February 22, 2021 by MMR
Amazon, Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos
2021, Issue 02-22-2021, Issues
SEATTLE — Most retailers probably didn’t know much about Andy Jassy before last month. As chief executive officer of its web services division, Jassy was already running Amazon’s most profitable business. But now he steps fully into the spotlight, having been named to succeed Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s CEO. The move will mark the end
February 22, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Amazon, Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos
2021, Issue 02-22-2021, Issues, Opinion

When Andy Jassy succeeds Jeff Bezos as chief executive officer of Amazon in the third quarter of 2021, the transition will mark the end of an era at a company that has made it a habit to reexamine customer needs, challenge long-held assumptions and upend established ways of doing business. Amazon’s ability to act as
February 2, 2021 by MMR
Amazon, Jeff Bezos
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, People, Retail News

SEATTLE — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down from his role as chief executive later this year and transition to the role of executive chair, the company reported Tuesday. He will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who currently heads the company’s cloud business, Amazon Web Services. Bezos has been Amazon’s CEO since its founding
February 1, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Amazon, consumer health care, COVID-19, CVS Health, Kearney, Todd Huseby, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News, Videos

Todd Huseby, partner and leader of the consumer health care sector at Kearney, examines the implications of some key recent developments for pharmacy retailers. COVID-19’s effect on shoppers, Amazon’s move into the prescription drug business, the emergence of other e-commerce challengers, and changes at CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance are among the subjects
January 28, 2021 by MMR
Albertsons Cos., Amazon, Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality, BJ's Wholesale Club, Corporate Equality Index, Costco, Dollar General, Food Lion, GIANT, Giant Eagle, Giant Food, Kroger, Meijer, Peapod Digital Labs, Retail Business Services, Rite Aid, Target, Walgreens, Walmart
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Topics

NEW YORK — Ahold Delhaize’s GIANT Co. and Food Lion, along with such retailers as Kroger, Walgreens and Walmart, were among the retailers recognized as being among the best places to work for LGBTQ equality. They received perfect marks on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index. A record-breaking 767 major U.S. businesses
January 25, 2021 by MMR
Amazon, dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index
2021, Issue 01-25-2021, Issues
CHICAGO — Amazon took the top spot in the fourth annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), partly on the strength of its business in a year dominated by COVID-19. Target’s own performance in response to the pandemic allowed it to break into the top quartile of the index for the first time, dunnhumby said. The
January 11, 2021 by MMR
Amazon, dunnhumby, dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), Target
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Topics

CHICAGO – In a year dominated by COVID-19, Amazon surpassed last year’s winner H-E-B and runner up Trader Joe’s to take the top spot in the fourth annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI). Target also broke into the top quartile of the RPI for the first time, driven by its own strong performance in response
December 17, 2020 by MMR
Amazon, Amazon Renewed, Amazon Second Chance, Amazon Warehouse, Whole Foods, Whole Foods Market
Leading Headlines, Retail News

SEATTLE — Amazon is giving shoppers more options for returning holiday purchases this year, including at physical stores, the company said Thursday. Most items shipped between October 1 and December 31 can be returned until January 31, the company said. Amazon is also allowing customers to return products — without boxes or labels — at
December 14, 2020 by David Pinto
Amazon, David Pinto, mass retailing, Target, Walmart
2020, Issue 12-14-2020, Issues
As 2020 finally and reluctantly gives way to 2021, the mass retail community is understandably optimistic about the year ahead. As background, much has changed, more perhaps than in any other 12-month period in the history of retailing in America. Foremost among these shifts in consumer shopping habits is the undeniable fact that online shopping,
December 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Woldt
Amazon, Jeffrey Woldt, pandemic
2020, Issue 12-14-2020, Issues, Opinion

Much has been made of shoppers’ changing behavior during the holiday selling season. Driven by fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the shift away from brick-and-mortar stores toward e-commerce has accelerated significantly. Adobe Analytics reports that online sales set records on Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, rising some 22% on the first two days and
November 30, 2020 by David Pinto
Amazon, David Pinto, pharmacy, Rx
2020, Issue 11-30-2020, Issues
It’s finally happened: Amazon has announced its intention of entering the pharmacy business. With that announcement, the potential disruption of the retail pharmacy business in America has become, in an instant, a very real possibility. Given Amazon’s well-documented ability to upset the settled order of things, coupled with the online retailer’s proven success rate in
November 24, 2020 by MMR
Amazon, counterfeiters, IPR Center, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
Leading Headlines, Retail News

WASHINGTON — Amazon will work with the U.S. government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) on an effort to prevent counterfeit goods from entering the U.S. and help protect American consumers, the company said on Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and DHL are also supporting the operation. “The IPR Center plays