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Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is a paid subscription service offered by Amazon that gives users access to services that would otherwise be unavailable, or cost extra, to the typical Amazon customer. This includes free two-day delivery, streaming music and video, and other benefits.

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Amazon Raises Threshold for Free Grocery Delivery to Cover Costs
Amazon Raises Threshold for Free Grocery Delivery to Cover Costs
January 27, 2023  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon is raising the amount Prime members must spend to get free grocery delivery. Effective Feb. 28, members must order $150 for free delivery from Amazon...

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Amazon Continues Healthcare Push With RxPass
Amazon Continues Healthcare Push With RxPass
January 24, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon is offering Prime members discounted prescription drugs, its latest venture into the healthcare sector. Announced Tuesday (Jan. 24), the company’s RxPass provides patients that...

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Amazon Invites More US Merchants to Buy With Prime
Amazon Invites More US Merchants to Buy With Prime
January 10, 2023  |  Retail

Amazon is opening its invite-only Buy With Prime program to a much wider merchant pool. Beginning Jan. 31, the program will be available to all eligible U.S....

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Amazon Stock Cut in Half as eCommerce Giant Can’t Stem Slump
Amazon Stock Cut in Half as eCommerce Giant Can’t Stem Slump
December 28, 2022  |  Amazon

From an all-time high in 2021 to a 3-year low in 2022, Amazon will ring in the New Year about half as large as it...

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Return of HBO Max to Amazon Shows Scale Matters
Return of HBO Max to Amazon Shows Scale Matters
December 06, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Fifteen months after leaving the platform, HBO Max is returning to Amazon Prime. Amazon announced the move in a news release Tuesday (Dec. 6), saying its members can...

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Streaming Subscriptions From Apple, Samsung and Xbox Will Test Cancel Trend
Streaming Subscriptions From Apple, Samsung and Xbox Will Test Cancel Trend
November 17, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Amid a broader trend of consumers trimming retail box subscriptions, streaming entertainment looks to be a defiant holdout. Not only has it held onto the...

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Gap to Use Amazon for Sales and Delivery
Gap to Use Amazon for Sales and Delivery
November 10, 2022  |  Retail

Aiming to establish a new way to reach potential customers, Gap has created a store on Amazon.  Launched with Amazon Fashion in the United States...

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Amazon Looks to ‘Subscribe and Save’ to Boost Branded Partnerships and Grocery Spend
Amazon Looks to ‘Subscribe and Save’ to Boost Branded Partnerships and Grocery Spend
November 07, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon’s shares have slipped about 11% in the wake of last month’s earnings reports, as investors fretted about consumers’ belt-tightening. “The continuing impacts of broad-scale...

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Amazon Adds New Content and Features for Prime Members
Amazon Adds New Content and Features for Prime Members
November 01, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon has expanded the amount of music, podcasts and features available on Amazon Music at no additional cost to Prime subscribers. The number of songs...

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