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Jan 12
2 min

Rent the Runway to Sell Secondhand Luxury on Amazon as it Chases Profitability

CNBC | January 12, 2023 Rent the Runway began selling its secondhand luxury clothes Thursday on Amazon as the subscription-based startup continues to chase profitability. Hundreds of items from the company’s “pre-loved” collection, plus new, never-worn pieces from its “design collective,” can now be purchased directly from Amazon through a virtual Rent the Runway storefront. Secondhand items from more than 35 brands, including Tory Sport, rag & bone, Tibi, sita murt and Kate

Dec 15, 2022
2 min

Amazon launches Inspire, a TikTok-Like Shopping Feed That Supports Both Photos And Videos

TechCrunch | December 8, 2022 Amazon is bringing a TikTok-like shopping experience to its app. The company announced the launch of Inspire, a new short-form video and photo feed that allows consumers to explore products and ideas and shop from content created by influencers, brands and other customers. The feature is designed to draw consumers’ attention away from apps like TikTok, where brands can directly market to consumers, in order to drive sales on Amazon.com instead. T

Oct 20, 2022
1 min

Amazon Extends UPS as Option for Seller-Fulfilled Returns

Retail Dive | October 20, 2022 Beyond Amazon's status as UPS’ largest customer, Amazon is also a notable driver of returns made through the parcel carrier. That was the case before Amazon rolled out the new option for seller-fulfilled returns — customers can return eligible items for free at more than 4,768 UPS Store locations, Amazon noted in a January blog post. UPS Store locations are a crucial piece in Amazon’s current returns processing approach, as “nobody does returns

Sep 29, 2022
1 min

Amazon Officially Confirms it will Hold a 2nd 'Prime Day' Sales Event in October

Insider | September 26, 2022 Amazon is doubling up its usual "Prime Day" sales bonanza by hosting another sales event for its Prime subscription members in October, the retail giant announced in a press release Monday. The sales event, which will run through October 11 and 12, will be called the "Prime Early Access Sale" and feature a list of 100 "popular and giftable items" per Amazon's press release. Insider's Eugene Kim reported in June that Amazon was planning an October

Aug 25, 2022
1 min

Peloton Launches Products, Apparel And Accessories In Amazon’s U.S. Stores

SGB Media | August 24, 2022 Peloton Interactive, Inc. announced that the Peloton Bike, Guide, select accessories, and apparel are selling through Amazon’s U.S. stores, with Bike delivery available to most of the U.S. The arrangement marks Peloton’s first wholesale partner. Until now, Peloton relied on its website and physical showrooms. Peloton said the collaboration will expand its distribution and, more immediately, engage its members and prospective members in a new sales

Jul 14, 2022
2 min

Amazon Bringing New And Improved Dash Carts to Whole Foods

Retail Dive | July 13, 2022 Dilip Kumar, Amazon’s vice president of physical retail and technology, said the company will add its revamped Dash Cart to a Whole Foods in Westford, Massachusetts, sometime in the next few months before rolling it out to “a few” additional Whole Foods stores and “many” Amazon Fresh stores. The smart carts, which debuted in 2020 at the first Amazon Fresh store in Woodland Hills, California, automatically recognize products as shoppers place them i

Jul 7, 2022
1 min

Amazon’s New Analytics Tool Gives Brands a Front-row Seat to In-store Shopping

Retail Dive | July 6, 2022 Amazon’s launch of its newest tool, Store Analytics, gives marketers specific insights, including how often shoppers put products back onto shelves, and arrives as brands are scrambling for ways to learn more about consumer behavior. The information from in-store shoppers could help marketers optimize their in-store marketing, including digital signage, by enabling them to experiment with more carefully curated selling tactics based on the success o

Jun 23, 2022
2 min

Amazon Announces its First Fully Autonomous Mobile Warehouse Robot

The Verge | June 21, 2022 Amazon has announced its “first fully autonomous mobile robot,” meant to move large carts throughout its warehouses. The robot is called Proteus, and Amazon says it can safely navigate around human employees, unlike some of its past robots that it kept separated in a caged area. Amazon says Proteus robots have “advanced safety, perception, and navigation technology,” and a (strangely silent) video shows the robots shining a green light in front of th

Jun 9, 2022
2 min

Amazon launches Virtual Try-on For Shoes

Retail Dive | June 9, 2022 Amazon’s latest announcement is aimed at sneakerheads all across the U.S. and Canada who want to try before they buy — without leaving the comfort of their own home. “Amazon Fashion’s goal is to create innovative experiences that make shopping for fashion online easier and more delightful for customers,” Muge Erdirik Dogan, president of Amazon Fashion, said in a statement. “We’re excited to introduce Virtual Try-On for Shoes, so customers can virtua

May 5, 2022
2 min

Amazon Looks to Lure Brands With New Streaming Tech Integrations

Retail Dive | May 4,2022 With its second go at the NewFronts, Amazon emphasized how its video offerings are implementing more advanced technology that could benefit advertisers and content creators seeking an enhanced streaming experience. Virtual Product Placement could be of particular interest, as Prime Video is a major streaming destination but doesn’t support traditional ads. Product placement deals have historically been limited to whatever advertisers had an agreement

Apr 6, 2022
1 min

Alexa Will Now Tell You When Items in Your Amazon Cart or Wish List go on Sale

CNBC | March 31,2022 Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will soon tell users when items they’ve had an eye on are about to be on sale. The company announced on Thursday that Alexa will notify Prime customers up to 24 hours in advance of upcoming sales on items in their Amazon wish list and shopping cart, or items that were marked “saved for later” on the platform. The feature will work with fourth-generation Echo smart speakers and newer. For example, if a customer is looking at

Feb 23, 2022
1 min

Whole Foods Opens First Store With Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' Technology

Insider | February 23, 2022 Whole Foods Market announced the opening of its first-ever store touting Amazon's Just Walk Out technology in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. The technology from Whole Foods allows shoppers to skip waiting in line for the cash register altogether, although there will also be a self-checkout option for customers as well. The "Just Walk Out" service requires shoppers to scan in with an in-store code at the store's entry gate. Customers are expected to

Jan 25, 2022
2 min

Livestream Shopping: A $500 Billion Market In 2022 As Amazon, Google, Facebook, TikTok Jump In?

Forbes | January 22, 2022 Livestream shopping is projected to rake in a massive $480 billion in China this year, according to eMarketer, but only $11 billion in the United States, according to Foresight Research. That could change quickly, however: Facebook, Amazon, TikTok, Twitter, and other tech giants like Pinterest are jumping into livestream shopping hard. Live social shopping is certainly big in the verticals you might imagine: fashion, beauty, fitness, home decor. But

Jan 25, 2022
1 min

Amazon Opening New Amazon Go Store 'closer to home' for Shoppers

USA Today | January 25, 2022 Amazon Go is moving to the suburbs. The tech giant said it plans to open a new type of store aimed at serving customers in suburban-area locations. The first one will open in Mill Creek, Washington, in the coming months. Amazon also plans to open a second Go store in the Los Angeles area. Like other Go stores, the location will leverage technology allowing customers to make purchases without ever interacting with a cashier. Using the Amazon app, y

Sep 7, 2021
1 min

Amazon’s Cashierless Tech is Coming to Whole Foods Next Year

Vurge | September 8, 2021 Amazon is bringing its cashierless “Just Walk Out” technology to two new Whole Foods locations next year. Washington, DC and Sherman Oaks, CA will soon allow customers to pay at a traditional self-checkout or to have the new technology bill them when they leave the store. Amazon's latest technology is a series of cameras and sensors which automatically detect what people pick up off shelves. Just Walk Out originally debuted in small Amazon Go conveni

Jun 27, 2021
1 min

Where Target Edges Out Amazon in Distribution: It's Closer to Customers

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal | June 28, 2021 Amazon has spent billions of dollars to get within easy shipping distance of U.S. consumers. However, as a new research report points out, traditional-retail rival Target is already there. MarketWatch has a story, which noted Amazon's spending just in 2020 to build out infrastructure. Much of the $35 billion investment went toward improvements in fulfillment, adding new distribution centers, sorting facilities and locker h

Jun 22, 2021
1 min

Amazon Prime Day Reaches $11 Billion in Sales; Order Size Falls 18%

CSA | June 23, 2021 The numbers are starting to come in for Amazon Prime Day 2021. Total online revenue surpassed $10.9 billion in online revenue recorded on Cyber Monday, the largest single online shopping day in U.S. history. The first day of Prime Day is the biggest online sales day in the U.S. for 2021 so far, followed by the second day. However data from Numerator shows the average Prime Day order size was $44.75, down 18% from $54.64 on Prime Day 2020 and 24% less than

Apr 28, 2021
1 min

Amazon’s Revenue Got Even Bigger in Q1

WWD | April 29, 2021 Amazon's first quarter earnings report, the e-commerce giant easily beat expectations on earnings and revenue, with sales growth 44 percent year-over-year. Revenue blew past the $104.47 billion expected by more than $4 billion, clocking in at $108.52 billion, and net sales hit $108.5 billion, a significant jump compared to the $75.5 billion from the first quarter of last year. Boasting more than 200 million paid Prime members worldwide, the company believ

Apr 19, 2021
1 min

An Amazon Hair Salon Is Coming To London—Here’s Everything You Need To Know

Forbes | April 20, 2021 Amazon will be opening its first-ever hair salon. “We have designed this salon for customers to come and experience some of the best technology, hair care products and stylists in the industry,” said John Boumphrey, U.K. country manager at Amazon. The Amazon Salon will be take over a two-story property in Spitalfields, one of East London’s trendiest retail destinations, and include high-tech spins on traditional salons. Augmented reality (AR) technolog

Apr 11, 2021
1 min

Amazon Unveils Aplenty, Private-Label Food and Snack Brand

The Street | April 12, 2021 Amazon launched a new private-label food and snack brand, called Aplenty. The brand features hundreds of products, including pita chips, crackers, and mini cookies, as well as condiments, frozen foods, baking needs and more, media reports say. The brand offerings will be available online and in-store at Amazon Fresh. The Aplenty brand follows several trends that have developed amid the pandemic, such as increase in own brand product development and