Amazon chose once again not to webcast its annual shareholder meeting, which was held on Tuesday, but Seattle area publications had journalists on hand to cover the event. The Seattle Times newspaper said Amazon’s CEO told shareholders it was the fastest company Read more
The Amazon Prime membership program is incredibly important to the company, and this week, Amazon made a bold move by making it available to customers on a monthly pay-as-you-go plan. Previously it was available only as an annual plan (with Read more
Amazon is offering a discount on Prime membership in the UK. The sale meant to attract new members of the free-shipping program kicked off on Sunday and runs through Wednesday, November 18th, offering a 20-pound savings for UK shoppers. Amazon Read more
Amazon is running a 1-day sale on Prime, allowing shoppers to join the membership program for $67 instead of the normal annual price of $99, a savings of 32%. The company said the sale was to celebrate its five Emmy Read more
Amazon is pumping up Prime with new benefits beyond products and groceries. Now it’s adding delivery of meals from your favorite restaurants, as well as news provided by Jeff Bezos’s favorite newspaper. Amazon continues to try and sweeten the deal Read more
Amazon has placed new restrictions on how many users can access a Prime account and is excluding businesses from the program. People pay $99 for Amazon Prime membership, and until this month, were allowed to share their account with four Read more
It’s getting difficult to keep track of the speedy delivery options Amazon offers to Prime members. The company is now offering free same-day delivery in over 500 cities and towns in 14 markets, it revealed this week. The news comes Read more
Walmart is still testing its free-shipping membership program that competes with Amazon Prime, and this week some shoppers accidentally stumbled upon the new program, which has been operating in stealth mode. TechCrunch noted that people posted information on shopping forums Read more
Amazon issued a press release the day after Christmas boasting about the performance of what was its 20th holiday season, though it didn’t reveal overall growth rates or sales figures. Wall Street analyst Colin Sebastian of Robert W. Baird & Read more
Shoppers who belong to the Amazon Prime shipping program are seeing delays in expected delivery of their packages. It’s not clear whether it’s a software glitch that is displaying incorrect dates, or whether the company is actually unable to fulfill Read more
