All Amazon articles – Page 49
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NewsApril Fool's Day 2017: 10 of the best retail wind-ups
From Amazon to Aldi, River Island to Iceland, a host of retailers have launched wild and wacky April Fool’s Day pranks in a bid to sucker shoppers.
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NewsAmazon eyes physical furniture and electricals stores
Online giant Amazon is toying with the idea of creating bricks-and-mortar furniture stores so shoppers can try before they buy.
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OpinionOpinion: Have stores reached peak digital?
Shoppers’ contradictory desires are making things tricky for the operators of physical stores.
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AnalysisHow is Amazon Go disrupting payment strategies?
Discover how retailers are answering consumer demand for payment options that fit with their digital lifestyles in a new Retail Week digital briefing.
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OpinionBlog: Why Next’s Amazon Prime-style pass is a smart move
Next revealed this week that it had quietly launched an unlimited next-day delivery subscription.
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AnalysisThe technology shaking up the supply chain
In the first of a new series examining how to get ready for tomorrow’s supply chain, Ben Cooper investigates the supply chain disruptors keeping retailers on their toes.
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NewsAmazon adds Prime Now to Alexa voice shopping
Amazon has added its two-hour delivery service, Prime Now, to its Alexa virtual assistant to create what it describes as its “fastest and easiest way to shop”.
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OpinionOpinion: Food retail has been hit by lack of strategy
It has become a meaningless cliché to talk about the increasing speed of change in retail, yet the recent dramatic news from the grocery trade is hard to keep up with.
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OpinionOpinion: How not to be the Uber of retail
A reputation can make or break a company, and recently Uber has become hoisted by its own petard thanks to its customer-focused business, while ignoring its employee-focused culture.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Amazon dominate the fashion world?
Amazon has thrived in categories from entertainment to electricals, but can it become a leader in fashion?
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NewsAmazon exec Kavan on the etailer's 'customer obsession'
Amazon executive Ajay Kavan believes more retailers need to “start with the customer and work backwards” when driving innovation.
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OpinionOpinion: The changing face of retail leadership
As UK retail faces uncertain times, with the sterling devaluation beginning to effect buying calendars and limited growth outside online, what leadership will bring success?
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OpinionOpinion: As Amazon’s tax falls, is high street at risk?
Even if you want to quibble about Amazon being the epitome of the model ecommerce operation, it is certainly the behemoth.
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OpinionTaking stock ahead of Retail Week Live
In the run up to Retail Week Live 2017, Andrew Busby delves into the Retail Week archives to see what made the headlines years ago.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Arcadia, Sainsbury's and more
Retail news round-up: Philip Green doubles Arcadia's pension contribution, Sainsbury's to axe staff numbers and Morrisons to report increase in pre-tax profits
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AnalysisInfographic: Reiss hires Angelides, Clarks' store review
The week in words and numbers, February 24, 2017: Reiss’s founder on hiring ex-Next executive Christos Angelides, and Clarks’ boss on its portfolio review.
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NewsAlibaba joins with Bailian to merge bricks and clicks
Online giant Alibaba has joined forces with Bailian – a large Chinese retailer with 4,700 outlets – to boost integration between traditional retailing and ecommerce.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Rates reform hits high street
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Amazon’s business rate cut versus rises for many high-street retailers.
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OpinionOpinion: Business rates may be unfair but reality is key
It is ironic that business rates have shot to the top of the news agenda at the same time Amazon has pledged to create 5,000 more UK jobs.
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NewsAmazon to bolster British workforce with 5,000 new roles
Amazon is launching a massive recruitment drive to hire 5,000 people in the UK, taking its total number of employees in the country to nearly 25,000.