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Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online marketplace for books, Amazon has since expanded to become the world’s largest online retailer, selling electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys and jewellery. Retail Week provides news, features, analysis and opinion about Amazon, online markerplaces and digital innovation and technology.
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NewsFormer Amazon boss named as ‘preferred candidate’ for CMA chair
The Business secretary has named former Amazon boss Doug Gurr as the preferred candidate for the role of permanent chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
NewsAmazon invests millions in sustainable UK delivery station
Amazon has started construction on a new UK delivery station aimed at being the first building in the country to achieve Living Future’s zero-carbon certification.
Opinion‘Could Amazon’s ecommerce strength be challenged as rivals seek to shift power balance?’
Chinese powerhouse JD.com’s imminent launch of coffee-to-computers site Joybuy and Argos’s plans for a marketplace show that rivals to Amazon are up for a fight, says George MacDonald
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