Amazon

retaildive | November 27, 2017

Amazon was responsible for 55% of all online transactions that occurred on Black Friday, as well as for more than 45% of online checkouts completed on Thanksgiving Day, according to data supplied to the publication Dealerscope by analytics company Hitwise. That means Amazon accounted for 7.14 million of 13 million transactions that occurred on Black Friday, as well as 5.64 million of the 12.5 million orders placed on Thanksgiving Day....

pymnts | November 16, 2017

It’s about to get easier for cooks to stay current on their ingredient lists. Amazon and Allrecipes have announced a new integration that will see AmazonFresh embedded within the site’s top recipes. Going forward, dedicated home chefs who realize they are short an ingredient or two will not have to run out to the store and finish the list. Instead, with a quick tap and buy, chefs can have their ingredients delivered to their door on the same day by AmazonFresh....

pymnts | November 13, 2017

Monday (Nov. 13) reports from business news source The Age announced Amazon has confirmed plans to expand its marketplace offerings into Australia. While no official word has come down about the official date of the Amazon Australia launch, analysts have reported expectations that the it will be ready for the Christmas shopping season. Some have predicted the Australian version of the eCommerce platform will be ready in time for Black Friday or Cyber Monday retail sales....

pymnts | November 09, 2017

Amazon’s physical retail and fast delivery businesses are now under a single leader, company veteran Steve Kessel, according to Thursday reports from the Wall Street Journal. Kessel is a former lieutenant of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who now finds himself responsible for Prime Now, AmazonFresh, Whole Foods Market and Amazon’s brick-and-mortar book and convenience stores....