Tag: Amazon
US: E-Book buyers receive payment from antitrust suit settlement
On Wednesday, October 18, Amazon sent emails to qualifying customers to notify them that credit has been added to their accounts in response to...
US: Amazon has acquired 3D body model startup, Body Labs
Amazon wants to sell you more stuff. But to do that, it needs to get to know you and your height, weight and fit...
EU: Commission to order Luxembourg to collect multimillion Amazon tax
According to Financial Times, the European Union's antitrust regulator is set to order Luxembourg to retrieve roughly several hundreds of millions of euros in...
France: Amazon looking for physical stores
Online giant Amazon is on the prowl for approximately 15 store locations in France, especially in Paris, in the next two years, according to...
US: Amazon closes WholeFoods deal, cuts prices
On Monday, August 28, the day that Amazon’s US$13.7 billion acquisition of the grocer went through, prices on certain Whole Foods items immediately dropped.
“Starting...
US: Amazon, Whole Foods US$14b merger will close Monday
Amazon’s US$14 billion acquisition of organic grocery chain Whole Foods Market will close on Monday, the companies announced on August 24.
Whole Foods Market, which...
US: FTC allows Amazon’s US$13.7b Whole Foods buy
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will allow Amazon.com, Inc. to continue its US$13.7 billion deal to acquire Whole Foods.
The FTC conducted an investigation to...
US: Whole Foods shareholders approve US$13.7B acquisition by Amazon
Whole Foods shareholders have at last voted to advance Amazon’s acquisition of the grocery chain, moving the proposal one step closer to reality.
Gathered at...
US: Walmart And Google team up to take on Amazon voice...
When Walmart goes to war for retail dominance, it does not kid around about it. The last year has seen the nation’s once-largest retailer...
Japan: Amazon drops ebook price clause due to antitrust scrutiny
A group company within Amazon Japan G.K. has removed a contract clause requiring publishers to market ebooks on Amazon’s website at the lowest price...
