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Amazon takes top retail spot in MBLM’s Brand Intimacy COVID Study

Amazon takes top retail spot in MBLM’s Brand Intimacy COVID Study

NEW YORK  — The retail industry ranks third out of the 10 industries featured in MBLM’s Brand Intimacy COVID Study, a study of brands based on emotional connections during the pandemic. MBLM (pronounced Emblem) uses emotional science to build and manage more intimate brands. Amazon remains as the #1 category brand, followed by Walmart and Whole Foods Market, respectively. Brand Intimacy

IPR Center, Amazon launch ‘Operation Fulfilled Action’ to stop counterfeits

IPR Center, Amazon launch ‘Operation Fulfilled Action’ to stop counterfeits

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and Amazon announced Tuesday the launch of a joint operation to prevent counterfeit goods from entering the U.S. and help protect American consumers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and DHL are also supporting the operation. “The IPR Center plays a critical

Amazon offers new ways to track, receive and pick up holiday orders

Amazon offers new ways to track, receive and pick up holiday orders

SEATTLE — The holidays are typically overwhelming—between shopping for gifts, preparing family meals, and getting the house ready for guests — but for many, this season may look a little different. Whether customers’ plans have changed or not, Amazon still wants to keep this holiday season special and help make sure those gifting moments stay

Amazon’s disruptive actions bring opportunities

Amazon’s disruptive actions bring opportunities

Ever since its launch as an online bookstore 25 years ago, Amazon has ignored traditional economics as it solves customer challenges in new ways — raising expectations and forcing competitors to do better in the process. Over the past few years, Amazon has ramped up the number of experiments, acquisitions and offerings across the health

Amazon offers new online pharmacy services

Amazon offers new online pharmacy services

SEATTLE — Amazon is rolling out two new pharmacy offerings to help customers conveniently purchase their prescription medications. Amazon Pharmacy, a new store on Amazon, allows customers to complete an entire pharmacy transaction on their desktop or mobile device through the Amazon App. The company is also offering special discounts to Prime members. Using a

Amazon becomes 5th most-visited website globally

Amazon becomes 5th most-visited website globally

LONDON — Online retail giant Amazon is among companies that have witnessed tremendous growth in 2020, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic. The growth has seen the platform attract increased traffic, competing with major players from other industries. Recent data presented by Buy Shares indicates that Amazon.com was the fifth most visited website globally in September

New service from Amazon improves health and wellness

New service from Amazon improves health and wellness

SEATTLE — Amazon has introduced Amazon Halo, a new service dedicated to helping customers improve their individual health and wellness. Amazon Halo combines a suite of AI-powered health features that provide actionable insights into overall wellness via the new Amazon Halo app with the Amazon Halo Band, which uses multiple advanced sensors to provide the

AWS powers Moderna’s digital biotechnology platform

AWS powers Moderna’s digital biotechnology platform

SEATTLE — Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced Wednesday that Moderna  has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider, as well as its standard for analytics and machine learning workloads. Leveraging its mRNA platform and manufacturing facility with the AWS-powered research engine, Moderna delivered the first clinical batch of its vaccine candidate (mRNA-1273)

Amazon dominating online retail sector during pandemic

Amazon dominating online retail sector during pandemic

NEW YORK — Recent data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that online retail giant Amazon had 4.06 billion unique visitors in March. According to the data, this figure was more compared to combined visitors for the other five leading online stores. The data shows that eBay, Apple, Walmart, Rakuten, Samsung.com, and Apple.com had cumulative visitors of 3.85

Amazon stops shipments of non-essential items, adds 100,000 jobs

Amazon stops shipments of non-essential items, adds 100,000 jobs

SEATTLE — Amazon announced this week that it is prioritizing shipments of medical supplies and household staples that come into its warehouses to help it respond to massive consumer demand during the coronavirus pandemic. The online retailer reported to its suppliers that it will not accept any shipments of non-essential consumer goods until April 5.

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