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  • Amazon brings battle with book publishers to the UK

    June 27, 2014

    Amazon has been accused of bullying UK publishers in the latest upset between the book industry and the ecommerce giant. An investigation by the Bookseller, the industry trade magazine, found Amazon was putting UK publishers under "heavy pressure" when it came to agreeing new contract terms. Publishing houses are worried about certain terms proposed in [...]

  • Amazon’s lockers arrive in London Tube station car parks

    June 25, 2014

    Amazon has introduced new lockers at Finchley Central and Newbury Park tube station car parks in a partnership between the online retail giant and Transport for London that will let customers collect their purchases at the lockers – like they can do in some Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s car parks. Amazon has lockers in over [...]

  • Amazon drone delivery plans remain on course despite reports of US ban

    June 25, 2014

    Amazon will continue with plans to make deliveries by drone a reality, despite widespread reports that US regulators have banned the unmanned aerial vehicles. The e-commerce giant responded to CNET saying that the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) guidelines, published yesterday, did not address the use of drones for commercial purposes and were not relevant to [...]

  • Amazon joining with Doddle to start railway station collections

    June 23, 2014

    AMAZON customers will soon be able to pick up parcels from railway stations as part of a new deal between the online retail giant and Doddle, the click-and-collect joint venture between Network Rail and Travelex millionaire Lloyd Dorfman. Doddle is currently running a pilot operation at Milton Keynes station, with plans to expand the service [...]

  • Amazon’s Fire smartphone looks set to light up mobile market

    June 18, 2014

    Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos last night put Apple, Samsung and legions of online retailers on red alert with the launch of its new Fire smartphone, with the promise that the online giant would once again revolutionise shopping. Bezos, in a rare media appearance, demonstrated Firefly, a service that lets the $199 (£117) phone identify [...]

  • Tesco backs Blinkbox with Clubcard rewards in fight against Netflix and Amazon

    June 17, 2014

    Blinkbox, the Tesco-owned TV and film streaming service, is introducing customer rewards to attract and retain customers.   Tesco is putting the weight of its Clubcard loyalty scheme behind Blinkbox in a bid to stand out from rivals such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video.   The scheme is the biggest tie-up between the two [...]

  • Amazon takes on Spotify with Prime Music service

    June 12, 2014

    Amazon launched a music service yesterday that came free with its £79-a-year Prime membership programme, but offers a smaller selection of songs than Spotify. The new feature, Prime Music, allows subscribers to stream or download over a million songs without added fees or ads. This is one of many steps Amazon has taken in recent [...]

  • Barclays fears Amazon and Google threaten traditional banks

    June 10, 2014

    Customers will soon use tech firms like Amazon, Google and PayPal instead of banks, Barclays’ chief Antony Jenkins said today, promising to innovate more to compete with digital giants.   The sector is already being shaken up by new banks being established, and big firms like Tesco offering current accounts.   But Jenkins believes the [...]

  • PayPal boss David Marcus out as Amazon starts rival

    June 9, 2014

    THE PRESIDENT of payments firm PayPal has quit to join Facebook, parent company EBay said last night. David Marcus has led PayPal since April 2012, having joined when the firm took over his payments start-up Zong. He will leave on 27 June to lead Facebook’s messaging products. His departure was announced on the same day [...]

  • Amazon’s boss expected to lift lid on new phone

    June 4, 2014

    AMAZON’S chief executive Jeff Bezos will host an event on 18 June in Seattle at which he is expected to unveil a smartphone capable of displaying a 3D interface controlled via body movement. In April Amazon launched the Fire TV, the online retail giant’s first foray streaming content into the living room, following its previous [...]

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