Amazon is shutting down its daily deals program and discontinuing the Amazon Local app along with it. The Seattle online giant announced today that it will stop selling daily deals on its… Read More
Amazon launched its first travel site in a few test markets back in April, but already it looks like the experiment may have run its course. When you visit Amazon Destinations… Read More
Amazon is launching a new restaurant delivery service in Seattle today, leveraging its fleet of drivers to get hot meals to customers within an hour. The official launch confirms what GeekWire reported just two… Read More
Amazon’s defense is starting to take shape in a lawsuit filed by Angie’s List, which is accusing the Seattle-based retailer of using Angie’s List to help find contractors to build a competing home services business… Read More
Craving some late night takeout? Amazon now has you covered — at least in Seattle. The company added food delivery to its Amazon Local service this weekend while people were… Read More
Amazon.com is certainly no stranger to the food market, having delivered groceries to the doors of customers in Seattle — and more recently California — for the past several years via… Read More
Amazon is preparing to launch a local marketplace that could compete with Yelp, Angie’s List, or even home improvement businesses, like Home Depot and Lowe’s, according to a Reuters report today.… Read More
[Correction: Post updated to reflect the fact that Amazon’s deal was one of the fastest-selling in daily deals history, but not the fastest. A LivingSocial promotion for Whole Foods sold… Read More