Amazon to build convenience stores: report
8 years, 5 months ago

Amazon to build convenience stores: report

Live Mint  

New York: Amazon.com Inc. is planning to build convenience stores and develop curbside pickup locations for food shoppers in its latest move to expand into groceries, The Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon’s stores will sell perishable goods including milk and meats, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources. The grocery stores represent Amazon’s latest move to disrupt brick-and-mortar food shopping that’s still dominated by traditional retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Previously, Amazon had focused on fresh food deliveries rather than establishing a physical presence but it’s encountering increased competition from Google, Instacart and others.

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Top 10 grocery stores in the US named in massive study — and two of them are tied for first place
1 month, 1 week ago

Top 10 grocery stores in the US named in massive study — and two of them are tied for first place

The Independent  

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Amazon, king of online retail, can’t seem to make its physical stores work
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Amazon, king of online retail, can’t seem to make its physical stores work

Live Mint  

Amazon.com, the largest e-commerce retailer in the U.S., is stumbling in its efforts to compete in the bricks-and-mortar world. After a decadelong experiment with bricks-and-mortar stores, Amazon’s dominance online has yet to translate into a successful strategy for connecting with shoppers in the real world, retail brokers and landlords said. “Running warehouses and shipping stuff efficiently is not the same …

Amazon-backed More Retail plans expansion of supermarkets in India
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Amazon-backed More Retail plans expansion of supermarkets in India

Live Mint  

Private equity firm Samara Capital- and Amazon.com Inc.-backed supermarket retailer More Retail Pvt. Ltd will step up expansion of small format daily needs stores and continue to use its existing network of stores to fulfill online retailer Amazon’s Fresh delivery business. “The acquisition by Amazon was made with this in mind—we’ll build a hybrid model, we'll scale it across India, …

Will US convenience stores find the secret to selling better food?
5 months, 1 week ago

Will US convenience stores find the secret to selling better food?

The Independent  

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Amazon removed Just Walk Out from many of its own stores but wants to sell the system to others
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Amazon removed Just Walk Out from many of its own stores but wants to sell the system to others

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon wants the public and - especially other businesses - to know it’s not giving up on its Just Walk Out technology. Although the company is ditching the cashier-less checkout system at its Amazon Fresh grocery stores, it plans to sell the technology to more than 120 third-party businesses by the end of the year. The change …

Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Fresh grocery stores in the US
1 year ago

Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Fresh grocery stores in the US

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain. Amazon says it will now be replaced by smart carts that allow customers to skip the checkout line but While redesigning Fresh stores in the past year, Amazon spokesperson Carly Golden said the company heard …

Amazon Fresh: How the supermarket of the future became the creepiest shop on the high street
1 year, 1 month ago

Amazon Fresh: How the supermarket of the future became the creepiest shop on the high street

The Independent  

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Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers
1 year, 3 months ago

Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Haven’t ordered any of your holiday gifts yet? “We remain on pace to deliver the fastest delivery speeds for Prime customers in our 29-year history,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in October during an earnings call with analysts. The company has said these hubs, as well as changes to its transportation network, have made it able to …

Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for customers who are not Prime members
1 year, 8 months ago

Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for customers who are not Prime members

The Independent  

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Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for customers who are not Prime members
1 year, 8 months ago

Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for customers who are not Prime members

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon has begun offering its Fresh grocery delivery service to customers who aren’t Prime members. Previously, Amazon had only offered grocery deliveries for Prime members, who pay $139 a year for faster shipping and other perks. Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, said that in theory, Amazon’s decision to open up grocery deliveries for non-Prime members …

Amazon may have met its match in the grocery aisles
1 year, 8 months ago

Amazon may have met its match in the grocery aisles

NPR  

Amazon may have met its match in the grocery aisles Enlarge this image toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP Nam Y. Huh/AP On a recent Friday afternoon, Amy Luu used her Prime account to scan into an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Washington, D.C. She walked through an automated gate, grabbed one avocado and left — without checking out at a …

Amazon cuts jobs in its Fresh Grocery stores as it aims to rein in costs
1 year, 8 months ago

Amazon cuts jobs in its Fresh Grocery stores as it aims to rein in costs

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon is cutting jobs in its Fresh Grocery stores as part of a restructuring plan in the U.S. “Like any retailer, we periodically assess our stores’ organizational needs and make decisions to increase efficiencies for our employees and deliver customer value,” Amazon spokesperson Jessica Martin said in a prepared statement. Amazon operates 44 Fresh grocery stores across …

If Kroger and Albertsons merge, communities will lose their grocery stores. Could Amazon save them?
1 year, 10 months ago

If Kroger and Albertsons merge, communities will lose their grocery stores. Could Amazon save them?

Salon  

It's no secret that Amazon has wanted to get into the grocery game in a more serious way for quite some time. Ten years later, in a $13.4 billion deal, Amazon went on to acquire Whole Foods in a move that The New York Times categorized as "represent a major escalation in the company's long-running battle with Walmart, the largest …

Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops
3 years ago

Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon is closing all of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, as well as its 4-star shops and pop up locations, as the online retail behemoth reworks its physical footprint. The Seattle-based company said Wednesday that the move, which affects 66 stores in the U.S. and two in the United Kingdom, will enable it to concentrate its efforts on Amazon …

Grocery stores are struggling to stock their empty shelves
3 years, 2 months ago

Grocery stores are struggling to stock their empty shelves

CNN  

New York CNNBusiness — Grocery store shelves across America are wiped clean, and they’re staying empty as stores struggle to quickly restock everyday necessities such as milk, bread, meat, canned soups and cleaning products. “From farms to food makers to grocery stores, it’s across the board,” said Lempert. “Both of these challenges are working in tandem to create shortages,” he …

Amazon launches unified grocery store called Amazon Fresh
3 years, 4 months ago

Amazon launches unified grocery store called Amazon Fresh

India Today  

Amazon on Friday announced that it has brought together two of its grocery stores called Fresh and Pantry under one platform called Amazon Fresh. The Amazon users from 300 cities will be able to place orders for vegetables, grocery items on Amazon Fresh. Today, we've completed the integration of both stores into a single online store called Amazon Fresh across …

Amazon furthers physical retail expansion with first UK general store
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon furthers physical retail expansion with first UK general store

The Independent  

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Amazon’s grocery chain is growing. It isn’t Whole Foods
4 years ago

Amazon’s grocery chain is growing. It isn’t Whole Foods

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Four years after Amazon bought Whole Foods, the e-commerce giant is making another major push to sell shoppers groceries. Amazon is building Fresh stores to chase a different clientele than Whole Foods’ well-defined customer base, analysts say. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images Whole Foods “doesn’t really talk to the middle of the market,” said …

Amazon Fresh: Shoppers give verdict on futuristic till-free supermarket
4 years ago

Amazon Fresh: Shoppers give verdict on futuristic till-free supermarket

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shoppers inside new Amazon Fresh store in Ealing The company has said its “just …

Inside Amazon's first grocery store opening this week
4 years, 7 months ago

Inside Amazon's first grocery store opening this week

Daily Mail  

Amazon has opened its first Fresh grocery store, featuring specialized shopping carts that let customers skip checkout lines and even an in-store Alexa to answer customer questions. The e-commerce company continues to build out its offline presence despite the shift to online shopping caused by the coronavirus pandemic A station for shoppers to question Amazon's voice-controlled assistant Alexa in the …

Amazon is stepping into the fresh food ring – it might already be too late for the rest to keep up
4 years, 8 months ago

Amazon is stepping into the fresh food ring – it might already be too late for the rest to keep up

The Independent  

So Phil was right all along. It was true, Amazon had begun trialling fresh food in the US but the experiment was in its infancy, confined to one small spot on the west coast. Now, though, true to Clarke’s forecast, Tesco faces its greatest challenge: Amazon is to expand rapidly into online fresh groceries, with the aim of reaching millions …

Jeff Bezos is pushing online grocery shopping as better for the planet. Is he right?
4 years, 10 months ago

Jeff Bezos is pushing online grocery shopping as better for the planet. Is he right?

Salon  

The coronavirus pandemic has transformed how Americans get our food. In a section on Amazon's climate impact, Bezos asserts that shopping online is "inherently" more efficient, from a carbon emissions perspective, than going to the store. It's for all of these reasons that, while Miller hasn't seen the study Bezos references in his shareholder letter, she thinks that its conclusion …

Amazon US stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
4 years, 11 months ago

Amazon US stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand

Live Mint  

Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritize orders from existing customers buying food online during the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Sunday. Amazon said it would have to relegate all new online grocery customers to a wait list starting Monday while working …

Amazon puts new food delivery customers on a waitlist
4 years, 11 months ago

Amazon puts new food delivery customers on a waitlist

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Soaring demand for online food delivery during the coronavirus pandemic has forced Amazon to create a waitlist for new shoppers. Shoppers who want to order through Whole Foods or Amazon Fresh have recently found it nearly impossible to find an open delivery or pickup slot. Amazon also said that it added pick-up to roughly 70 …

Amazon Puts New Grocery-Delivery Customers On Hold As Demand Explodes
4 years, 11 months ago

Amazon Puts New Grocery-Delivery Customers On Hold As Demand Explodes

NPR  

Amazon Puts New Grocery-Delivery Customers On Hold As Demand Explodes Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP Amazon is putting new grocery-delivery customers on a waitlist — among several new measures the retailer is trying to keep up with a crush of demand for food deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic. "We are temporarily asking new Amazon Fresh and …

Local food-delivery services struggle as virus lifts demand
4 years, 11 months ago

Local food-delivery services struggle as virus lifts demand

China Daily  

Shoppers wearing protective masks walk through the Historic Downtown Farmers Market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Los Angeles, California, US, April 5, 2020. "In the last few weeks, the company has seen order volume grow by more than 150 percent year-over-year, with average customer basket size also increasing by 15 percent," the company said in a statement. …

Online Grocery Delivery Is Overbooked. Here's What Companies Are Doing About It.
5 years ago

Online Grocery Delivery Is Overbooked. Here's What Companies Are Doing About It.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In the coronavirus era, buying your groceries via an online delivery service feels a lot like the lottery meets “The Hunger Games” meets utter stress. Here’s the longer answer: Amazon Fresh The brand told HuffPost that it has seen an increase in people shopping online and is “working with suppliers and distributors to ensure we’re getting products …

Amazon adds warehouse network closer to cities to speed up same-day delivery
5 years ago

Amazon adds warehouse network closer to cities to speed up same-day delivery

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc has quietly opened a series of small warehouses closer to big U.S. cities in a move to shave hours off delivery times, the company told Reuters. The initiative underscores the company's aim to stay quick in online retail, outdoing competitors' free two-day delivery offers so shoppers remain loyal to Amazon's shipping and media-streaming club Prime, which costs $119 …

No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store
5 years, 1 month ago

No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line. Amazon also plans to open another type of grocery store in Los Angeles sometime this year, but the company said it won’t use the cashier-less technology at that location and has kept other details under wraps. The company declined to say if it plans to open more Amazon Go …

Amazon confirms first ever branded grocery store designed as a cheaper alternative to Whole Foods
5 years, 4 months ago

Amazon confirms first ever branded grocery store designed as a cheaper alternative to Whole Foods

Daily Mail  

Despite relatively slow progress since its Whole Foods take over two years ago, it seems Amazon still hasn’t lost its appetite for the supermarket industry after announcing plans to open a new type of grocery store in Los Angeles next year. File photo The new concept - which will begin with a single store in Woodland Hills, California – was …

Amazon India raises food delivery stakes with low restaurant commissions
5 years, 6 months ago

Amazon India raises food delivery stakes with low restaurant commissions

Live Mint  

Bengaluru/New Delhi: Amazon India, which is set to start its food delivery service next month, is promising restaurants its commissions will be a mere fourth of what rivals Swiggy and Zomato charge, a move set to spark a spell of intense competition in the business. “Since Amazon is going the marketplace route for now, it is acquiring the remainder of …

Amazon in talks to acquire 10% stake in Future Retail
5 years, 7 months ago

Amazon in talks to acquire 10% stake in Future Retail

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc. is in late-stage talks to acquire as much as 10% of Future Retail Ltd, people familiar with the negotiations said, as the US company moves to bolster its brick-and-mortar presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing retail markets. The proposed investment in Future Retail offers some parallels, enabling Amazon to tap into India’s rising demand for household products …

Two years in, Amazon has hardly launched a revolution at Whole Foods
5 years, 9 months ago

Two years in, Amazon has hardly launched a revolution at Whole Foods

LA Times  

Bloomberg This weekend will mark two years since Amazon.com Inc. announced it was acquiring Whole Foods Market. YouGov, which surveys shoppers about consumer brands, has found that Whole Foods’ value perception has improved meaningfully in the past two years, showing Amazon has chipped away at the “Whole Paycheck” reputation that had hurt the grocer as rivals perceived as more price-conscious, …

Amazon expands Pantry to 110 Indian cities as it bets big on grocery category to drive growth in business
5 years, 10 months ago

Amazon expands Pantry to 110 Indian cities as it bets big on grocery category to drive growth in business

Firstpost  

E-commerce major Amazon.in on Thursday said it has expanded its ‘Pantry’ service to over 110 cities in the country as it bets big on the grocery category to drive growth in business New Delhi: E-commerce major Amazon.in on Thursday said it has expanded its ‘Pantry’ service to over 110 cities in the country as it bets big on the grocery …

On the Money: More grocers are offering delivery
5 years, 10 months ago

On the Money: More grocers are offering delivery

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Want to ditch the shopping cart? Grocery chains like Kroger and Safeway are working with third party delivery services like Instacart or developing their own services. Here are details on some of the biggest delivery operators: — Instacart: Founded in 2012, Instacart is now one of the largest grocery delivery services. Instacart charges $99 for an annual subscription …

Retail’s Amazon antidote: Buy online, pickup in store
6 years, 3 months ago

Retail’s Amazon antidote: Buy online, pickup in store

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Brick-and-mortar retailers like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy found an advantage over Amazon this holiday: Store pickups on online orders. At Walmart’s investor day in October, Chief Customer Officer Janey Whiteside said pickup was attractive to both “a time-pressed mom” heading home after picking her kids up at school and a “convenience-seeking baby boomer on …

Amazon Go: No cashiers, hundreds of cameras, and lots of data
6 years, 6 months ago

Amazon Go: No cashiers, hundreds of cameras, and lots of data

CNN  

Seattle CNN Business — If you want to glimpse the future of retail, check out an Amazon Go store. Christie Hemm Klok for CNN Amazon won’t say much more than that about how the Go store works because most of the technology is proprietary. The receipt also told me that I’d spent 53 minutes and 33 seconds in the store …

Amazon to open a new ‘4-Star’ physical store concept in New York
6 years, 6 months ago

Amazon to open a new ‘4-Star’ physical store concept in New York

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc. will open a new store in New York City on Thursday featuring top-selling and highly rated products, the online retailer’s latest effort at physical stores, where most consumer spending still occurs. “Amazon 4-star’s selection is a direct reflection of our customers—what they’re buying and what they’re loving,” the company said in a blog post. The company will have …

Amazon offering incentives to enterpreneurs for setting up their own delivery business
6 years, 9 months ago

Amazon offering incentives to enterpreneurs for setting up their own delivery business

Firstpost  

Amazon promises more competition for delivery companies like UPS Inc and FedEx Corp. Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it would offer incentives to entice entrepreneurs to set up their own small package-delivery businesses as part of Amazon’s latest effort to solve the challenge of getting goods the last mile to customer doorsteps. The new program promises more competition for delivery …

Column: Amazon-Whole Foods: A year later, what has changed?
6 years, 9 months ago

Column: Amazon-Whole Foods: A year later, what has changed?

LA Times  

Bloomberg One year ago this week, Amazon.com loudly declared its intention to become a grocery industry heavyweight by agreeing to buy Whole Foods Market. By marrying Amazon’s digital prowess and appetite for price-cutting with Whole Foods’ well-established perishables supply chain and network of stores, it seemed a trip to Whole Foods or a tap of the Amazon app was about …

Amazon India rebrands, expands online groceries service
6 years, 10 months ago

Amazon India rebrands, expands online groceries service

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Online retailer Amazon India Ltd has rebranded its online groceries service to Prime Now, while also expanding its service to include more delivery slots for customers. Amazon’s new Prime Now offering, earlier known as Amazon Now, will also offer members of Amazon’s Prime subscription service same-day deliveries in categories such as electronics and small appliances, in addition to groceries …

Amazon expects groceries and household goods to account for half its business in India: Report
6 years, 11 months ago

Amazon expects groceries and household goods to account for half its business in India: Report

Firstpost  

Agarwal said Amazon had already started experimenting with a few fresh groceries in India, already home to its largest active customer base outside of the United States. Amit Agarwal, the India head of Amazon, said in an interview on 20 April that groceries and goods such as creams, soaps and cleaning products, were already the largest product category on Amazon …

Amazon India expects groceries, household products to account for more than half of its business in 5 years
6 years, 11 months ago

Amazon India expects groceries, household products to account for more than half of its business in 5 years

Firstpost  

Amazon had already started experimenting with a few fresh groceries in India, already home to its largest active customer base outside of the United States. Agarwal said Amazon had already started experimenting with a few fresh groceries in India, already home to its largest active customer base outside of the United States. “We want to get the next hundred million …

Get your stuff and go: Amazon opens store with no cashiers
7 years, 2 months ago

Get your stuff and go: Amazon opens store with no cashiers

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — No cashiers, no registers and no cash — this is how Amazon sees the future of store shopping. The online retailer opened its Amazon Go concept to the public Monday in Seattle, which lets shoppers take milk, potato chips or ready-to-eat salads off its shelves and just walk out. “It’s such a weird experience, because you feel like …

Amazon's Cashier-Less Seattle Grocery Opens To The Public
7 years, 2 months ago

Amazon's Cashier-Less Seattle Grocery Opens To The Public

NPR  

Amazon's Cashier-Less Seattle Grocery Opens To The Public Enlarge this image toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Elaine Thompson/AP Amazon on Monday will open its automated grocery in Seattle to the public, replacing cashiers with a smartphone app and hundreds of small cameras that track purchases. Enlarge this image toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Elaine Thompson/AP There is no waiting in line for …

Amazon goes into the holidays with magnified store presence
7 years, 4 months ago

Amazon goes into the holidays with magnified store presence

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon goes into the holiday season with a newly magnified brick-and-mortar presence, giving it more opportunities to sell its Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and other gadgets. The online retailer now has more than a dozen Amazon Books stores, which also sell toys, electronics and small gifts. It says its stores are fulfilling more than half of its …

Wal-Mart, trying to hone its same-day delivery skills, buys New York’s Parcel
7 years, 6 months ago

Wal-Mart, trying to hone its same-day delivery skills, buys New York’s Parcel

LA Times  

People walk in and out of a Walmart store, in Dallas on Aug. 26, 2016. Wal-Mart is sharpening its same-day delivery skills through the acquisition of a small New York City company. Wal-Mart said Tuesday that Parcel, with a warehouse in Brooklyn, has learned to deftly navigate densely populated areas and get groceries to customers fast. Wal-Mart’s focus on fast, …

For Grocery Stores In Texas, It's A Race To Restock Their Shelves
7 years, 7 months ago

For Grocery Stores In Texas, It's A Race To Restock Their Shelves

NPR  

For Grocery Stores In Texas, It's A Race To Restock Their Shelves Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP Earlier this week, as torrents of rain fell on Houston, Craig Boyan, CEO of the H-E-B supermarket chain, went on a video-taped tour of his company's emergency operations center in San Antonio, Texas. According to Ragan Dickens, a Walmart …

The Supermarket Value Chain has Failed, Here's What the Future Looks Like
7 years, 7 months ago

The Supermarket Value Chain has Failed, Here's What the Future Looks Like

Huff Post  

The move to create a digital presence has been transforming business for over a decade. If we plan on building better access to food, we’re going to need a new system.” However, many have tried and failed in executing online grocery, so why are entrepreneurs optimistic that now is the time? And most importantly, you’re still online able to serve …

Walmart expands grocery service with Uber to 2 more markets
7 years, 7 months ago

Walmart expands grocery service with Uber to 2 more markets

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Walmart is expanding its grocery delivery service with ride-hailing service Uber to two more markets — Dallas and Orlando, Florida. The world’s largest retailer had launched a pilot grocery service with Uber Technologies Inc. last year in Phoenix and then Tampa, Florida, earlier this year. The delivery charge is $9.95 The move, announced Monday, marks the latest …

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