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NewsAmazon opens new fulfilment centre in £1bn investment
Online powerhouse Amazon has opened a fulfilment centre in Northampton and revealed plans for another location in Kettering, marking a £1bn investment in Northamptonshire by the retailer.
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InterviewQ&A: Amazon European Stores vice-president on the new innovations shaping its grocery offering
As part of Amazon’s Delivering the Future event at its LCY3 fulfilment centre in Dartford, Kent, many announcements were made for the UK and Europe.
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AnalysisInside Amazon: How the retail giant is striking a balance between man and machine
Amazon’s annual “Delivering the Future” Europe took place last week, and rather than being sent on a plane to Milan or Dortmund like previous years, Retail Week visited somewhere much closer to home
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NewsAmazon expands grocery offering and makes $1bn investment in career programme
Amazon is expanding its grocery offering in the UK as well as making a $1bn global investment in its Career Choice programme.
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NewsAmazon Prime Day event dates revealed
Amazon’s annual summer Prime Day event is returning for a four-day stint this month, with hundreds of thousands of deals available for Prime members.
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Opinion‘When it comes to buying anything more than basics, we’d rather speak to a human than a bot’
Even ChatGPT doesn’t offer anything beyond the prompt, making it hard to find the new, inspirational products that one discovers when browsing a physical store, observes Maureen Hinton
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Opinion‘It’s nonsensical to make hiring harder as youth unemployment climbs’
Retail is the biggest private employer in the country. As rising youth unemployment stokes concern, retailers could help more if the government would let them, says George MacDonald
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NewsAmazon UK tax payments climb by 20%
Online giant Amazon’s tax bill climbed last year, making it one of the biggest tax contributors in the UK.
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NewsMake work experience mandatory for young people, argues Amazon UK boss
Amazon UK boss John Boumphrey has proposed obligatory work experience for young people, who he said should not be blamed for suffering high levels of joblessness.
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AnalysisRefund fraud could cost retailers £2.3bn annually, with scammers taking 30% cuts
A new report by the University of Portsmouth, funded by Cifas, estimates that refund fraud could be costing UK retail dearly.
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NewsAmazon’s ‘Everyday Essentials Week’ returns
Amazon has launched its second annual “Everyday Essentials Week” to help customers save on the products they use most.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: Tracking AI investment by retailers
We have just launched the Retail Week AI Investment tracker, a recap of all the stories Retail Week has published on retailers’ AI initiatives over the past few years
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DataDelivery trial shows three out of 10 retailers cut it fine or deliver late
The research also showed that most retailers charge more than £3.50, which is what consumers say is the highest price they would find acceptable for delivery
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NewsAmazon spring sale provides boost to overall online retail sales in March
Amazon’s spring sale gave a boost to overall online retail sales in the UK in March, according to Adobe data shared exclusively with Retail Week.
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GalleryStore gallery: Whole Foods Market kicks off store opening spree
Whole Foods Market has opened its latest store in Angel, North London, the first in a blitz of six new store openings across the capital by the summer.
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NewsWhole Foods Market eyeing up ‘multiple sites’ for 2027
Whole Foods Market is looking at taking “multiple sites next year” and has plans to expand its physical store footprint beyond London, Retail Week understands.
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AnalysisPartnership update: Waitrose leverages AI for delivery, Sephora launches app on ChatGPT, and more
Welcome to the Solutions Spotlight partnership update: Retail Week’s round-up of the latest innovative technology and supply chain tie-ups in retail
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NewsAsos names former Amazon Fashion exec as new global trading boss
Asos has appointed Amazon Fashion general manager Natasha Jeffers to the newly created role of managing director of global trading.
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NewsWhole Foods Market to double UK footprint with six new stores
Whole Foods Market is set to double its total number of UK stores with the planned opening of six new stores across the capital over the next few months.
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Opinion‘When shoppers hand decisions to AI, influence moves upstream’
AI is accelerating a shift in consumer behaviour in two distinct ways and changing the rules of influence, believes Publicis’ Steve Ricketts