Amazon boss airlifted after kidney stone January 6, 2014 AMAZON founder Jeff Bezos was airlifted from a cruise ship by the Ecuadorian Navy after suffering a kidney stone attack in the Galapagos Islands on New Year’s Day. Bezos – the mastermind behind the world’s largest online retailer – said in an email to Reuters responding to the incident, “Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero [...]
Amazon floats plan to use drones to deliver packages December 2, 2013 AMAZON is preparing to make next-day delivery obsolete by using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, in an audacious plan to introduce 30-minute home delivery. The online retailer hopes to revolutionise online shopping by delivering directly from its warehouses to customers’ homes using autonomous drones that can carry small packages weighing up to five pounds (2.3kg). [...]
Amazon’s ebbs and flows October 27, 2005 The dotcom giant is at the forefront of growth in the online retail industry. Its sales have just kept on growing, hitting $1bn in America and Canada. But yet its share price has taken a tumble this week. Wall Street is always falling in and out of love with Amazon. In the online retailer’s 10-year [...]
Amazon profits hit by increased competition October 26, 2005 Amazon, the online bookseller, last night unveiled a $30m (£16.8m) profit for the third quarter. Some of the gloss was taken off increased sales, however, as it admitted that a patent dispute had cost it $20m. Seattle-based Amazon made a one-off payment to settle a patent lawsuit in the third quarter. Its profit, otherwise, would [...]