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Amazon Going for Grocery Rivals' Jugulars

It now offers 2-hour grocery delivery in 4 markets

(Newser) - If traditional grocers aren't intimidated by Amazon's no-checkout grocery store , they might be by the company's latest venture in the world of food. Amazon Prime subscribers in Dallas, Cincinnati, Virginia Beach, and Austin, Texas, can now buy Whole Foods groceries online and have them delivered in two...

Amazon Jacks Up Price of Monthly Prime Membership

But those who pay the annual fee of $99 will see no increase

(Newser) - Amazon is raising the price of its Prime membership monthly plan by nearly 20%, although the fee of $99 for an annual membership will not change. The online retailer had added the monthly payment option about two years ago as a way to hook shoppers—especially during the holiday season—...

Amazon Just Debuted a Way to Get You to Spend More Money

Its new 'Spark' shopping social network looks a lot like Pinterest

(Newser) - Take Amazon Prime, mix it with Pinterest, and add a dash of Instagram. The result is Amazon Spark, a new shopping-focused "social network" aimed at getting hardcore Amazon users to spend even more money with the e-commerce giant. The service launched publicly on Tuesday on Amazon's iPhone app,...

Prime Day Isn&#39;t a &#39;Day,&#39; and Other Amazon Tips
How to Dominate
Amazon's 30-Hour Prime Day
the rundown
Jul 10, 2017 11:46 AM CDT

How to Dominate Amazon's 30-Hour Prime Day

One tip: Bookmark CamelCamelCamel.com

(Newser) - Will the third time be the charm for Amazon? Its now-slightly-misnomered Prime Day (it's actually 30 hours long, not 24, this year) kicks off at 9pm EDT Monday. Its inaugural sale in 2015 didn't blow consumers over ; in 2016 there were early-morning website issues for some customers. This...

Amazon Just Made a Major Play for Walmart Customers

Company offers discounted Prime memberships to low-income customers

(Newser) - Amazon figured out a great way to appear altruistic while also taking a shot at its biggest competitor, announcing a discounted Prime member for low-income Americans on Tuesday. Yahoo reports the 45% discount lowers the cost of Prime, which bestows free two-day delivery, to $5.99 for anyone with an...

Amazon Delivery by Drone Has Begun
Amazon Delivery
by Drone Has Begun
Dec 14, 2016 12:51 PM CST

Amazon Delivery by Drone Has Begun

First delivery took just 13 minutes from time of order

(Newser) - Amazon has made its first delivery by drone. The inaugural "Amazon Prime Air" delivery took place last week, but was just reported by the company Wednesday. The long-anticipated air delivery took just 13 minutes, CNET reports. Amazon's goal for Prime Air is for deliveries to take 30 minutes...

Best Deals, Tips for Amazon&#39;s &#39;Prime Day&#39;
Best Deals, Tips for 
Amazon's 'Prime Day'
the rundown
Jul 12, 2016 6:38 AM CDT

Best Deals, Tips for Amazon's 'Prime Day'

Subscribers will be wooed by discounts all day

(Newser) - It's Prime Day, Amazon's version of Black Friday for its Prime subscribers. Last year's inaugural sale kind of fizzled, with consumers largely unimpressed by what was on offer, notes AP . Amazon is promising better things this year. Related coverage:
  • US News has a primer on what's
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Amazon Brings Restaurant Delivery to San Francisco

Where it hopes it can cross its countless startup competitors

(Newser) - As step 496 in its 10,000-step plan to rule the world, Amazon unveiled its restaurant delivery service this week in San Francisco, Wired reports. Already available in a handful of other cities, Amazon's Prime Now is taking the battle to the home turf of its dozens of food-delivery...

Uh-Oh, Netflix: Amazon Has Monthly Video Streaming

Company is getting serious about its streaming content

(Newser) - Up till now, Amazon customers who forked over the $99 fee for Prime could also exclusively enjoy its streaming video. Now Amazon is opening its streaming library to the masses with a stand-alone monthly subscription for $8.99—directly competing with Netflix and undercutting its most popular plan by $1...

Say Goodbye to Google, Apple Devices on Amazon

Retailer bans Apple TV, Google Chromecast media-streaming products

(Newser) - Amazon is dumping popular media-streaming devices by two huge rivals to bolster its own video-streaming service, it announced in an email yesterday to marketplace sellers. The retailer won't be accepting any new listings for Apple TV or Google's Chromecast, and all current listings will be yanked from the...

Amazon's New $50 Tablet May Help You Speed-Read

Company hopes new features, accessible price point will up its tablet game

(Newser) - Amazon is crossing its screen-swiping fingers that its newest offering will hit what a company senior VP calls the "sweet spot, the consumption of media," announcing its new 7-inch Fire tablet for $50—and a six-pack for $250, essentially giving the purchaser one tablet free, USA Today reports....

Hulu Now Offers Commercial-Free Option

For $12 a month

(Newser) - Until today, Hulu's streaming content featured commercials—even if you were a paying subscriber. But as of today, the company announced, you can pay $12 a month for an ad-free version of the streaming service. The move is intended to help Hulu better compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime,...

Amazon Prime Day: Just a 'Crappy Garage Sale'

Customers complained on social media about retailer's #PrimeDayFail

(Newser) - Those in the market for an XXL Diane Keaton T-shirt, a family pack of brass knuckles, or a plate of ham may have been thrilled about Amazon's mega-hyped Prime Day , but for others, yesterday's deals proved a dud. The online event—dubbed by one Twitter user as a...

10 of Amazon's Best Prime Day Deals

Prime users get taste of Black Friday in July as retailer discounts electronics, more

(Newser) - It’s Amazon’s 20th birthday and Christmas for Amazon Prime users who have exclusive access to Prime Day sales today in celebration. Amazon says the online sales event will top Black Friday in terms of volume. Don’t want to pay the $99-per-year membership fee to score a deal?...

Walmart Disses Amazon Prime Day With 'Everyone' Sale

But some experts say these 'Black Friday any day' sales may backfire

(Newser) - Poor Black Friday, being ambushed on one side by Amazon Prime Day on Wednesday, and now by Walmart's latest sale blitz on the other. In what USA Today calls a continuation of the "Walmart vs. Amazon fight for retail domination," Walmart announced in a blog post today...

20% of Young Adults Steal Streaming Passwords

Cost to the industry per year: $500M, report says

(Newser) - HBO chief Richard Plepler said earlier this year that people swiping HBO Go passwords from family or friends to watch their favorite shows and movies was not a big deal , but he may want to rethink that business concession. A new report by Parks Associates and cited by Consumerist shows...

Amazon: What Black Friday? Meet 'Prime Day'

Company to offer one-day online shopping 'extravaganza' on July 15

(Newser) - Black Friday is so 2014. That's the gist of Amazon's announcement of Prime Day, a "global shopping event, offering more deals than Black Friday" only to Prime members to celebrate its 20th anniversary next week, reports CNNMoney . "Step Aside Black Friday—Meet Prime Day" is the...

Watch Out, Amazon: Walmart Testing Unlimited Shipping

At $50, it's half the cost of Amazon Prime

(Newser) - Walmart will test a new unlimited shipping service for online shoppers this summer that will be priced well below Amazon's $99 per year Prime service. The world's largest retailer says the shipping subscription service will cost customers $50 a year, with products arriving in three days or less....

Amazon Hates New Drone Rules

It threatens to shift Prime Air project overseas

(Newser) - The new FAA draft regulations for commercial drones include provisions that appear to shoot down Amazon's plans for drone deliveries —and the company is far from happy about it. The FAA, which plans to require drone operators to have the aircraft in sight at all times, needs to...

Amazon Getting Into the Movie Business

And it's helping to lead a 'golden age' of television: Michael Wolff

(Newser) - First Amazon's Transparent won big at the Golden Globes , then the company scored a Woody Allen television series ; the trifecta comes as the behemoth announces the rollout of Amazon Original Movies—a series of up to a dozen full-length flicks a year that "focus on unique stories, voices,...

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