Tag: Amazon
US: Albertsons to buy Rite Aid to compete with Amazon
Supermarket operator Albertsons Companies will buy the rest of Rite Aid not being sold to Walgreens Boots Alliance; the latest in a string of...
US: Walgreens in talks to buy AmerisourceBergen: WSJ
The largest US drugstore operator Walgreens Boots Alliance has made a takeover approach to drug distributor AmerisourceBergen the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, outlining...
US: Target buys shipping startup for US$550m to challenge Amazon
Target is buying tech start-up Shipt in a bid to become a much more serious contender in the same-day delivery wars.
The discount retailer, looking...
EU: ECJ favors luxury brands in Coty judgement
The European Court of Justice, the court of last resort in the EU, has ruled that luxury good makers may ban the sale of...
Australia: ACCC warns retailers on Amazon
Competition watchdog chairman Rod Sims has warned retailers that he will not protect them from Amazon if the e-commerce giant undercuts them on prices...
China: Amazon to sell China cloud services unit
Amazon.com is selling off the hardware from its public cloud business in China, amid tightening regulation over online data that is creating a hurdle...
Australia: Amazon gets a boost from the ACCC
When it enters the Australian market, Amazon will be able to roll out prices that undercut its rivals – and many of those prices...
Australia: Sims won’t prevent Amazon from undercutting competitors
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's chairman Rod Sims told the Financial Review in an interview that Amazon will not be restricted when it...
Amazon’s Potential Defense
Posted by Bloomberg
Amazon’s Potential Defense-Bill Windfall Spurs Industry Concern
By Sam Skolnik
Amazon has quietly been formalizing and expanding its relationships with several federal agencies as Congress...
US: Amazon gains wholesale pharmacy licenses, looks to expand
Alexa, Amazon’s digital shopping assistant, might want to be your drugstore, too: Amazon reportedly has obtained pharmacy licenses in a handful of states, hinting...