All Amazon articles – Page 14
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AnalysisCoupang: What can UK retailers learn from the Amazon of South Korea?
Coupang has turned industry heads around the world, with many claiming the Korean platform has even managed to ‘out-Amazon’ Amazon. So what sets it apart? And what might UK retailers be able to learn from its example?
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NewsExclusive: Air fryer prices rocket by up to 90% in the past year
Air fryers have soared in price over the past year as demand for low-energy home appliances grows during the cost-of-living crisis.
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DataRanking: Amazon, Tesco and Asda offer best customer experience, say shoppers
Amazon, Tesco and Asda have come out on top of an exclusive consumer poll asking which retailers offer the best customer experience, but Aldi isn’t far behind.
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NewsAmazon UK warehouse network overhaul puts 1,200 jobs at risk
Amazon intends to shut three of its UK warehouses, affecting 1,200 jobs.
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Opinion‘As Amazon falters, now is the moment for omnichannel retailers to excel’
As the tech giant wobbles and footfall recovers, smart multichannel retailers have a genuine opportunity to ‘do what Amazon does not’, writes Lisa Byfield-Green
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NewsAmazon to cut 18,000 jobs across its business as tech giants suffer
Online giant Amazon is to axe approximately 18,000 jobs – about 6% of its workforce.
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NewsAmazon settles EU regulators deal to avoid $47bn fine
Amazon has agreed to settle competition inquiries with the European Union to avoid a potential $47bn (£39bn) fine.
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AnalysisWho will be retail’s winners and losers in 2023?
Who will thrive and who will flounder in 2023? Retail experts share their tips for the year ahead
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NewsAmazon workers vote to strike at Coventry warehouse in UK first
Amazon workers at a depot in Coventry will go on strike over pay in the new year after voting in favour of industrial action in a historic ballot.
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AnalysisResearch: Tesco, Amazon and Aldi leaders reveal 2023 customer strategies
Tesco UK chief executive Jason Tarry, Amazon UK country manager John Boumphrey and Aldi UK managing director of buying Julie Ashfield have spoken about their 2023 customer strategy in a major new Retail Week report.
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NewsAmazon warehouse workers set to protest over pay dispute
Amazon is bracing for delivery disruption during the crucial golden quarter, with hundreds of staff at its Coventry fulfilment centre preparing to protest tomorrow due to a row over pay and working conditions.
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AnalysisReview: Retail’s best Christmas adverts 2022
Is it a turkey or a Christmas cracker? Retail Week has assembled an esteemed panel of judges to deliver their verdict on a selection of retail’s biggest Christmas adverts this year.
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AnalysisThe Retail Week future CEOs list 2022
Retail Week speaks to the industry’s top headhunters to find out who will be in the next wave of retail bosses
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AnalysisWhere do humans fit into Amazon's new age of robotics?
Once the preserve of science fiction, US tech giant Amazon is working hard to herald the age of robots. What do these latest innovations mean for the future of fulfilment and the people who work in it?
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NewsAmazon plans 10,000 job cuts as Bezos warns of US recession
Tech giant Amazon is reportedly planning to shed 10,000 jobs in its corporate and technology divisions as founder Jeff Bezos warned US businesses should “batten down the hatches”.
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AnalysisStrategy spotlight: Five ways Amazon is sharpening focus for profitable growth
No retailer is immune to current market pressures, not even Amazon.
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NewsAmazon launches cost-cutting review of unprofitable business units
Amazon is carrying out a broad cost-cutting review that will pare back parts of the business that have not been profitable.
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NewsAmazon shares tumble as it warns golden-quarter profit could be wiped out
Amazon has warned that its profits could be all but wiped out during the crucial golden quarter in a bleak prediction that stunned Wall Street.
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Opinion'Welcome to Web -1.0, where pureplays struggle and stores are stars'
Never mind the metaverse and Web 3.0 – as ecommerce players fall on tougher times, retailers must focus on creating genuinely multichannel models, writes Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald
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NewsAnalysis: How should retailers approach a cost-of-living Black Friday?
These are dark times for Black Friday. With the threat of a recession growing with every government U-turn and consumer confidence plumbing historic lows, retailers are facing the event – and the crucial golden quarter – firmly on the back foot