All Amazon articles
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NewsAmazon launches e-cargo bike fleet in London
Amazon has created a new fleet of e-cargo bikes and on-foot delivery staff to replace van deliveries in London.
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Asda, Asos and Amazon warn online sales tax could do more harm than good
Executives from major retailers met with financial secretary to the treasury Lucy Frazer last week to warn of the potential impact of an online sales tax.
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Amazon names Doug Herrington as new retail chief executive
Retail giant Amazon has named Doug Herrington as the new chief executive of its retail arm, weeks after the previous boss stepped down.
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Amazon’s global consumer boss exits
Amazon’s worldwide consumer chief executive Dave Clark is leaving the business after 23 years.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Amazon opens first ever Style fashion store in California
Tech giant Amazon has opened its first-ever Style dedicated bricks-and-mortar fashion store in Glendale, California.
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Amazon slips into loss as productivity becomes focus
Online giant Amazon has reported a quarterly loss - its first since 2015 - as torrid trading conditions took a toll.
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Morrisons, Asda and Amazon price strategies polarise as retailers tackle inflationary pressures
Morrisons and Asda have reduced prices while Amazon has warned of price rises as the retail sector grapples with soaring inflation.
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Analysis
Explosive consumer poll: Is greenwashing working?
Retail Week’s Green is the New Black report has ignited debate on social media as to how much consumers know – and care – about sustainability. We take a closer look at its findings.
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Amazon stops packaging products in single-use plastic bags
Amazon has wiped out all single-use plastic delivery bags across its own UK distribution network as it ramps up its sustainability drive.
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Analysis
Personalisation, promotions and payments – Boots and Farfetch on the next frontier of in-store tech
After growing accustomed to the convenience of online deliveries over the past two years, consumers now need compelling reasons to look up from their screens and retailers face a battle to bring shoppers back to physical locations. Retail Week looks at the cutting-edge tech that could help them win the fight.
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Amazon launches fully electric HGV fleet as it ramps up net-zero push
Amazon has launched its first-ever fully electric fleet of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK as part of broader plans to become net-zero by 2040.
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Analysis
Tracker: Retail reacts to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Retail Week rounds up the actions being taken by retailers in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Last updated March 29, 2022.
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Data
Data: Primark and Amazon rank among most sustainable retailers in new consumer poll
Retail Week’s ground-breaking new report reveals the findings of exclusive research with 1,000 UK consumers on what sustainability means to them, how it is influencing their spending and how much they care about retailers driving the ESG agenda.
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Opinion
‘Make no mistake – Amazon still has big ambitions in bricks and mortar’
Amazon might be calling time on its bookshops and 4-star stores, but rivals should not be fooled – the etail titan remains hell-bent on making its mark in bricks-and-mortar retail, warns George MacDonald.
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Amazon launches first ‘sustainable’ own-brand range
Amazon has launched an own-label range across several categories entirely comprising “consciously created” products certified to meet sustainability criteria.
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Amazon shutters all bookshops and 4-star stores
Amazon has announced it will close 68 physical bookshops and 4-star stores across the UK and US in order to focus on its grocery and department store concepts.
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Amazon reaches ‘global agreement’ with Visa on credit card fees
Amazon has agreed on a deal with Visa that will see it continue to accept payments from Visa credit cards, marking the end of a dispute over rising payment fees.
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Gallery
Store gallery: WHSmith launches first ‘Just Walk Out’ store in the US
WHSmith has opened its first checkout-free store in LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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Opinion
‘When do we stop calling Amazon a retailer?’
Amazon’s varied and growing revenue streams mean that selling ‘stuff’ is increasingly incidental to the tech giant’s business proposition, Natalie Berg observes.
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CMA designates Amazon as grocery retailer in bid to protect UK suppliers
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will now recognise Amazon as a grocery retailer in order to protect UK suppliers.
