Amazon is set to top the UK cooking and baking market for the first time in 2019, according to GlobalData. The data and analytics company’s ‘UK Cooking & Baking 2019-2024’ report forecasts that the online giant’s share of the market will increase to 6.2% in 2019, leaving former leader Sainsbury’s behind with …
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Online giant Amazon and supermarket chain Morrisons are expanding the ‘Morrisons at Amazon’ store on Prime Now to many more cities across the UK. ‘Morrisons at Amazon’ is a same day, online grocery home delivery service currently available to Amazon Prime Now customers in four cities: Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, parts …
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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 …
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Amazon today (Tuesday May 14) announced the launch of Counter: a new network of staffed pick up points that allows customers to collect their Amazon parcels in-store at a partner location. Following successful trials with launch partners, Amazon Counter goes live today and will be rolled out across partner stores …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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As the festive period approaches, Amazon has revealed the late purchases made on Christmas Eve 2017 via its Prime Now delivery service, that allows customers in selected postcodes to order as late as 10pm on Christmas Eve 2018 for same-day delivery. Food items including Morrisons Christmas pudding, Morrisons Wensleydale with …
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Amazon.co.uk’s Black Friday Sale is here today (November 23), featuring more deals than ever before. It will be live until 23:59 on Sunday November 25 with new ‘Deals of the Day’ available every 24 hours throughout the period. There will also be tens of thousands of ‘Lightning Deals’ – products …
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