Amazon on Wednesday unveiled three new renewable energy projects in the US and UK, its first new set of green developments since CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled his ambitious Climate Pledge last month. In the US, Amazon will have solar farms in Warren County, North Carolina, and Price George County, Virginia, with the farms totaling 215 …
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Amazon on Wednesday said it vastly expanded its in-store pickup service called Counter. The online retailer said it partnered with GNC, Health Mart and Stage Stores to add thousands more locations to the program. Amazon introduced Counter in May in the UK and Italy, then brought it to the US in June. Counter started in more than a hundred Rite-Aid …
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Amazon top exec Jeff Wilke on Tuesday pushed back against news reports that uncovered counterfeit, illegitimate and unsafe products on its website. “You can find anecdotes to support whatever conclusion you want,” Wilke, Amazon’s CEO of worldwide consumer, said on stage at the Wall Street Journal’s annual Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, “but the vast majority of sales …
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The long-awaited dream of getting your toothpaste zipped to you in minutes via drone is one step closer in the US. UPS and CVS on Monday said they’re working together to develop drone deliveries of prescriptions and retail products from CVS stores to US homes. This partnership is the first foray into retail for UPS Flight Forward, the shipper’s new …
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Standing in a demo room that overlooked the Space Needle at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, Alexa hardware executive Miriam Daniel smiled as she encouraged me to stick a pair of Echo Buds in my ears. The space was noisy and chaotic, punctuated repeatedly by Alexa chiming in with different responses. I tapped the side of the earbuds twice, then suddenly there …
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Amazon is defending its Amazon’s Choice product recommendations, following critical questions about the program from two Democratic US senators. In August, Sens. Bob Menendez and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking him to provide details on how it selects products for Amazon’s Choice. They said they were concerned the program may be promoting inferior products …
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday announced The Climate Pledge, a plan to make the sprawling e-commerce and tech company carbon neutral by 2040 and reach a goal of the Paris climate agreement 10 years early. Amazon is asking other companies to sign the pledge too. Now playing: Watch this: Jeff Bezos announces climate pledge 1:05 To reach the carbon-neutral goal, …
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Amazon is introducing its PayCode service to the US, bringing it to 15,000 Western Union locations. PayCode joins Amazon Cash as another way for shoppers to buy online using cash instead of a debit or credit card. With Amazon Cash, introduced two years ago, people load money into their Amazon accounts by going to a store like CVS or Sheetz. …
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Amazon for the past few years has installed its bright orange delivery lockers in many corners of the US, from hotel lobbies to convenience stores to supermarkets. Now, it’s eyeing plans to install a lot more, hoping to use the lockers to speed up Prime shipments and bolster its logistics network. The e-commerce giant is quietly working to vastly expand its …
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Walmart is opening another line of attack in its fight against Amazon, and this time it’s bananas. The world’s largest retailer, Walmart said Thursday it’s expanding its Delivery Unlimited grocery delivery program later this fall to 1,400 stores in the US. The company first tested the program in Houston, Miami, Salt Lake City and Tampa earlier this year. The Delivery …
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