Amazon One-hour Prime Now adds another City

Ever wonder if Amazon can deliver that breakfast for you? Yes they will and the list just keeps on growing for Amazon Prime’s one-hour delivery service because now it services Liverpool. After launching the one-hour Prime Now deliveries in London last summer, Amazon brought the option to Birmingham, Newcastle and Manchester before year’s end. The[…]

Amazon Prime now in nearly half of U.S. households

Amazon Prime is simply amazing right a days, it provides free shipping and has grown to include streaming video and music as well as e-books. The great thing about this service is that it has grown so large and according to a report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the service is now within nearly half[…]

Amazon opens 2,500 UK jobs

Good news to jobseekers out there, here is one to really look out for. Amazon says it will take on 2,500 new permanent staff in the UK this year, bringing its total number of UK employees to 14,000 and will also create thousands more jobs elsewhere in Europe. The company is looking forward to expanding[…]

Wall Street give Amazon a pass to grab growth now, profits later

Amazon remains strong even if the profits are not coming in at the moment. Analysts thinks that this is a part of the company’s strategy in continuously reinventing and making the trends. The ecommerce giant has convinced Wall Street that definitely profits will come later. Although profits have been typically weak for Amazon, observers say[…]

Amazon Drone Delivery Service Will Carry 5-Pound Packages Over 10 Miles In 30 Minutes

Everyone is now getting excited about Amazon Prime Air as the company is planning to rollout the service to its users as soon as possible. According to Yahoo Tech, Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president for global public policy, gave some more details about the company’s plans, how it will tackle regulation and red tape, and[…]

Amazon Will Soon Ship Packages from China to the U.S. by Sea

Amazon has just obtained a shipping license in China which is part of expanding Amazon’s reach to do business all over the world. With this license, Amazon will be able to ship items via sea which will benefit the large scale sellers. According to Ryan Petersen, chief executive of Flexport “This could allow them to[…]

Amazon Prime now in 38% of U.S. Households

Amazon Prime In 38% of U.S. Households: Analyst Amazon’s premium shopping program, Prime can now be found in almost 40% of the US households. This amounts to about 41 million members according to a Cowen survey of 2500 U.S. shoppers, released on Wednesday. Amazon’s Prime membership which provides an extremely efficient distribution program is one[…]

Amazon will Compete with the Shipping Industry Giants

Amazon is expected to complete the acquisition of a French package-delivery company, Colis Privé, in the first quarter of this year.  This will be the biggest step the E commerce giant has taken in delivering their packages.  Although the company is not based in the US and is relatively small compared to the industry leaders[…]