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Amazon Dash Button Expands Product Offerings
October 01, 2015

Amazon announced today (Oct. 1) that it has a new set of brands joining the Amazon Dash Replenishment Service (DRS) program. The new brands to join the program include General Electric, Samsung, August, Gmate, Oster, Obe, Petnet, CleverPet, Sutro, Thync and Sealed Air. These companies join in...

Amazon Takes Longer To Pay Suppliers Than Walmart
October 01, 2015

Even some of the largest enterprises struggle with cash flow management, and new reports from BloombergView say those hurdles are preventing corporations from paying their small suppliers on time. Reports Wednesday (Sept. 30) said that new data from online retail behemoth Amazon reveals just how...

Amazon’s 15 M-Commerce Moves In 16 Years
September 03, 2015

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there aren’t a lot of companies like Amazon. Actually, let’s step back. There is no other company like Amazon. Like most companies, the eCommerce giant takes a lot of flack over lots of things — some justified, some just because...

All Prime Members Can Now Push Amazon’s (Dash) Buttons
September 03, 2015

Amazon Prime members who’ve been waiting to push Amazon’s Dash buttons don’t have to wait any longer. The eCommerce giant has expanded its Dash buttons to all Prime members, which means that those eager to test out the connected commerce feature don’t have to wait...

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Amazon Slices Consumer Electronics Division
August 27, 2015

A little over a year after Amazon released the Fire Phone and saw its fortunes fall as consumers just couldn’t be made to take an interest, Amazon is rethinking its personal electronics division entirely. Which means layoffs, lots of layoffs. As part of the great...

Alibaba Pits Cloud-Based AI Platform Against Amazon
August 26, 2015

In July, Alibaba announced it was investing $1 billion in its cloud-computing business, Aliyun. Now, it’s clear why. Aliyun announced yesterday (Aug. 25) that it was launching an artificial intelligence platform that’s being coined as “China’s first” in the industry to do so. This new platform...

Is Amazon Resetting Its Grocery Delivery Service?
August 24, 2015

When Amazon stuck its toe in the grocery game two years ago with its Prime Fresh service — an extension of its $99 per year Prime member service — it came with a pretty hefty price tag. Los Angelenos (L.A. is where the service launched)...

Amazon’s Dash Button Pushed Into Market
July 31, 2015

It’s been months since the news about Amazon Dash was announced. In fact, if you recall, the news came out just before April Fool’s Day, and some publications thought it was a joke. Well, it wasn’t. And now, it’s heading to market for everyone to...

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Amazon Earmarks $100M To Fund Voice Tech
June 26, 2015

Just days after Amazon announced that Amazon Echo, its voice-controlled smart speakers, are now available for everyone to purchase, the eCommerce giant rolled out another big piece of news for voice technology innovation. Yesterday (June 25), Amazon announced the Alexa Fund, which consists of up...