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Amazon U.K. enters the wine business Description: Amazon U.K. enters the wine business Amazon.co.uk and Virgin Wines have launched a Wine Store at Amazon.co.uk. The co-branded Amazon.co.uk Wine Store will offer hundreds of wines
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Amazon UK lowers free shipping requirement Description: Amazon UK lowers free shipping requirement Amazon.com Inc. has lowered the threshold for free shipping on its UK site, the company announced today. Customers will receive free
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Amazon Web Services Gives Software Developers First-Ever Access to Data and Technology from Amazon.ca and Amazon.fr Description: Developers Can Now Build Web Sites and Applications Using All Six Amazon-Branded Sites Worldwide
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Amazon Web Services Launches ``Amazon S3,`` a Simple Storage Service for Software Developers Description: S3 Provides Application Programming Interface for Highly Scalable, Reliable, Low-Latency Storage at Very Low Costs
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Amazon adds a magazine stand Description: Amazon adds a magazine stand The books section of Amazon.com is looking more like a real-world bookstore. Amazon today launched a magazine site that allows consumers to subscribe
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Amazon adds licensing center to its Software Stores Description: Amazon adds licensing center to its Software Stores Amazon.com has added a licensing center to its Software Store, offering small, midsize and home businesses an opportunity to
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Amazon adds loose diamonds to jewelry store Description: Amazon adds loose diamonds to jewelry store Amazon.com Inc. continues to broaden its product selection. The latest: loose diamonds. Customers can now buy loose diamonds in
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Amazon adopts a new approach to multi-channel retailing Description: Amazon adopts a new approach to multi-channel retailing The original pure-play is going multi-channel. Amazon.com Inc. and Borders Group Inc. announced today that they will offer
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Amazon agrees to operate Waterstones U.K.-based web site Description: Amazon agrees to operate Waterstones U.K.-based web site Amazon.com Inc. has taken over the operation of yet another retailers web site. Amazon announced today that it will
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Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com soak up the demand for new Harry Potter book Description: Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com soak up the demand for new Harry Potter book Pundits say that one function the Internet fills powerfully for retail is to aggregate demand.
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Amazon and CustomFlix launch CD on-demand service Description: Amazon and CustomFlix launch CD on-demand service CustomFlix Labs Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., is introducing a CD on Demand service that offers
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Amazon and IBM settle their patent infringement feud Description: Amazon and IBM settle their patent infringement feud After bashing each other in multiple court filings, Amazon.com and IBM are close-mouthed about the deal that ends a
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Amazon and Microsoft file joint lawsuit against Canadian e-mailer Description: Amazon and Microsoft file joint lawsuit against Canadian e-mailer Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have filed a joint lawsuit charging Gold Disk Canada and three individuals
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Amazon and TiVo conclude their beta test and roll out video service Description: Amazon and TiVo conclude their beta test and roll out video service The beta test between Amazon.com Inc.s Unbox service and TiVo Inc. is over and the two companies are rolling
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Amazon and Toys R Us extend their reach Description: Amazon and Toysrus.com continue their online domination, adding the Imaginarium.com specialty toy store to their artillery.
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Amazon appeals the Toys R Us court decision Description: Amazon appeals the Toys R Us court decision Though it initially was silent about a New Jersey court decision that says Toys R Us Inc. can terminate its third-party e-commerce
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Amazon at a risky crossroads, Forrester says Description: Amazon at a risky crossroads, Forrester says Experiencing an identity crisis, Amazon.com faces new challenges as it tries to grow in three separate areas: retailing, shopping
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Amazon beefs up book content with browsable pages Description: Amazon beefs up book content with browsable pages Booksellers and publishers know the power of browsing when it comes to selling books. Amazon.com today launched an initiative
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Amazon beefs up its content further with authors message posting Description: Amazon beefs up its content further with authors message posting Amazon.com Inc. continues to beef up the non-selling content at its web site. Amazon today launched Amazon
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Amazon begins search to replace CIO Richard Dalzell Description: Amazon begins search to replace CIO Richard Dalzell Ten years after joining Amazon.com as vice president and chief information officer, Richard Dalzell announced he plans to
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Amazon book sales rise faster through search inside the book feature Description: Amazon book sales rise faster through search inside the book feature When Amazon.com Inc. introduced its Search Inside the Book on Oct. 23, it didnt take long for customers
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Amazon book-selling service steals a page from Cendant, suit claims Description: Amazon book-selling service steals a page from Cendant, suit claims Amazon, known for setting the pace in online personalization for shoppers in its database, is infringing on a
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Amazon brings Virgin Megastores into its web operations sphere Description: Amazon brings Virgin Megastores into its web operations sphere Amazon.com Inc. has reached an agreement with another retail chain to operate a web site. Virgin Entertainment
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Amazon builds out its toy store with the Holiday Toy List Description: Amazon builds out its toy store with the Holiday Toy List Amazons recently released Holiday Toy List feature is bringing the holiday seasons top toys, sporting goods and other
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Amazon chips in Wikia financing Description: Amazon chips in Wikia financing Amazon.com is the sole investor in Wikia Inc.s Series B funding and is Wikias first corporate investor. The amount of Amazon`s investment was
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Amazon comes out swinging at IBM Description: Amazon comes out swinging at IBM Its becoming a high stakes game of one-upsmanship in the patent dispute between Amazon.com and IBM. On Dec. 15, Amazon, No. 1 in the Internet
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Amazon continues its lock on shopping sites in October Description: Amazon continues its lock on shopping sites in October Amazon.com Inc. led online shopping destinations in October with 83% more unique visitors than No. 2 Target.com, whose
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Amazon continues to move ahead with lower costs, bigger sales Description: Amazon continues to move ahead with lower costs, bigger sales Scale means a lot when it comes to increasing sales while lowering costs in retail, and Amazon.com Inc. seems to
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Amazon countersuit seeks to end ToysRUs.com agreement Description: Amazon countersuit seeks to end ToysRUs.com agreement Amazon.com has answered the suit filed against it by partner ToysRUs.com earlier this month with a countersuit charging the
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Amazon crosses the border into rival territory Description: Less than two months ago, Borders Group announced it would not be investing in Borders.com this year. Last month, Borders revealed why: It is turning over operation of the site to Amazon.
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Amazon customers can now get unlimited free two-day shippingfor $79 a year Description: Amazon customers can now get unlimited free two-day shippingfor $79 a year Online shoppers continue to value free shipping. And Amazon.com continues to find ways to meet that
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Amazon customers get to vote on the deals they want Description: Amazon customers get to vote on the deals they want Reprising a promotion introduced last holiday season, Amazon.com announced today it will let customers vote on which discounts
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Amazon debuts interest-free financing on select electronics products Description: Amazon debuts interest-free financing on select electronics products Amazon.com has introduced interest-free financing on selected products in Amazon.coms Electronics store in
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Amazon delivers more than 99% of online orders in time for holiday Description: Amazon delivers more than 99% of online orders in time for holiday Amazon.com reports it delivered more than 99% of the estimated 37.9 million items shoppers ordered online this
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Amazon dives into books in a radically new way Description: One of the things that has set Amazon.com Inc. apart from other online retailers is that no matter how big Amazon gets, its always looking for new ways to do business. The latest: a new service called Search Inside the Book.
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Amazon doubles sales of watches and jewelry in past year Description: Amazon doubles sales of watches and jewelry in past year Sales of watches and jewelry at Amazon.com Inc. increased more than 100% in the first quarter over the first quarter a
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Amazon draws on non-profit volunteers for gift-wrapping staff Description: Amazon draws on non-profit volunteers for gift-wrapping staff In an unusual move that expands its holiday fulfillment staff while supporting non-profit organizations, Amazon.com
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Amazon enters travel services with SideStep Description: Amazon enters travel services with SideStep Amazon.com Inc. will begin offering online travel services early next year through a partnership with SideStep Inc., an online travel
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Amazon extends cookware merchandising to Japan Description: Amazon extends cookware merchandising to Japan Continuing its merchandising developments on its other foreign sites as well as in the U.S., Amazon.com Inc. has launched a Home &
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Amazon extends free delivery and lower CD prices to the U.K. Description: Amazon extends free delivery and lower CD prices to the U.K. Free delivery has been such a successful driver of U.S. sales at Amazon.com that the company has started offering
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Amazon extends free shipping offer to purchases over $25 Description: Amazon extends free shipping offer to purchases over $25 Stepping up competition as retailers head into the fall shopping season, Amazon.com today lowered its minimum purchase
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Amazon finds that apparel fits its retail strategy Description: Amazon finds that apparel fits its retail strategy Amazon.com Inc. is becoming one of the major apparel retailing sites, the company announced today. Amazon says that since the
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Amazon flows into Arizona with a new fulfillment center Description: Amazon flows into Arizona with a new fulfillment center Amazon.com Inc., which operates more than a dozen fulfillment centers in the U.S., plans to open a new one in Phoenix in
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Amazon gets another class action suit Description: Amazon gets another class action suit The law firm of Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, P.C. filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. on behalf of those who purchased
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Amazon gets fresh with an expanded grocery service Description: Amazon gets fresh with an expanded grocery service Amazon.com is expanding its online grocery business to include fresh meat, produce and other perishables. Though the worlds
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Amazon gets ready for another Harry Potter frenzy Description: Amazon gets ready for another Harry Potter frenzy Harry Potter proves a boon again for Amazon.com Inc. Amazon reports that customers have pre-ordered more than 100,000 copies of
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Amazon gets the picture Description: Amazon gets the picture Amazon.com launched its new Camera & Photo store and announced an alliance with Ofoto, Inc., an online photography service. The store provides a full
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Amazon gives new life to bankrupt online pioneer Egghead Description: Amazon gives new life to bankrupt online pioneer Egghead Egghead.com has gotten new life as a division of Amazon.com. Egghead was one of the leaders of the retail march to the
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Amazon goes Hollywood with new download movie program Description: Amazon goes Hollywood with new download movie program Amazon is getting into the online movie and video game. Amazon, No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide to Retail Web
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Amazon goes for easy-to-use as its differentiator in music downloads Description: Amazon goes for easy-to-use as its differentiator in music downloads Amazon.com is late in offering downloadable music for sale, and music label EMI is struggling financially.
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