Digital Intelligence

The two streaming-video giants Amazon and Netflix are building their presence in local country markets with a growing amount of original content, according to a new report.

19/07/2018  |  Full story...

eBay has launched its own ‘Sales Day’ to combat that of Amazon Prime Day which begins next week.

11/07/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon’s Prime Day is the biggest loss-leader in history, enticing millions more shoppers into Prime membership, says e-commerce delivery specialist ParcelHero.

09/07/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon has won the rights to stream Premiere Leagues games, amounting to 20 matches per season, from 2019 onwards.

07/06/2018  |  Full story...

One in four consumers would be willing to open a bank account with a smart digital assistance such as Alexa and Siri.

16/05/2018  |  Full story...

The BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 are in discussions over the possibility of creating a British TV streaming service to do battle with Netflix and Amazon in the UK, according to news reports.

08/05/2018  |  Full story...

Over a third (32%) of digital marketers admit to losing sleep due to fears about how the competition from Amazon will impact their business over the next 18 months, according to a survey.

02/05/2018  |  Full story...

Brands are showing increasing interest in buying search ads on Amazon, with spend growing nearly 3 times between the 3rd quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, according to new research.

01/05/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon has seen a huge 43% rise in first quarter sales to $51bn, as investors grow more confident about the ecommerce giant’s new businesses including subscription services, advertising and cloud computing.

27/04/2018  |  Full story...

By 2025, 80% of all digital services to be delivered through a few core platforms, according to a new forecast.

26/04/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon has launched a new service that gives its couriers access to a person’s vehicle to leave package deliveries inside.

25/04/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon has overtaken Google and Apple to become the world’s most valuable brand after seeing its value increase by 42% last year.

12/02/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon has started delivery Whole Foods groceries to Prime customers in the US, six months after the retail giant acquired the supermarket chain.

09/02/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon saw sales jump by nearly a third last year, helped by growth in its Prime delivery service.

05/02/2018  |  Full story...

Amazon has launched its first cashier-less grocery store, dubbed Amazon Go, after a year of tests.

22/01/2018  |  Full story...

The largest number of visits to Amazon were on Cyber Monday, not Black Friday, attracting 41 million UK visits over the biggest shopping weekend of the year, according to new research.

30/11/2017  |  Full story...

Consumers plan to shop online this Christmas and are prepared to embrace new AI-powered technologies such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, according to new research.

21/11/2017  |  Full story...

Amazon is launching a service that lets couriers open people's front doors and put deliveries inside, provided they have the right equipment installed.

27/10/2017  |  Full story...

Unilever is to use Amazon’s Alexa platform as a key role in the FMCG giant’s digital transformation.

26/10/2017  |  Full story...

Amazon's 'The Great Indian Festival' generated more transacting customers than any other online platform during the festive Diwali season in India, including market leader Flipkart, according to new research.

23/10/2017  |  Full story...

An overwhelming number of teenage consumers say Amazon is their favourite website for shopping, according to the results of Piper Jaffray’s biannual survey released this week.

13/10/2017  |  Full story...

UK shoppers’ expectations surrounding convenience are changing and a series of emerging innovations have the potential to reshape shopper expectations further, according for new research.

13/10/2017  |  Full story...

Small retailers are willing to fight giants like Amazon by pooling data to remain competitive, according to new research.

12/10/2017  |  Full story...

Ikea will start experimenting with selling its famous flatpack furniture through third-party online retailers, as part of a wider push to become more accessible to shoppers.

11/10/2017  |  Full story...

The European Commission has ordered Amazon to pay around €250m (£220m) in back taxes after finding it had benefited from an illegal sweetheart deal with Luxembourg.

05/10/2017  |  Full story...