Amazon Prime Day delivers as sales skyrocket July 23, 2015 ONLINE retail giant Amazon smashed expectations last night, revealing $23.2bn (£14.9bn) in sales during the three months to 30 June. Analysts had high hopes for Amazon’s sales, with forecasts of a 16 per cent jump, which the company managed to out-do, pushing revenue up by 20 per cent. The group returned to profit during the [...]
Amazon Prime Now one-hour delivery comes to Wandsworth, Sutton and Merton and two-hour slots to Kingston, Croydon and Sunbury October 6, 2015 Residents of Wandsworth, Sutton and Merton are the latest Londoners who will be able to get their hands on items they've bought on Amazon within just 60 minutes. In addition to the new areas eligible for one hour delivery slots, Amazon's Prime Now service will also offer two-hour delivery windows to people in Kingston, Croydon and Sunbury [...]
Online retail bonanza: Amazon’s UK sales jump 14 per cent June 25, 2015 UK sales at online retail goliath Amazon rose 14 per cent to £5.3bn last year, as British consumers engaged in an online shopping bonanza. Read More: Amazon says it “received no special tax treatment” after EU begins Luxembourg tax arrangement investigation A filing with Companies House showed Amazon's UK division recorded a profit of £34.4m during [...]
Standing desks: How do you make the most of this moderately helpful technology? October 4, 2016 Standing desks were all the rage about two-and-a-half years ago. Transforming your working day, it was even suggested they could help you lose weight. Unfortunately, this is simply not true. A recent study published in the (rather apt) Journal of Physical Activity and Health examined how many calories people burnt when sitting at a computer [...]
Amazon proposes drone-designated airspace for commercial deliveries July 29, 2015 Amazon wants a designated airspace zone for drone deliveries, the company told a Nasa convention in California yesterday. Read more: Five reasons delivery drones won't take off Under the company's plans, a slice of the sky between 200ft and 400ft would be designated for whirring drones zipping past each other to deliver parcels. In order to avoid [...]
John McDonnell at the Labour Party Conference 2015: Balance the budget by going after Google, Starbucks, Amazon and Vodafone September 28, 2015 The newly-appointed shadow chancellor of the exchequer John McDonnell used his first major conference speech today as Jeremy Corbyn's right-hand man to attack the government's austerity plan and go after big companies like Starbucks, Google, Amazon and Vodafone. Calling the Conservatives the party of the "one per cent", McDonnell said austerity was "not an [...]
Amazon Fresh has got plenty to chew over for its UK launch: It could be competing not only with other grocers, but takeaways too October 9, 2015 Surely nobody can be surprised that Amazon has arrived on the UK online grocery scene for a slice of the action: it’s a rapidly growing market. Online grocery sales are increasing at a healthy rate of 14 per cent each year – compared to a near zero per cent growth rate elsewhere in grocery – and [...]
Before the bell: What you need to know before the US market open July 28, 2016 Last night the US Federal Reserve signalled the way to an interest rate rise before the US Presidential Election and investors are busy digesting the flood of earnings reports. Here's what you need to know before the US market open at 2:30pm. The pre-market is pointing lower ahead of the open but looks to be broadly [...]
Amazon Fresh launches in London: Some postcodes now get one-hour chilled and frozen food deliveries through Prime Now October 8, 2015 Amazon is delivering fresh chilled and frozen food in selected London postcodes for the first time, testing out the waters for Amazon Fresh. A fresh pint of milk, tub of Ben and Jerry's or a packet of fish fingers for tea can be on some Londoners' doorsteps in less than 60 minutes with the new delivery service [...]
Everything you need to know about how Apple plans to stay top dog June 14, 2016 Could Apple have made any more announcements at its big developer conference? Probably not. But one thing's clear, while the nitty gritty details of all those updates are being sifted through, the tech giant certainly set out its ambitions to stay on top of its rivals. Apple is opening up several major parts of its operating [...]