Amazon wants separate airspace for delivery drones
US online retailer Amazon has called for a separate airspace zone for commercial drone flights that could deliver goods to customers.
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Amazon Spotify rival comes to UK…free for Prime customers
Amazon is launching its Prime Music streaming service in the UK, hoping to undercut Spotify and Apple Music by bundling it as a free add-on to its Prime customers.
Amazon bigger than Walmart after surprise profit jump
Amazon shares have surged more than 18% in after-hours trading after it reported a surprise profit and better-than-expected sales figures that value the online retailer higher than Walmart for the first time.
Top tips: eCommerce and the room to improve, even at the top
A recent report found that retailers are missing out of £6.6bn a year by not going mobile. Alf Saggese, MD EMEA at Moxie, argues that the lack of technology uptake shows that the retail industry shows there is still huge room for improvement.
PayPal worth more than eBay in $50bn market debut
PayPal has completed its separation from eBay, making its stock debut with a higher market value than its parent company.
PayPal and eBay split into separate companies
eBay and PayPal are today splitting their operations into two individual companies, having traded together since eBay bought PayPal in 2002.
Sale fail: Customers unimpressed by Amazon Prime Day (but sales soar 80%)
From extra long shoehorns to an airplane seatbelt extender- Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ didn’t exactly deliver the big discounts on big ticket items that many were hoping for. However, the hype for an event ‘bigger than Black Friday’ helped the online retailer enjoy an 80% rise in sales.
Rural Britain ‘will out-shop inner cities on Amazon Prime Day’
Today Amazon celebrates its 20th birthday with a huge day of sales, and online shoppers in rural Britain will be better placed to bag the bargains than those in major cities due to ultrafast broadband speeds up to 40 times the UK average, according to new research.
Biggest Google advertisers: Ebay tops shopping ads as Amazon leads AdWords
Online marketplace eBay is the most visible website in Google Shopping PLAs (Product Listing Ads) displayed in Google.com searches while Amazon is the most visible in Google AdWords pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, according to new research.
Bigger than Black Friday? Amazon creates Prime Day
Amazon is to run a huge day of sales on July 15 to celebrate its 20th birthday to rival the likes of Black Friday in the US and Singles Day in China.