{"id":10661,"date":"2017-06-02T10:02:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T09:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:03:04","slug":"amazon-ecommerce-news-020617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/amazon-ecommerce-news-020617\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Interesting Stories from the World of Ecommerce This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Welcome to this week&#8217;s eFocus, RepricerExpress&#8217; weekly round-up of ecommerce and Amazon news.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Amazon&#8217;s newest bricks and mortar store opens in New York:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/\">BBC News<\/a> reports that despite Amazon\u2019s success in the digital world\u2019s market, it is rare to see them within a bricks and mortar building. However, the company opened its seventh US bookshop in New York last week. Jennifer Cast, the vice-president of Amazon Books, said the company&#8217;s &#8220;customer-obsessed&#8221; focus is driving the real-world expansion. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-40051886\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon\u2019s drive-up grocery stores are now open to the public in Seattle: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/users\/ChrisWelch\">Chris Welch<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/\">The Verge<\/a> reports that Amazon has opened two drive-up grocery stores to the public after testing the locations first with its own employees. Both are in the Seattle area and allow Amazon Prime subscribers to place an online order and choose a two-hour pickup window for when they\u2019d like to drive over and retrieve it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/5\/25\/15693800\/amazon-fresh-pickup-grocery-stores-now-open-seattle\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon patents a parachute shipping label for drone deliveries: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/users\/Amar%20Toor\">Amar Toor<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/\">The Verge<\/a> reports that Amazon has received a patent for a shipping label that includes a built-in parachute, \u201cto enable the delivery of packages by [unpiloted] aerial vehicles (UAVs) or other aerial vehicles.\u201d The patent, as reported by GeekWire, was filed in August 2015 and granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/5\/31\/15717432\/amazon-patent-drone-parachute-label-prime-air-delivery\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon\u2019s share price reaches an all-time: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tamebay.com\/author\/dan\">Dan Wilson<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/tamebay.com\/\">Tamebay<\/a> reports Amazon\u2018s stock price has reached an all-time high last week with shares touching $999 before falling back before the end of trading. So far, this year Amazon stocks are already up 32% and up 40% over the past 12 months. <a href=\"https:\/\/tamebay.com\/2017\/05\/amazons-share-price-reaches-an-all-time-high.html\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can Wal-mart\u2019s expensive new ecommerce operation compete with Amazon? <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/europe\">Bloomberg<\/a> reports that last summer, Marc Lore, founder and CEO of Jet.com, sat down to record a private video for Wal-mart&#8217;s top officials. In the 40-minute presentation doesn\u2019t hold back about the threat posed by Amazon. \u201cAMAZON IS DOMINATING\u201d reads a slide on a large screen behind him. In the video, Lore presents a plan to bet Wal-mart\u2019s future not on ecommerce standbys such as books, electronics, and toys, but on product areas only now becoming popular online, including apparel, fresh food, and \u201ceveryday essentials\u201d like drugstore items. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2017-05-04\/can-wal-mart-s-expensive-new-e-commerce-operation-compete-with-amazon\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, Amazon Prime Day 2017 will take place in July. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/amazon-prime-day-2017\/\">Find out more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nearly the weekend&#8230;are you excited?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this week&#8217;s eFocus, RepricerExpress&#8217; weekly round-up of ecommerce and Amazon news. Amazon&#8217;s newest bricks and mortar store opens in New York:\u00a0BBC News reports that despite Amazon\u2019s success in the digital world\u2019s market, it is rare to see them within a bricks and mortar building. 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