Amazon said small businesses achieved tens of millions of pounds in sales during Amazon UK’s Black Friday Sale last year. It’s touting the importance of third-party sellers to its marketplace by publishing a dedicated page promoting six UK sellers who Read more
Amazon sellers in Europe are experiencing some major challenges as the holiday shopping season ramps up. UK newspaper the Sun reports a fire broke out at an Amazon fulfillment center in Rugeley on November 4th in what is suspected to Read more
Amazon officially opened its new development center in England today where engineers will work on delivery drones, among other projects. Ultimately 400 “learning scientists, knowledge engineers, data scientists, mathematical modellers, speech scientists and software engineers” will work on projects ranging Read more
Amazon launched a program for small and medium sized businesses in rural UK called the Amazon Academy. The program is designed to help rural businesses sell online. The first Academy event will be held next month in Birmingham at the Read more
Amazon will open another fulfillment center in the UK. The new Bristol FC will open next year and will be equipped with advanced Amazon Robotics technology. Amazon previously announced it would open UK fulfillment centers in Dunstable, Doncaster, Tilbury and Read more
Amazon is serious about apparel and is collaborating with a fashion designer who is creating an exclusive NicoPanda collection for Amazon Fashion in the UK. Amazon Fashion is the official sponsor of London Fashion Week where the collection will debut, Read more
Amazon is opening a new head office in the UK and is doubling the number of R&D positions to 900 at its London Development Center. By the end of the year, Amazon will have over 5,000 corporate and research and Read more
Amazon UK opened a new “Shop the Future” store on its marketplace featuring cutting edge products. Coinciding with the store launch, Amazon commissioned a report with predictions from two futurists on the consumer products set to redefine the future. Press Read more
Amazon is expanding its Research and Development presence in the UK where it studies machine learning, drone technology, streaming video technology, and Amazon Web Services as part of its innovation initiatives. The company issued the following press release on Thursday: Read more
Amazon.co.uk has revealed that Sunday 4th of June is when the British summer will really kick-off this year based on trends sales data from 2013-2016. Summer-related products from amazon.co.uk such as sun loungers, paddling pools, fans and barbeques had a Read more
