Tag Archives: Amazon.co.uk

Today (November 29) marks the last day of Amazon.co.uk’s biggest ever Black Friday Sale. The online giant said: ‘This year’s eight-day Black Friday Sale, which culminates in its final day today, is Amazon’s tenth in the UK, after first bringing Black Friday to the UK in 2010. ‘The past eight …

Amazon has teamed up with 2018 Bake Off finalist Kim-Joy Hewlett – and London butcher and foodie destination C.Lidgate – to create the Mince Pie Bao Bun (or Mince Bao). This modern take on the Christmas favourite features traditional sweet mincemeat encased in a bao bun. Typically, traditional bao buns …

Amazon has announced that Prime Day 2019 was the largest shopping event in the online giant’s history across the globe. Over July 15 and July 16, sales surpassed the previous Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. Prime members purchased more than 175 million items throughout the event. Prime Day was …

Amazon announced today (Wednesday July 3) that it will create 2,000 new jobs in the UK in 2019, in a move that will take its total permanent workforce to more than 29,500 by the end of the year. The roles include engineers, software developers, data scientists, and cloud and machine learning experts, along …

Amazon launched Clicks and Mortar today (Monday June 3): an initiative designed to help small businesses grow both in-store and online. The programme, in partnership between Enterprise Nation, will enable more than 100 small online businesses to sell on the high street for the first time in 10 Clicks and …

Amazon.co.uk has released its #SmileItsSummer Trend Report, predicting the experiences, services and products that will make Brits smile this summer. The independent report, commissioned by Amazon.co.uk and informed by Martin Raymond, co-founder of The Future Laboratory, used future-forecasting to identify six key trends for this summer: Fresh is Best The …

Amazon announced yesterday (Thursday April 25) that it plans to open a new fulfilment centre at Kegworth in the East Midlands, and begin recruitment for more than 500 permanent jobs. The internet giant said the new centre ‘will help meet growing customer demand, further increase our product selection and support …

A new study from market research company Mintel claims that almost nine out of ten (86%) Brits were Amazon users/shoppers in the year to October 2018. According to Mintel, more Amazon shoppers increased their shopping (21%) with the internet giant than decreased it (13%) over the period. Overall, 70% shopped …

Amazon announced today (Tuesday February 26) that it plans to create over 1,000 full-time apprenticeship roles in the UK over the next two years. With applications open from the first week of March, the apprentices’ pay will range from an entry level starting salary of £9.50/£10.50 an hour up to …

Amazon.co.uk has unveiled its first own brands of furniture available in the UK. Movian and Alkove include products for the living room, dining room, bedroom and beyond. Both ranges are available now at amazon.co.uk/amazon-home The online retailer said: ‘These home and interior lines aim to refresh the home with versatile …