SEATTLE — Extending the bounds of brick-and-mortar retailing, Amazon.com Inc. is debuting a mini convenience store requiring shoppers to neither scan nor check out products. Instead, items that consumers pick off shelves at the 1,800-square-foot Amazon Go store are automatically charged to their Amazon accounts through a free app, after they swipe their smartphones at
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. has launched free two-hour delivery of products from Bartell Drugs, the first drug chain included in the service. Prime Now members in Greater Seattle can now shop for thousands of health and beauty aids and groceries, including locally sourced products, from Bartells. The delivery area, initially including Capitol Hill, Columbia City,
SEATTLE — A top Amazon.com Inc. executive has characterized reports that the company will open brick-and-mortar food stores as “rumors and speculation.” But chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky said consumables were an integral Amazon offering, and that it was looking at new methods of getting products to consumers. Olsavsky acknowledged during an earnings conference call
NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. has scheduled its second annual Prime Day — the online retailer’s version of Black Friday for its Prime members — for July 12. The one-day promotional event, offering numerous discounts, is exclusively for members of the Amazon Prime loyalty program. According to the company, the first Prime Day, which occurred
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its footprint in New Jersey by opening two new fulfillment centers in Florence and Carteret, the company announced last month. The centers are expected to bring more than 2,000 full-time jobs to the Garden State. “We place our fulfillment centers close to customers to provide the fastest possible delivery
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. filed a lawsuit against Arthur Valdez, the company’s former senior supply chain and logistics operator, seeking to prevent him from starting a new job with Target Corp. Target was not named as a defendant in the suit, filed March 22 in King County Superior Court in Washington state. The suit, filed
SEATTLE — Since announcing their introduction a year ago, Amazon.com Inc. has tripled the lineup of brands available via Amazon Dash Button to its Prime members, the company recently announced. Members can now choose from over 100 Dash Buttons representing top-name brands across dozens of retail categories and thousands of products. With Dash Buttons, Prime
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. has added 11 new metro areas to the list of markets where its Prime members can get free same-day delivery of online orders of more than $35. New markets where the Prime Free Same-Day Delivery service are now available include Charlotte, Cincinnati, Fresno, Louisville, Milwaukee, Nashville, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Stockton, and
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. has hired Amazon.com Inc. executive Arthur Valdez to serve as executive vice president, chief supply chain and logistics officer. He will lead Target’s supply chain transformation including planning, distribution and transportation. Valdez, who will join the company on March 28, will report to Target executive vice president and chief operating officer
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. plans to open about 400 bookstores, according to an executive at a major mall. The online retailer ventured into the brick-and-mortar arena in November with the opening of a bookstore in its home city of Seattle. An expansion of bookstores, which the company has not confirmed, would be a reversal by
WILTON, Conn. – Walmart is the top retailer and Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is the top manufacturer in the 2015 PoweRanking from consulting firm Kantar Retail LLC. Each has led its respective category for more than a decade, noted Kantar, which launched the survey in the late 1990s with the aim of identifying industry