Category: Amazon
Amazon UK launches inaugural book sale with discounts up to 70%
Amazon UK has initiated its first dedicated book sale, offering reductions across a wide array of print books, Kindle eBooks, and audiobooks. The event, which aims to provide cost savings […]
Amazon launches Alexa+ as a $19.99 subscription service
Amazon has unveiled Alexa+, an overhauled version of its virtual assistant which it hopes users will use to share “just about anything”. Rapid recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have […]
Temu offering replicas of three-quarters of Amazon products, study reveals
Chinese online marketplace Temu is shaking up the e-commerce landscape, with a new study revealing that it offers replicas of over 77% of products sold on Amazon, often at a […]
Amazon expands electric vehicle network in UK with record truck order
Amazon has announced a significant expansion of its zero-emission delivery network in the UK, including the largest-ever order of electric heavy-goods vehicles (eHGVs) in the country, the introduction of rail […]
Amazon’s 10th annual Prime Day will top $14bn this July, forecasts Parcelhero
Amazon has confirmed that its next ‘members only’ Prime Day sale will take place this July. The home delivery expert Parcelhero predicts the event will be the biggest Prime Day yet, […]
Children overrate intelligence of smart speakers, study finds
Children overrate the intelligence of smart speakers – such as Alexa, Siri or Google Home – and are uncertain if the systems can think like humans or not, research suggests. […]
Free deliveries will stop mass cancellation of Amazon Prime, claims ParcelHero
Amazon’s Prime Video channel imposes adverts from today – and users have taken to social media to vent their fury. Many are threatening to ditch their subscriptions, but the home […]
Amazon opens pop-up ‘Second Chance Store’ for Barnardo’s charity
Today sees Amazon open the Second Chance Store, giving festive shoppers the chance to buy quality returned products in-person, for the first time. Customers can shop more conscientiously while benefiting […]
One in 10 Amazon customers offered ‘bribes’ for positive reviews, Which? finds
One in 10 Amazon shoppers could have been offered an incentive in exchange for a five-star review of one of its products in the last year, according to Which? research. […]
Get ready for Prime Day ’23 in July, ParcelHero reckons
Last year’s Prime Day was Amazon’s best-ever sale. The UK home delivery expert ParcelHero estimates Prime Day netted the online giant around $12bn and says we can be sure of […]
