Amazon glitch sparks sales bonanza for 1p items December 14, 2014 Customers cheered after a software glitch meant thousands of items from online retailer Amazon's website were on offer for as little as 1p. The glitch, which happened between 7pm and 8pm on Friday, led to hundreds of toys, clothes and home furnishings being sold off at bargain prices. But small businesses have scolded the glitch which [...]
Christmas reading: Why not try a business book? From Amazon’s 14 principles to TED Talk secrets December 1, 2014 Although you might feel mildly frustrated if you’ve missed out on the four day-long Black Friday to Cyber Monday discount shopping extravaganza, that shouldn’t stop you from getting a good Christmas read sorted in advance. There are plenty of guides to the best books of 2014 – from novels to economic tomes – [...]
Amazon Black Friday deals deliver busiest day ever as shoppers surge online ahead of Cyber Monday November 29, 2014 It's not even Cyber Monday yet, but Amazon has clocked up its busiest ever day of sales in the UK thanks to Black Friday, selling 64 items every second yesterday. Shoppers ordered more than 5.5 million items such as TVs, tablets and toys with huge price reductions, beating last year’s Black Friday sales of four [...]
Amazon Local Services will allow customers to order plumbers and mechanics alongside books and boxsets November 28, 2014 In the midst of this week’s Black Friday madness, Amazon quietly launched a brand new site for service providers. Instead of cut-price plasma screen TVs, Amazon Local Services puts you in touch with those who can put one back together again following a ruckus at Tesco in Edmonton. Amazon Local Services was launched in [...]
Black Friday UK 2014: 5 of the worst Amazon lightning deals savvy shoppers have not been waiting for November 26, 2014 Everyone loves a bargain, but there are some things that scream “rather not” than “must have”. Among quite a few decent deals on expensive tech and electrical items, some of Amazon’s early flash deal Black Friday treats are, well, a little underwhelming, let’s say. Here are five of the least exciting deals waiting for you [...]
Amazon debuts Post Office pick-up service in new deal with Royal Mail November 24, 2014 Shoppers will soon be able to collect products ordered on Amazon at their local Post Office branch in a new deal announced today by the online retail giant and the Royal Mail. Amazon said it has signed up Royal Mail’s Local Collect service, giving its customers the option of collecting goods from any one of [...]
The best places to look for Black Friday deals 2014: John Lewis, Amazon, Marks & Spencer, Very, Curry’s PC World and Halfords November 24, 2014 Retailers are gearing up for Black Friday to be one of – if not the – biggest online shopping day of the year, with hundreds of promotions being planned to tempt consumers to join the spending bonanza. According to the Centre for Retail Research, shoppers will spend £1.32bn over the four days between Black [...]
Amazon UK opening Shoreditch studio to boost fashion business November 23, 2014 Amazon is planning to step up its assault on rival online fashion retailers such as Asos and Next with the opening of a 46,000-square foot fashion photography studio in Shoreditch next year. The move comes as Amazon has been boosting its fashion efforts, signing up more than 100 brands in 2014, including Hugo Boss and [...]
Royal Mail frets over Amazon taking business November 19, 2014 FIRST it was publishers, then high street retailers, now US giant Amazon is set to disrupt the business model for Britain’s postal service. Industry leader Royal Mail yesterday warned that the growing dominance of rival delivery offerings from Amazon would cut revenue growth in half at its key parcel delivery division. Royal Mail, which was [...]
Amazon and Hachette give up their pricing war – just in time for Christmas November 13, 2014 It's a brave brand that takes on the might of Amazon – but US publisher Hachette gave it a good go, arguing that it should have control over the price of its ebooks. The battle was keenly observed by fellow publishers, not least because underneath, they were grumbling about the same thing. But it looks [...]