PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. online retail giant Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it will create 1,800 permanent contract positions this year in France, its largest European market after Britain and Germany, although furniture retailer Conforama went the other way in
Amazon has said it will use drones to deliver packages to customers “within months”. It unveiled its latest iteration at a conference in Las Vegas, touting the machine’s ability to spot obstacles such as people, dogs, and clotheslines. Amazon executive
An attempted shareholder revolt over Amazon’s sale of facial recognition technology to the police mustered less than 3% of votes cast at the firm’s annual general meeting. The tally was revealed in a corporate filing. The tech firm had said it
SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc plans to close its domestic marketplace in China by mid-July, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, focusing efforts on more lucrative businesses selling overseas goods and cloud services in the world’s most populous
Washington (CNN)For some in the White House, Sunday seemed like the first day of the rest of Donald Trump’s presidency. By Friday, it was clear that while the cloud of Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation had lifted, the pervasive disarray that
Merchants have long complained that Amazon’s lax policing of counterfeits has cost them sales and compromised their brands, leaving customers to figure out whether the box on their doorstep actually contains what they ordered or a shoddy copy. The retailer
(CNN) — It was Democrats who brought Amazon to New York City, and it was Democrats who chased it away. The retail giant’s decision Thursday to bail out of its plans for a headquarters in Queens immediately set the two wings of
British businesses trading on Amazon have been advised to prepare for a no-deal Brexit to ensure they can continue selling to customers in the EU. The online retail giant has informed sellers that the government said that the “free circulation of
Amazon has teamed up with police in the US in an effort to stop thieves who steal parcels left outside homes. Officers in New Jersey are planting dummy boxes fitted with GPS trackers, coupled with hidden doorbell cameras, at homes
Consumer discretionary stocks rose 1 percent, on average, and traded positively 71 percent of the time during Black Friday week, according to CNBC analysis using Kensho. Amazon and Best Buy were the big stock winners during the shortened trading week,