The future of Amazon Alexa: turning off lights and locking doors November 3, 2021 Tom Taylor, senior vice president of Amazon’s Alexa division, said that the tech giant was working on enabling its digital voice assistant to recognise certain unique sounds around a household, creating 'ambient intelligence'.
G20 leaders back global minimum corporate tax deal from 2023 October 30, 2021 World leaders are set to endorse a deal on a global minimum corporate tax of 15 per cent, to be enforced in 2023. Leaders are readying to back the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s deal, according to draft conclusions of the G20 summit. The documents, seen by Reuters, stated: “We call on the [...]
S&P 500 and the Nasdaq set to fall after Apple and Amazon disappoint October 29, 2021 The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes are expected to feel the repercussions of Apple and Amazon's supply chain woes.
Amazon posts another jump in sales but warns of ‘billions’ of additional Q4 costs October 28, 2021 Amazon has warned investors it is expecting to incur “several billion dollars of additional costs” due to labour shortages, increased wage costs and global supply chain issues. The firm posted third quarter sales of $110.8bn (£80bn) in the three months to end of September, a 15 per cent jump year on year. Amazon said the [...]
Amazon expected to weather the supply chain storm with third-quarter results October 28, 2021 Amazon is expected to report strong results this evening, as the company shows its gearing up for Christmas with over 300,000 new global roles, including seasonal hires and corporate workers. Analysts suggest the online retailer will to post quarterly earnings of $8.72 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -29.5%. [...]
Hundreds of thousands of Brits receive mystery Amazon parcels in ‘brushing’ scam October 28, 2021 A scam known as “brushing” may have impacted up to 1m UK households after they received mystery Amazon parcels designed to boost the rankings of third party sellers. Consumer group Which? said it was concerned at the numbers of households reporting receiving a mystery Amazon package at their home address that they did not order [...]
London’s Storfund lands £300m mega-deal for ecommerce marketplace financing October 27, 2021 UK fintech Storfund, which optimises the cash cycle for merchants selling on ecommerce marketplaces, has struck a £300m debt funding deal with Fasanara Capital. It’s the latest in a string of investments by Fasanara into e-commerce lending platforms, and marks a significant step up from Storfund’s last £26.5m funding round in February, led by Union Bancaire [...]
Amazon appeals record €746m fine for EU data law breach October 15, 2021 Amazon has officially appealed a record €746m fine from the European Union’s privacy watchdog for breaching the bloc’s data protection rules. The appeal, which was filed today at the Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal, is for the collection and use of individuals’ personal data, which violated General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR law. The retail and technology [...]
Calls to break up Amazon as company allegedly copied products and manipulated search results October 15, 2021 Massachusetts Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren cited a Reuters investigation that Amazon intentionally copied local business products and manipulated search results to prioritize its own brands, supporting calls to break up the e-commerce giant. Watch the full report.
Amazon faces £100m compensation case as London drivers demand employment rights October 13, 2021 Multiple self-employed Amazon delivery drivers are seeking employment rights from the digital giant, a case that reports say could potentially cost the digital giant over £100m. Law firm Leigh Day is launching moves against delivery giant Amazon over workers’ rights, which it says could result in compensation totalling millions of pounds. Leigh Day claims thousands [...]