SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Sep. 15, 2016) announced Prime Now has added its first beauty brand to the one-hour delivery service with Chicago-based store, Merz Apothecary. Starting today, Prime members in Chicago can now shop all their favorite Merz Apothecary items such as personal care, beauty and natural health products and…
Amazon to release new original series The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime Video beginning November 18
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (Sep. 16, 2016), Amazon has announced the highly anticipated launch date of the new Amazon Original series The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. New episodes will be released…
Amazon launches all-new version of Echo Dot for under $50
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Sep. 14, 2016) introduced an all-new version of the groundbreaking Echo Dot for under $50, so you can add Alexa to any room in your home. Just like Echo, Echo Dot gives you access to all of Alexa’s…
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Just over a year ago, Amazon launched the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) and the Alexa Voice Service (AVS), making it simple and free for developers to build new capabilities for Alexa and integrate Alexa into their own products. Today (Sep. 13, 2016), there are tens of thousands of developers…
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon and Audible today (Sep. 13, 2016) announced a new premium spoken-word benefit for Prime members in the U.S. Members now enjoy unlimited free access to the new short-form digital audio service, Audible Channels, as well as a rotating selection of more than 50 audiobooks from Audible’s catalog. Audible…
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Sep. 9, 2016) announced it has greenlit the documentary series Novak (working title), starring the world’s number one ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic. The Amazon Original Series will follow Djokovic, the winner of 12 Grand Slam titles, to explore what drives the champion and show his motivation…
Amazon announces all-new Fire HD 8 for less than $90
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Sep. 8, 2016) announced the all-new Fire HD 8, the next-generation Fire HD tablet designed from the ground up for all-day entertainment. With an 8” widescreen HD display and quad-core processor, Fire HD 8 now offers an incredible…
Newly launched Moto G Play joins the lineup of unlocked Android smartphones on Amazon for just $99.99
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Since Amazon launched exclusive pricing for Prime members on new unlocked Android smartphones two months ago, the BLU R1 HD and Moto G have been the top two best-sellers in unlocked phones on…
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Sep. 6, 2016) announced new features are coming to the best-selling Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. These features will be enabled automatically as part of a free, over-the-air software update currently being delivered to customers. Through this update, customers can now easily use their voice…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today (Aug. 29, 2016) announced plans to open a new fulfillment center in Monee, Ill. At the more than 850,000-square-foot facility, hundreds and hundreds of Amazon employees will pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and consumer goods.
“We place our fulfillment…
Amazon launches car research destination and automotive community Amazon Vehicles
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Aug. 25, 2016) announced Amazon Vehicles, a car research destination and automotive community that makes it easy for customers to get the information they need when shopping for vehicles, parts, and accessories. With Amazon Vehicles, customers can now…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today (Aug. 25, 2016) announced plans to open its eighth Texas fulfillment center in Coppell. Amazon currently employs more than 10,000 full-time hourly associates at its five current Texas fulfillment centers and plans to create hundreds more full-time positions at this second Coppell location. Elsewhere in…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Aug. 17, 2016) announced a new Amazon Original children’s album, Dream Too Much, from Amy Lee—the GRAMMY award-winning co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. The album, which features 12 newly recorded songs, including seven originals and five popular covers, will be available for Prime…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Aug. 16, 2016) announced it has green lit Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan from Paramount and Skydance Television, to debut on Amazon Prime Video. The one-hour, 10-episode dramatic series is slated to star John Krasinski (13 Hours, The Office) as Jack Ryan and is projected to shoot in…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (-Aug. 15, 2016) announced an agreement with the University of Illinois at Chicago to open Amazon@UIC, a staffed pickup location in the Student Center East on the UIC campus. The Amazon pickup location offers the UIC campus community a convenient location to pick up and return Amazon orders,…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Aug. 10, 2016) announced its brand-new Amazon Original Kids Series, The Stinky & Dirty Show, is scheduled to premiere on Friday, September 2 on Prime Video in the US and UK, and in Germany, Austria and Japan later this year. Based on the “I Stink!” book series…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Aug. 5, 2016) is showcasing its first ever branded air cargo plane during Seafair’s Air Show, an annual community celebration taking place in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle. The Boeing 767-300, operated by Amazon’s air cargo provider Atlas Air, is flying in the Seafair Air Show to thousands…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon and Sky today announced it has added Britannia to its lineup of dramatic Amazon Original Series in the US and Sky Original Dramas in the UK. Britannia is written by the multi-award winning Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem, Spectre) and stars Kelly Reilly (True Detective, Sherlock Holmes), David Morrissey (The…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon Launchpad announced today the creation of a Kickstarter Collection (www.amazon.com/launchpad/kickstarter), featuring more than 300 Kickstarter products available for purchase on Amazon.com. Startups featured in the Kickstarter Collection include Piper, Zivix, Prynt, and MudWatt, among others. Customers shopping the Kickstarter Collection can browse a variety of categories, including Electronics,…
SEATTLE, 2016-Aug-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans for a more than 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Jacksonville, Fla. Amazon will create more than 1,500 full-time jobs at the site when the fulfillment center opens.
“Becoming a member of the Jacksonville community is very exciting for us as we grow our presence in…
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans for a new fulfillment center in Romeoville, Illinois.Amazon employees at the more than 750,000 square-foot fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship large items to customers such as big-screen televisions, sports equipment or kayaks, for example.
“We are excited to add this new fulfillment center…
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Amazon has today announced a partnership with the UK Government to explore the steps needed to make the delivery of parcels by small drones a reality, allowing Amazon to trial new methods of testing its delivery systems.
A cross-Government team supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)…
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open its seventh Texas fulfillment center in Houston. Amazon currently employs more than 10,000 full-time hourly associates at its five operating Texas fulfillment centers and plans to create 1,000 more full-time positions at the new Houston site. Elsewhere in the Lone…
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced plans to open its tenth California fulfillment center in Sacramento. The new facility, the fourth California fulfillment center Amazon has announced within a span of four months, will create over 1,000 full-time hourly roles.
In addition to the recently announced fulfillment centers in north Sacramento,…
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today announced an agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to open Amazon@Illinois, a staffed pickup location in the Illini Union Bookstore on the UIUC campus. The first Amazon pickup location in the state of Illinois, Amazon@Illinois offers the campus community a convenient location to pick up…
Amy Lee, Bob Schneider, Lisa Loeb and Recess Monkey are among artists set to release exclusive albums curated for kids and families
The new album from trio Recess Monkey, Novelties, is available today for Prime members to exclusively stream and enjoy
SEATTLE, 2016-Jun-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — (NASDAQ:AMZN)-Amazon today announced that customers and Prime members…
The docuseries follows world-famous Lagasse as his award-winning friends and colleagues José Andrés, Mario Batali, Danny Bowien, Marcus Samuelsson, Aarón Sánchez and Nancy Silverton introduce him to the history, techniques and cooking traditions of their favorite locales across the globe
All six episodes of season one will premiere exclusively for Prime members in the U.S.…
The Mark Cuban Collection includes items customers will recognize from the TV program Shark Tank
Amazon Exclusives gives customers access to new products directly from up-and-coming brands
On average this year, Amazon Exclusives store sales have grown more than 15 percent per month
Amazon Exclusives items are available to Prime members with Free Two-Day shipping…
Jill Soloway will continue as Showrunner and Andrea Sperling as Executive Producer
Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Judith Light (Dallas), Gaby Hoffmann (Girls), Amy Landecker (Louie) and Jay Duplass (Togetherness) will all return
SEATTLE, 2016-Jun-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today (May 31, 2016) announced it has greenlit season four of the multi-Golden Globe and multi-Emmy Award-winning…
Shows feature notable talent, including Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Ambrose, David Krumholtz, Jessica Pare, David Arquette, Thomas Lennon,Zoe Kravitz, Michael Pena and Erik Griffin
SEATTLE, 2016-May-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — (NASDAQ: AMZN)— Amazon today announced the lineup for its next pilot season; a unique development process that gives all customers an opportunity to stream and…