... consider. Amazon is king of the hill now. When it comes to selling standardized goods out of centralized distribution centers, we would argue that no one — not even Wal-Mart — offers greater choice an ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-28
... banks be “Amazon-ed”? Bankers used to think regulation would make financial services less appealing for new entrants. But now the penny is dropping that non-bank rivals can just attack more profitable ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-27
... o sleep?) Amazon Echo, Fitbit, Smart TV, and Connected Cars are just some of the more mass consumer IoT products. There are many more across different industries, and there will be many more that will ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-26
... pp Store. Amazon has followed suit, with its local partner Beijing Sinnet Technology warning local customers against using any software that would allow people to circumvent the Great Firewall of Chin ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
... business. Amazon's new home speaker, Echo Look, also has a camera, which could presumably be made to recognise faces. I believe facial recognition technology may not come out as a “killer function” to ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-13
... itched to Amazon or Taobao for the cheaper prices. Large department stores are also taking business away from Toys "R" Us. Although they may not carry as many types of products, leading retailers incl ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-11
France, Germany, Italy and Spain want digital multinationals like Amazon and Google to be taxed in Europe based on their revenues, rather than only profits as now, Reuters reports, citing a joint lett ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-11
Amazon.com Inc. said on Thursday it would build a US$5 billion second headquarters in North America, kicking off a competition between cities and states to offer tax cuts and incentives that could bri ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-08
... ail giant Amazon revealed a new concept store in Seattle last December. Without lines or checkout counters, Amazon’s machine-learning technology automatically identifies when a product is added to sho ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
... oogle and Amazon have added one million servers in their data center each year, with Microsoft adding 600,000 and 300,000 for Facebook. Also, there is huge demand from China’s BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
Two months ago, Amazon announced its acquisition of Whole Foods Market (WFM) for US$13.7 billion. Last Monday, the e-commerce giant officially took over nearly 500 WFM stores, and the first thing it d ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-04
Amazon.com has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by a couple who claims defective eclipse glasses purchased through the online retailer damaged their eyes, Reuters reports. In the lawsuit, ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
For most IT fanatics, getting a job at tech giants like Google, Facebook or Amazon, would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not for Michelle Chan, 23, who declined a job offer from Amazon and start ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-29
On its first day as part of Amazon.com, organic grocery chain Whole Foods Market Inc. slashed prices on popular items like avocados and apples by a third as it bid to shake off its “Whole Paycheck” re ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-29
... customer. Amazon famously leaves an open chair at the head of the table in all of its executive meetings, meant to signify and emphasize the most important person at the company: the customer. For kno ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-28
Amazon.com Inc. said it will cut prices on a range of popular goods as it completes its acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc., sending shares of rival grocers tumbling on fears that brutal market sha ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
Amazon.com Inc. and Whole Foods Market Inc. cleared two major hurdles needed to close Amazon's US$13.7 billion acquisition of the natural grocery chain, with approvals from a US competition regulator ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
A transgender woman and her husband are suing Amazon.com Inc., accusing the company of subjecting them to severe harassment and physical threats when they both worked at the retailer's warehouse in Ke ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-10
... ites like Amazon-owned Twitch, as well as China-based Huya, a subsidiary of Chinese video-based social network YY Inc. Popular games in eSports include Tencent-owned League of Legends and King of Glor ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-09
... s such as Amazon Video and Hulu (7 percent). Yet, the cost of carrying this traffic is "socialized" across the entire industry. Hence carriers want to address this imbalance. The stakes are high – in ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-09
