The much talked about rumor of Amazon having its own freight business has just been confirmed. Amazon is now officially going into the air freight business with the announcement that the Seattle online retailer has signed a five- to seven-year lease for 20 cargo planes. Amazon taking control of a portion of its own logistics[…]
Amazon has added University of Texas in their list where they have an Amazon Store for pick up. The plan is to open more of this pick-up stores in the nation’s universities to encourage more students to shop online. The 2,500-square-foot UT store, located in Gregory Gymnasium on the campus, is set to open in[…]
To encourage users to potentially try Prime Amazon just quietly raised the free shipping minimum for buyers who don’t belong to its fast growing subscription service, Amazon Prime. According to the company, “non-Prime members would have to spend at least $49 per order to qualify for free shipping, up from $35.” Prime could just be[…]
Credits to www.theverge.com for first posting this article online. Amazon has taken the next step in building out its own shipping network by expanding its Amazon Flex delivery program to include standard Amazon.com packages, according to a report from Reuters today. Amazon launched Flex last fall to let part-time drivers earn cash for delivering packages for Prime Now, Amazon’s[…]
Credits to www.washingtonpost.com for posting this article online. Amazon nearly doubled its lobbying expenditures in 2015 versus the previous year, spending $9.4 million dollars trying to sway Congress and executive agencies. The jump puts Amazon’s lobbying efforts in the same league as other tech giants like Microsoft and Facebook — and reflects how the company’s[…]
Amazon’s net shipping costs reached an all-time high of over $5 billion for the full year of 2015. This was revealed in Amazon’s annual 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The 51 percent increase in Prime memberships in 2015 is seen as the main reason for this. The company’s membership program which offers[…]
Amazon says Exclusives store sales top $50 million in first year Amazon Exclusives, the company’s platform for products not available anywhere elsewhere sets a $50 million in less than a year since its launch. The company, believes that the store serves as an important avenue for the retailer to get first dibs on new products[…]
Amazon Echo is the #1 Best Seller in Home Audio Speakers on Amazon.com where it received a rating of 4.3 out 5 stars. This is a portable speaker that can play music from Prime Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and others using hands free voice control. It uses a technology called 360 degree Omni directional audio[…]
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[…]