Amazon
This coverage examines Amazon’s operations, strategy, and influence within the UK retail market. Reporting highlights e-commerce growth, logistics and fulfilment, technology initiatives, financial results, product innovation, and leadership decisions. Focused on commercial impact and competitive dynamics, it offers insights for retail professionals navigating digital transformation and multi-channel competition.
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Apr- 2020 -29 AprilBusiness Bites
The aviation industry is now in very serious trouble
In a sign of just how distressed the aviation industry is, British Airways has announced plans to lay off 30% of its workforce, or about 12,000 employees, and says it expects it to take several years before passenger volumes return to 2019 levels. The chief executive, Alex Cruz, wrote to…
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23 AprilBusiness Bites
Scarves for face-masks will be part of the government’s post-pandemic advice
The government will advise the use of homemade facemasks once the pandemic measures are sufficiently relaxed for people to go back to work. As it tries to make sure that surgical-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) does not face supply issues for NHS workers, the government said scarves or ‘homemade cloth…
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23 AprilCoronavirus Featured Content
The role of the physical store post-lockdown
The role of the physical store post-lockdown Retailers have been hit by an escalating “perfect storm” of issues recently – digital disruption, business rates increases, a weak Christmas peak, and now the Covid-19 virus. Businesses with greater debts, low cash reserves, and reduced margins were sadly always going to struggle,…
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14 AprilCoronavirus
Covid-19: Amazon seeks 75,000 new hires
Amazon announced that it is looking to hire an additional 75,000 employees across its operations in light of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The group said that it continues to see “increased demand” as its teams support communities amid the ongoing pandemic, and for this reason will create the additional 75,000…
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14 AprilComment
How cashierless technology can impact loyalty for retailers
“We’re just getting started here”, said Cameron James, VP of Amazon’s physical retail division. “I think what we’re trying to do here — and with all of our physical stores — is really work backwards from the customer and deliver some differentiation.” James was speaking at the opening of Amazon’s…
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6 AprilCoronavirus Featured Content
Coronavirus and the Retail Property Sector
Coronavirus continues to spread across the world and many countries have now established strict social distancing measures to halt its transmission. This includes government requirements in the UK that all non-essential businesses close their doors for the foreseeable future. While the effects of the virus can be felt in every…
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Mar- 2020 -30 MarchCoronavirus
Boots and Amazon boost Covid-19 testing for NHS staff
Boots and Amazon are among the retailers who have been called on by the government to help boost testing capacity for frontline NHS staff. It comes as dozens of universities, research institutes and companies across Britain are lending their testing equipment to three new hub laboratories which will be set…
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25 MarchCoronavirus
Ebay and Amazon failing to prevent profiteering, says Which
Ebay and Amazon are failing to crack down on profiteering amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Which. An investigation led by the research group found a “consistent overpricing” of household items, including cleaning products, thermometers, baby formula and tampons. The CMA had previously warned traders to not exploit panic-buying amid…
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19 MarchComment
What retailers might learn from the streaming industry
Television used to be simple. British viewers only watched the BBC for a number of years until ITV launched in 1955. Sometime later, more choice arrived in the form of BBC2 (1964) and the (then) outrageous upstart, Channel Four (1993). For a very long time, channels were clearly differentiated by…
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19 MarchAnalysis
Huge increase in online sales across Italy offers hope for struggling retailers in the UK and Ireland
Global financial markets continue to suffer from the impact of coronavirus, with economists predicting the slowest rate of global growth since 2009. However, the current lockdown taking place in Italy has actually instigated a significant boom in e-commerce sales. With people quarantined at home, and schools, universities, theatres, cinemas, museums,…
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