- Amazon Invests In Large Fulfilment Centre In Gateshead
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Amazon has bought a large new site close to Gateshead to build a fulfilment centre on. "The Telegraph" believes the move is designed to build fulfilment capacity away from t ...
- Hopkins Leaves Sony TV To Head Amazon Prime Video, Studios
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Mike Hopkins, who helped restructure Sony Pictures Television and after growing Hulu as its CEO, as Amazon's Prime Video and Studios SVP will assume some of the responsibilities of on-sabbatic ...
- Streaming Accounts For 19% Of Total Viewing, Netflix Accounts For A Third Of That
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Streaming services now account for 19% of total audience usage of the TV/OTT marketplace, and nearly a third of it is going to Netflix. That's one of the key findin ...
- Coronavirus Sees Amazon, LG And Ericsson Pull Out Of Mobile World Congress
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 10, 2020
Amazon has become the latest high-profile brand to pull out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of the month citing fears over the spread of coronaviru ...
- Samba TV Works With Amazon To Create New Attribution Model
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 10, 2020
Samba TV and Amazon are building out an attribution model that enables brands to confirm a tv ad leading to a purchase with no identifiable customer data being shared ...
- Amazon Orders 100,000 High-Tech, Electric Delivery Vehicles
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, February 6, 2020
Amazon is upgrading its delivery fleet. They won't yet be self-driving, but will have plenty of automated technology built in. ...
- Amazon, KFC Create 'Brand Voice' Via Alexa
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The KFC voice sports a Southern U.S. accent for Colonel Sanders. ...
- Amazon Aggressively Fights To Dominate Google Page One
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
A Searchmetrics study shows the lengths Amazon goes to in order to lure searchers from Google. Amazon wants to dominate results on Google when consumers search for products. ...
- Amazon Surpasses Q4 Expectations, Ad Business Sustains Momentum
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, January 31, 2020
Advertising only constitutes a small share of Amazon's overall revenue, which totaled nearly $87.5 billion in the fourth quarter. It was up by 21%, year-over-year. ...
- Advertisers Blast Maryland's Proposed Digital Ad Tax
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 31, 2020
A proposed bill in Maryland that would tax digital advertising is "extremely detrimental," and would "create a regulatory enforcement nightmare," the Association of National Advertisers says. ...
- Amazon Flirts With A Trillion, Summons A Dragon
Marketing Daily, Sarah Mahoney - Friday, January 31, 2020
Amazon's results crushed Wall Street expectations, marking the third time the company topped the rare $1 trillion in valuation, ...
- Amazon Predicted To Report Much Faster Ad Growth
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 30, 2020
Digital agencies with expertise in Amazon's advertising platforms expect it to report higher-than-average ad growth and use of its demand-side platform. ...
- When Amazon Takes Over Your Brand: Strategies To Stand Out
Marketing Insider, Rebecca Brooks - Thursday, January 30, 2020
What happens when the place where your consumer is actually buying your brand turns into a direct competitor, eating up your market share? ...
- Desktop Search Ads Gain Marketing Dollars, Giving Microsoft A Boost
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Apple, Amazon and Microsoft's stocks, ad and product sales have risen substantially since their last earnings reports. Merkle's Q4 Digital Marketing Report explains why. ...
- Amazon And Deliveroo Claim CMA Is Wrong To Investigate Proposed Investment
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Amazon and Deliveroo are hitting back at what they consider to be a "flawed" decision by the CMA to investigate a proposed investment by the ecommerce giant in the well-kno ...
- Google To Charge Law Enforcement For Data Related To Search Warrants, Subpoenas
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 27, 2020
Google will now begin charging for data such as emails, location tracking information and search queries that law enforcement and other government agencies can use for search warrants and subpoe ...
- Amazon's Biggest Strength: Utilitarian Products With Utilitarian Journeys
Marketing Insider, Stephen Kraus - Friday, January 24, 2020
Amazon's greatest strength isn't a traditional product category, but rather a type of product - utilitarian - that cuts across categories. ...
- Amazon's Music Service Sings New Tune: 55 Million+ Users
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Rather than a single product, Amazon Music consists of six separate offerings, which range from a free ad-supported service to a family plan that costs households $15 per month. ...
- Trillion Dollar Club: How Much Profit Per Employee
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 23, 2020
HowMuch.net found that Apple leads in terms of profits, making $435,000 per employee, with Google at No. 2 with $269,000 per employee on $30.7 billion in profit and 114,000 employ ...
- Survey: Amazon Is First Place To Search For Specific Brands
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Thursday, January 23, 2020
More than half of internet users begin their product search on Amazon when they know of a specific brand name, compared with only 30% who start at Google. ...
- Privacy Concerns Hamper Smart Speaker Growth
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Two-thirds (66%) of consumers who don't have a smart speaker and do not intend to get one cite privacy as an important concern. ...
- Why Good Tech Companies Keep Being Evil
Media Insider, Gord Hotchkiss - Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Business as usual at a successful tech firm means there will be elemental aspects of the culture that take a company down the path to being evil. ...
- Book Publishers Settle Copyright Battle With Audible Over Captioning Service
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Seven book publishers have settled a lawsuit with Amazon's Audible over a captioning service that could allow people to read along while listening to books, according to court papers fil ...
- Amazon Reinstates FedEx Ground Deliveries For Third-Party Sellers
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Wednesday, January 15, 2020
"The loss of FedEx ground shipping put many third-party Amazon sellers in a bind over the busy holiday period," according to a report. ...
- Amazon: 'Common Sense' Requires Dismissal Of Alexa Privacy Suit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 10, 2020
"The Alexa service works -- and performs the helpful, valuable, and entertaining functions that plaintiffs' access and enjoy every day -- because a recording is created that converts voice in ...
- Amazon's Next Frontier: Selling OTT Ads Outside Of Fire TV
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, January 10, 2020
Not satisfied with its leaps in digital advertising revenue, it appears that Amazon is now intent on dominating the CTV advertising market. ...
- Lamborghini Adds Alexa Into Sports Car At CES
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, January 9, 2020
Drivers can use Alexa to adjust functions such as climate, interior lighting and seat heating. ...
- Amazon's Proposed Deliveroo Investment Nears Full CMA Investigation
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, January 6, 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has revealed it has not received satisfactory answers to its initial concerns over Amazon investing in Deliveroo and will now conduct a phase t ...
- Amazon At CES Shows Strength In Search
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 6, 2020
Amazon stepped into this year's CES show in Las Vegas with new milestones. Late last month it revealed the company has sold more than 100 million Alexa devices and integrat ...
- Walmart Media Group Expands Sponsored Search Advertising Partners Program
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 3, 2020
The biddable auction-based marketplace now gives marketers greater transparency and control with their campaigns through audience shopper and search data. ...
