for retailers from Lotus
Intense competition, financial shortfalls and senior management disruption. Sound familiar?
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InterviewInterview: Amazon’s innovation boss Paul Misener
Asked to pick his favourite innovation at the retail giant to date, Amazon’s Paul Misener replies: “I really can’t choose just one.”
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AnalysisFrom AI to Gen Z: A peek at tomorrow's world of tech
With only one month to go until Tech. powered by Retail Week – Europe’s largest festival of innovation in retail technology – we look at what delegates can expect.
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OpinionOpinion: The grocery market is not Amazon's true target
Most commentators have portrayed Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods as a drawing of the battle lines in the grocery market.
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AnalysisRoadtrip: Northwest stars The Hut Group, TJ Hughes and Booths
The Northwest is a region with a long history in retail – particularly in fashion, as Manchester was once the heart of the textiles trade.
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OpinionOpinion: Prime your business – hold a customer day
Amazon has done it again with Prime Day. The juggernaut sees no sign of slowing down.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Amazon’s five greatest innovations
Amazon is undoubtedly one of retail’s great innovators, but what are its most impressive inventions? Retail Week takes its pick.
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NewsAmazon to launch Echo and drone research centre
Amazon is launching its second research centre in Cambridge and will hire over 400 employees to deliver innovations across its drone and Echo devices.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Amazon, BHS and more
Retail news round-up: Amazon hit by rising costs, BHS.com to unveil its first clothing range, and Debenhams hires ex-BHS lighting buying team
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NewsAmazon launches $2.5m competition to advance artificial intelligence tech
Amazon has unveiled an annual university competition dedicated to accelerating conversational artificial intelligence technology.
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AnalysisEtail evolution: A look at Amazon’s website through the years
Amazon’s online retail offer has been industry-leading since its inception, but how has its ecommerce website developed?