All Amazon articles – Page 36
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NewsJohn Lewis scotches rumours of Amazon Waitrose approach
John Lewis Partnership has poured cold water on suggestions that it received a takeover bid from online giant Amazon for its Waitrose chain last year.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Sainsbury's-Asda vs Amazon
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on how Amazon and Morrisons may respond to the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Amazon now pounce on a UK grocer?
The monumental proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda has surely caught the attention of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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VideoWatch: Why Sainsbury's-Asda deal is 'transformational'
Sainsbury’s and Asda have unveiled “transformational” proposals to merge in a £13bn deal that would make it the UK’s largest grocer.
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OpinionSainsbury’s-Asda: Merger relies on people and culture
Sainsbury’s proposed merger with Walmart-owned Asda is full of big numbers – and big numbers when it comes to sales and profits are the objective.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is retail in danger of being monopolised?
With Sainsbury’s and Asda in advanced talks to form a £10bn grocery supergroup, Retail Week asks is retail in danger of being monopolised?
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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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AnalysisThe tech being trialled for cross-selling in-store
Giving shoppers reasons for buying more may be a matter of telling stories, online or offline, but what works and what are the potential pitfalls?
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OpinionOpinion: Competing with Amazon – without its budget
Amazon’s ambition was on display recently with the disclosure that it spent close to $23bn (£16.5bn) on research and development in 2017.
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OpinionOnline or offline? It’s not an either-or choice
Even by the standards of retail, always one of the most adaptive of industries because of its closeness to consumers, the pace and depth of change has seldom been as fast as at present.
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AnalysisAmazon's Jeff Bezos on the keys to a brilliant business
Amazon founder and boss Jeff Bezos’ annual letter to shareholders never fails to hit the headlines – and this year’s edition was no exception.
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NewsAmazon Prime membership swells to more than 100 million
Amazon has revealed membership numbers for its Prime subscription service for the first time.
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AnalysisSpecial report: How voice tech will transform retail
As voice-enabled assistants become the norm, how can retailers make themselves heard?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to run your stores like a website
As online and offline retail merge, an increasing trend is the physical store that aims to behave like a website. John Ryan considers the implications.
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OpinionAsos and Tesco show power of own-brand in age of Amazon
Strong own-brands, always part of the retail armoury, have taken on even greater importance as Amazon has grown.
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OpinionRetailers can turn data concern into opportunity
Data is a minefield. Only last month at Retail Week Live, M&S’ Steve Rowe shared the pressures of trying to turn ‘big data’ to commercial advantage.
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OpinionHow AI is giving Morrisons a very British boost
Morrisons revealed stellar full-year results last month and said British produce had helped woo customers to its stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Social shopping – turning likes into sales
There was a time when platforms like Facebook and Instagram offered little more than ‘vanity’ metrics for retailers, rather than tangibly affecting their bottom lines.
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Retail VoiceIs the growth in voice search just hype?
With 50% of all online queries predicted to use voice search by 2020, there’s no doubt the phenomenon is on the rise.
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OpinionConviviality – the dangers of glass-half-full attitudes
Success in retail often turns on a sixpence and, in attempting to pull off that difficult manoeuvre, drinks specialist Conviviality careered spectacularly off course.