Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 119 of 244

Jun 20, 2017, 6:51 AM

Amazon’s new ‘Prime Wardrobe’ shopping service is like Trunk Club with a twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIQh0O3wOdM Amazon is launching a new challenge to Nordstrom, Macy’s and other department stores with a service called Prime Wardrobe… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 5:35 PM

Transcript: Whole Foods CEO assures employees that Amazon deal is ‘not a Tinder relationship’

Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey was over-the-moon about the company’s pending acquisition by Amazon in a town hall meeting… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 4:24 PM

What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs

As promised, some of the world’s top tech CEOs from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google and many others met… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 2:09 PM

Group targets Amazon’s advertising on Breitbart with new mobile billboard in Seattle

Sleeping Giants, the anonymous group dedicated to getting corporations to pull advertising from right-wing news websites such as Breitbart, is… Read More

Adam Bosworth, VP, Amazon Web Services (Linkedin photo)

Jun 19, 2017, 1:33 PM

Tech vet Adam Bosworth directing mysterious Amazon Web Services project at crux of non-compete dispute

There’s a lot we still don’t know about the mysterious Amazon Web Services project that prompted the company to sue… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 12:43 PM

Grammazon! 97-year-old woman who has seen it all in Seattle gets a look inside Amazon’s Spheres

Joyce Irish has seen a lot of things get built in her lifetime in Seattle. She’s also outlived a good… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 10:53 AM

Amazon Pay rolls out its first payments integration on Instagram

For the first time, people can buy products they discover via Instagram using Amazon’s payments platform. Amazon has partnered with… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 9:20 AM

Trump to talk policy with tech CEOs Bezos, Nadella, Cook and others in Washington D.C.

Follow-up: What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs An all-star contingent of tech CEOs will meet Monday… Read More

Lunchtime at Whole Foods in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. (GeekWire photo / Brian M. Westbrook)

Jun 17, 2017, 10:36 AM

Geek on the Street: Here’s what Whole Foods shoppers say about Amazon buying their favorite grocery store

The Whole Foods Market on Seattle’s Westlake Avenue sits at the epicenter of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, just a few minutes… Read More

Jun 17, 2017, 10:14 AM

Whole Foods delivery partner Instacart: Amazon just ‘declared war’ on America’s grocery stores

Whole Foods may love Instacart, but there’s no love lost between the delivery startup and the grocery chain’s acquirer, Amazon,… Read More

Jun 17, 2017, 5:00 AM

We tested Amazon’s new Dash Wand with Alexa: Here’s what worked, and what didn’t

The news Friday morning that e-commerce giant Amazon is buying grocery chain Whole Foods puts the company’s latest gadget in… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 8:46 PM

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B; here are its other acquisitions ranked by price

Amazon ventured into uncharted territory with its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, in particular compared to the tech giant’s… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 2:43 PM

Shares of Whole Foods close above Amazon’s price as speculation grows that outside bidder could challenge blockbuster deal

Shares of Whole Foods closed Friday at $42.68 — topping the $42 per share offer that Amazon put in for… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 2:42 PM

Podcast: Why Amazon is buying Whole Foods, and what it means for the tech and retail industries

Amazon’s announcement this morning that it will acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion surprised the technology and retail industries, and… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 12:15 PM

Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition might take some cloud revenue off Microsoft’s table

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Friday also took a major customer away from its closest rival in the… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 11:33 AM

IKEA is selling some of its products — even the Swedish meatball sauce — on Amazon now

We had a debate here a few weeks ago over who among us actually likes to subject themselves to shopping… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 9:47 AM

365 by Whole Foods looked like the store of the future — then Amazon and the future stepped in

Last September, when Whole Foods opened a new high-tech “365 by Whole Foods Market” in Bellevue, Wash., I visited to… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 9:38 AM

Amazon just acquired a training ground for retail artificial intelligence research

Amazon didn’t acquire an iconic grocery store brand just for the quinoa: Whole Foods operates hundreds of retail data mines,… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 9:31 AM

RFID tag maker Impinj soars on Wall Street as Amazon’s $13.7B deal to buy Whole Foods opens new opportunities for technology in retail

Amazon’s deal to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion is sending far-reaching ripples across Wall Street, well beyond the grocery… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 7:55 AM

Amazon’s new ‘Prime Wardrobe’ shopping service is like Trunk Club with a twist

Transcript: Whole Foods CEO assures employees that Amazon deal is ‘not a Tinder relationship’

What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs

Group targets Amazon’s advertising on Breitbart with new mobile billboard in Seattle

Tech vet Adam Bosworth directing mysterious Amazon Web Services project at crux of non-compete dispute

Grammazon! 97-year-old woman who has seen it all in Seattle gets a look inside Amazon’s Spheres

Amazon Pay rolls out its first payments integration on Instagram

Trump to talk policy with tech CEOs Bezos, Nadella, Cook and others in Washington D.C.

Geek on the Street: Here’s what Whole Foods shoppers say about Amazon buying their favorite grocery store

Whole Foods delivery partner Instacart: Amazon just ‘declared war’ on America’s grocery stores

We tested Amazon’s new Dash Wand with Alexa: Here’s what worked, and what didn’t

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B; here are its other acquisitions ranked by price

Shares of Whole Foods close above Amazon’s price as speculation grows that outside bidder could challenge blockbuster deal

Podcast: Why Amazon is buying Whole Foods, and what it means for the tech and retail industries

Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition might take some cloud revenue off Microsoft’s table

IKEA is selling some of its products — even the Swedish meatball sauce — on Amazon now

365 by Whole Foods looked like the store of the future — then Amazon and the future stepped in

Amazon just acquired a training ground for retail artificial intelligence research

RFID tag maker Impinj soars on Wall Street as Amazon’s $13.7B deal to buy Whole Foods opens new opportunities for technology in retail

Wall Street and Twitter react to Amazon’s blockbuster $13.7B acquisition of Whole Foods

Walmart to buy Bonobos for $310M as it continues e-commerce battle with Amazon

Amazon to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7B, dramatically expanding physical retail footprint

It’s business, and it’s personal: How Amazon Web Services decides to enforce non-compete contracts

Why Amazon (and others) might want to acquire Slack

Newly leased Amazon office building in Seattle sells for $330M to German investors

Amazon unveils $20 Dash Wand with Alexa for voice-enabled grocery ordering and home controls

There is a 79-foot-tall Amazon Echo replica in New York City’s Times Square — here’s why

Jeff Bezos touts Amazon’s solar power campaign for fulfillment centers

‘Amazonians for the day’: Tech giant hosting summer camp to turn students on to STEM

Amazon patents delivery drone designs with adjustable arms and a winch