Leaked documents: Amazon denies claims Alexa’s novelty has worn off December 22, 2021 Amazon has denied claims consumers are losing interest in Alexa after media obtained internal documents predicting a slump in sales growth.
Apple struggles to keep pace with Google and Amazon according to new study on future readiness December 15, 2021 Tesla, Lululemon, Mastercard, and Google topped the global rankings in their respective industries in the Future Readiness Indicator released today, and a number of global companies fared much worse than expected, including Apple, IBM, Twitter, Spotify, HSBC, Audi, and Sony.
Amazon to sell PCR Covid-19 tests for Brits travelling December 13, 2021 Amazon will sell Covid PCR test kits to travellers as the giant online retailer moves in on the Covid-19 market. The online retailer will sell government-approved tests for £34.99 each and offer discounts for those bought in bulk, the Guardian reported today. Travellers coming into the UK will be able to use the tests sold [...]
Amazon’s ruthless move to block Visa credit cards forces anxious businesses to make stark choices December 9, 2021 Amazon’s recent decision to block Visa credit cards in the UK caught millions of businesses and consumers in between. As a result, many firms have some serious and fairly urgent choices to make, as industry insiders explained to Morning Wire today. Amazon announced in November that it will no longer accept payments made with UK-issued [...]
US tech firms dominate web searches reaching more than 40m monthly hits each December 7, 2021 Alphabet's Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are the only website publishers to reach more than 40m people in the UK each month, according to Ipsos Iris data.
$61bn push for supply chain control: Amazon builds 10,000 containers as it charters long-haul planes and private cargo ships December 6, 2021 E-commerce Amazon remains largely unaffected by the global supply chain crisis as it is increasingly taking control of the entire supply chain. The company is building its own containers, and has “quietly” been hiring long-haul planes as well as private cargo ships, according to a CNBC report this weekend. Its 53-foot containers are manufactured in [...]
Amazon acknowledges ‘there is more to do’ as UK warehouses are targeted by Extinction Rebellion activists in Black Friday raid November 26, 2021 Climate activists blocked Amazon’s largest warehouse in the UK, targeting the global retail giant’s busiest day of the year. Extinction Rebellion’s Black Friday demonstration, with about 20 activists, started at 4am at the distribution centre in Dunfermline, Fife. The group said it was also targeting Amazon sites in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, [...]
Amazon to face UK protests on Black Friday while strikes planned in Europe November 25, 2021 UK Amazon workers and campaign groups are among those planning to protest against the tech firm’s treatment of workers on Black Friday, with strikes planned in other countries. Amazon employees in the US and several EU countries are planning to take action on one of the tech firm’s busiest days of the year. The action [...]
Italy’s antitrust authority issues whopping €200m fine to Amazon and Apple November 23, 2021 Italy's antitrust authority has fined Amazon and Apple more than €200m (£168m) in the latest sign that the EU is cracking down on big tech.
Amazon’s merciless move to block Visa likely to lead to rapid uptake of… Amazon credit cards, which are issued by Mastercard November 22, 2021 Following the news that Amazon will no longer accept payments from UK-issued Visa credit cards, some industry insiders are convinced the e-commerce giant’s decision is a calculated move to drive the adoption of the company’s own payment cards, and will give a competitive advantage to Visa’s main rival, Mastercard. Last week, the online retailer confirmed that Visa credit [...]