Amazon sellers get five star status with bogus reviews of toys, investigation finds April 7, 2022 Amazon sellers have been manipulating its review system to boost their review status to five stars, a deep-dive by a consumer choice group has claimed. Businesses are making the most of a loophole with the online retail giant, using items such as cuddly toys and umbrellas to help inflate rating sand sell products. An investigation [...]
Amazon adds 25,000 workers amid e-commerce boom February 2, 2022 Amazon added 25,000 British workers to its payroll last year as booming demand for e-commerce led to a surge in recruitment at fulfilment and sorting centres.
Amazon says inflation and operating costs force e-com giant to hike price of Prime subscription for UK customers July 26, 2022 Amazon has confirmed it plans to hike the price of its Prime delivery and streaming service due to “increased inflation and operating costs”. The technology giant offers free unlimited delivery, entertainment streaming and live sport through the Prime service. It said it will increase the price of Prime from £7.99 each month to £8.99 from [...]
DS Smith: What inflation? Amazon partner shrugs off rising costs March 10, 2022 DS Smith reported its latest results this morning, which were largely in-line with expectations. The group’s been able to fully offset rising costs with price increases and volume growth. The impact of rising energy costs has been mitigated by improved efficiency and a hedging strategy. Full year like-for-like volume growth is expected to be in [...]
Amazon customers face higher prices for products as retail giant brings in fuel and inflation levy April 25, 2022 Consumers could be hit with higher prices for Amazon products, after the retail giant announced it will impose a new levy on sellers.
Amazon ditches diesel with the UK launch of five new electric heavy delivery trucks March 24, 2022 Amazon has launched its first fleet of 37-tonne fully-electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), in a bid to ‘deliver’ on its 2040 net-zero target. Ditching diesel, the five new trucks are set to travel 100,000 miles a year powered by renewable electricity, meaning 170 tonnes of CO2 emissions are removed. The fleet will be charged at [...]
Amazon and Visa agree global payments deal to settle long-running dispute February 17, 2022 Amazon and Visa confirmed today they had settled a long-running dispute over payment fees as they inked a global deal allowing shoppers to use Visa cards on all Amazon sites.
No more license for Amazon: Brazil court deals lethal blow to world’s largest gold mine April 26, 2022 What would have been the largest open-pit gold mine in the world is no more, after a Brazilian federal court upheld the suspension of an environmental license, dealing a blow to the Canada-based company behind the project. Belo Sun Mining was appealing the same court’s 2017 ruling, which found that the company’s consultation with local [...]
Shazam founder warns retailers to embrace AI – or lose out October 31, 2023 A founder of Shazam has said businesses must deploy AI in online shopping, or risk losing out to the likes of Amazon.
Payments fintech Storfund lures in Amazon executive to ramp up product development February 16, 2022 UK payments fintech Storfund has lured in an Amazon payments executive as it looks to accelerate its product development and ramp up growth into new markets this year.