Prime
This coverage focuses on Amazon Prime and its expanding influence across the UK retail and e-commerce landscape. Retail Sector reports on Prime’s role in shaping consumer expectations around delivery, pricing, and loyalty through its membership model. Coverage includes insights into Prime Day performance, logistics and fulfilment innovation, subscription growth, and competitive impact on UK retailers. Articles also explore how Prime integrates with streaming, grocery, and marketplace services to strengthen Amazon’s ecosystem. For retail professionals, this category provides analysis of how Prime continues to redefine customer engagement, convenience, and value in modern retail.
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Jan- 2024 -2 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief-2/1/24
Central Group is reportedly considering increasing its stake in luxury department store Selfridges as co-owner Sigma faces financial issues. Central recently became the largest shareholder, converting a £317m loan into equity. Sigma’s Prime Selection unit filed for insolvency, possibly leading to liquidation of assets worth over €19bn, impacting its stake…
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2 JanuaryDepartment Stores
Central Group eyes increased stake in Selfridges
Central Group is reportedly interested in increasing its control of luxury department store Selfridges as its co-owner Sigma faces financial difficulty, according to The Sunday Times. The Thai conglomerate is looking to increase its stake after Sigma’s Prime Selection unit, the division that co-acquired Selfridges in a £4bn deal last…
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Nov- 2023 -9 NovemberNews
SPAR appoints three new directors
SPAR UK Ltd has announced three new director appointments at the Central Office in Harrow. Trudy Hills will be trading director – grocery, Simon Mitchell has been promoted to trading director – BWS, fresh and frozen and further bolstering the Central Office team, Jamie Seymour has advanced to SPAR brand…
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Oct- 2023 -27 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief-27/10/23
Tesco has appointed Matthew Barnes as the new UK CEO, effective March 2024, succeeding Jason Tarry, who will step down after 33 years with the company. Barnes, with extensive experience at Aldi, previously served as UK&I CEO and co-head of Aldi Sud’s executive board. Under Tarry’s leadership, Tesco underwent a…
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27 OctoberOnline & Digital
Amazon Q3 net sales rise 13% to $143.1bn
Amazon has revealed that its net sales rose 13% to $143.1bn (£118bn) for the three months ended 30 September 2023, up from $127.1bn (£104.9bn) in the same period in 2022. The company’s net sales were also up 11% excluding the $1.4bn (£1.2bn) favourable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange.…
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17 OctoberSponsored Articles
How to ‘sleigh’ your holiday campaigns
It’s time to expect the unexpected. The way consumers shop during the holidays has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Not only are they starting earlier, but as the UK’s cost-of-living crisis continues, they’re also spending less across all categories. Customers are buying seasonal items earlier, focusing more on…
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9 OctoberNews
Waitrose in talks with Amazon over grocery deal
Waitrose is reportedly in talks with Amazon to consider selling groceries on the platform in a bid to regain market share lost to other discount retailers, The Telegraph has revealed. The pair are reportedly considering a new third-party deal, three years after Waitrose severed ties with Ocado. Recently, Amazon struck…
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Aug- 2023 -4 AugustOnline & Digital
Amazon sales and profits climb in Q2
Amazon has welcomed a strong second quarter of trading, with sales rising by 11% to $134.4bn (£105.8bn) in the period, up from $121.2bn (£95.4bn) the prior year, amid a record-breaking Prime Day and cost cuts across the business. North America sales rose by 11% to $82.5bn (£64.9bn), international sales by…
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Jul- 2023 -27 JulyOnline & Digital
Amazon offers to change Marketplace rules to address CMA concerns
Amazon has offered to change the way it treats third-party sellers using its Marketplace platform in the UK, by submitting proposed commitments to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in response to competition concerns it raised with the technology giant. The CMA said it considers that these commitments – if…
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14 JulyAnalysis
Prime Day 2023: here’s what we know
Amazon’s Prime Day, a global annual shopping event organised by Amazon, has gained notoriety among Prime members since it was first introduced in 2015. While Prime Day 2023 is behind us now, the results of the total spend by consumers has not yet been quantified. Luckily, we have last year’s…
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