During the pandemic, I finally bought a television. Maybe you did too. It’s not that I didn’t watch things constantly prior to this — “I don’t own a TV” went from just a snobbish thing to ...
Amazon has put in an order for 1,000 autonomous driving systems from Plus, a self-driving tech startup, Bloomberg reported.
The eCommerce giant also got the rights to buy as much as a 20 percent stak...
Next week marks the first day of summer, and what better way to celebrate than filling up your virtual shopping carts? Amazon Prime Day, the online retailer’s annual savings event, kicks off on June...
Updated constantly, Prime Day deals have arrived! The Wirecutter Deals team is hard at work sifting through thousands of discounts to find you the best hassle-free deals on Wirecutter picks.
For the ...
What’s become clear to e-tailers globally is that the Facebook-dominated era, which fuelled thousands of new direct-to-consumer brands, is transforming. Already, marketers must think more broadly ab...
The majority of Americans are still spending their screen time watching network and cable television, but streaming is gaining steam, according to new data from research firm Nielsen.
Nielsen, known ...
In a June 2 application, the coffee chain sought approval to use its name in "providing stadium and training facilities for sports and entertainment activities" and "promoting business, sports and ent...
Amazon is opening up access to its game streaming service Luna to all Amazon Prime members on June 21 and 22 (Amazon Prime Day). Previously, to test out Luna you had to request access or sign up from ...
The big three are going at it on the cusp of the summer solstice.
Target is joining the fray alongside Walmart (Deals for Days) and Amazon (Prime Day) with the return of its Deal Days promotion.
The...
Amazon is gearing up for Prime Day this month, and to celebrate, the company announced on Thursday (June 3) its upcoming Prime Day Show, a three-part musical special airing on Prime Video.
Billie Eil...
Hollywood has spent the past week trying to imagine how Amazon will integrate MGM after its $8.5 billion acquisition of the legendary studio is complete.
Did Amazon overpay? What is the fate of MGM f...
Partnerships have been forged with Build-A-Bear Workshop, Random House Children’s Books, Hallmark, Amazon, Skechers, Oriental Trading Co., Tervis, MantraBand, and BioWorld. Since its publication in ...
Bookstore managers take their cue from their customers in choosing what to stock, and have much more leeway in how to display it.
Giving this freedom to the stores — a process that began last year,...
Is the tech giant buying the venerable studio mostly for its vast library or does it want to supercharge the studio's production capabilities?
The blockbuster acquisition, assuming it passes regulato...
James Bond has a new home: Amazon and MGM announced a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire MGM for $8.45 billion.
MGM, founded in 1924, complements Amazon Studios, which has pr...
By draw among those buying pet products online, the leaders are Amazon (59%) and Chewy (41%), followed by Walmart.com (33%) and then PetSmart.com and Petco.com. Measuring by dollar sales share rather ...
Amazon Prime Video is getting into the Emmy FYC pop-up groove after all. The streamer is unveiling a three-day experiential event next weekend tied to its drama series “The Boys.”
The drive-thru ...
Amazon published a new product collection called “Internet Famous: The Latest To Go Viral.” It features a mix of portable carpet cleaners, foot peel masks and dozens of other products that have re...
In mid-May, Shein surpassed Amazon as the most downloaded iPhone shopping app in the US, something it had already done in Google Play downloads the week prior. The retailer has driven large site traff...
On the surface, the new focus on sports might seem like an odd choice. Sports streaming rights are incredibly expensive — the NFL deal is costing Amazon about $1 billion a year — and while Amazon ...
Walmart and Target are testing their own home package delivery services in the United States - stealing a page from Amazon's play book - as e-commerce demand strains traditional carriers like United P...
Amazon Studios has struck another deal for worldwide rights to a Hollywood studio film waylaid by the pandemic: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
The streamer announced early Tuesday that it will re...
Google is deepening its partnership with Shopify by letting the company’s more than 1 million merchants make their products more discoverable in Google Search and elsewhere. Google and Shopify are i...
Amazon is reportedly in talks to buy MGM, the vaunted film studio that was a staple of Hollywood's Golden Age. A tie-up would give the tech firm a big brand to wield as competition in streaming grows ...
MGM, Lionsgate and AMC Networks have all been subject to takeover chatter on Wall Street.
Will more media dominos start falling in a new media M&A merry-go-round? That is a question Wall Street i...
Amazon is considering the launch of a new line of business that offers an array of at-home medical tests and a third-party marketplace for general home-diagnostics services, Insider has learned.
The ...
Looking to create more of an end-to-end ecommerce solution and move beyond the perception that it’s a payments platform only, PayPal has acquired Happy Returns, which consolidates returns for its re...
One area where Walmart is far ahead of Amazon is its popularity as a brick-and-mortar destination for grocery purchases.
According to results of the Inmar Intelligence Price Inflation Survey, a leadi...
Amazon is beefing up its network of connected devices to take on technologies like Apple’s new AirTags.
Amazon announced Friday that it is partnering with Tile, a company that makes trackers for lo...
Amazon this morning announced a handful of updates across its Echo Show line of smart screens. The top-level most interesting bit here is the addition of a pan and zoom camera to the mid-tier Echo Sho...
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