{"id":12770,"date":"2019-06-07T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T08:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?p=12770"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:04:56","slug":"amazon-news-070619","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/amazon-news-070619\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Amazon News Stories of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to our weekly roundup of the top five Amazon news stories of the week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon to deliver by drone &#8216;within months&#8217;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/\">BBC News<\/a> reports that Amazon has said it will use drones to deliver packages to customers \u201cwithin months\u201d. It unveiled its latest iteration at a conference in Las Vegas, touting the machine&#8217;s ability to spot obstacles such as people, dogs, and clotheslines. Amazon executive Jeff Wilke said the drone would be able to travel 15 miles to carry packages weighing 5lbs (2.3kg) or less. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-48536319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon to open 10 pop-up shops in UK town centres:<\/strong> Mark Sweney and Sarah Butler at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/\">The Guardian<\/a> reports that Amazon is opening a chain of pop-up shops selling everything from food and drink to electronics, beauty products and homewares. The first Clicks and Mortar shop will open in St Mary\u2019s Gate in central Manchester on Monday and will also offer Amazon Lockers for customers to collect Amazon orders. Amazon plans to open 10 shops in total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2019\/jun\/03\/amazon-open-pop-up-shops-uk-town-centres-high-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon face US anti-trust probe:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/\">BBC News<\/a> reports that the US government is to take a fresh look at how the four tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon wield their power. It comes in the wake of criticism about privacy breaches, disinformation and anti-competitive practices. It could lead to more formal investigations from the Federal Trade Commission, among others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-48513328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-headline \"><strong>&#8216;How much does Amazon Prime cost?&#8217;:<\/strong> A breakdown of Amazon&#8217;s membership plans, and whether they&#8217;re worth it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-much-is-amazon-prime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclusive: See inside Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 new $80 million NYC mega-home:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\">CNBC<\/a> reveals that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just bought the makings of an $80 million mega-residence in New York City. But before the richest man in the world purchased the three-level penthouse at 212 Fifth Avenue, plus two additional apartments, CNBC got a tour of the triplex with Sotheby\u2019s International Realty broker Nikki Field. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/06\/05\/photos-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-new-multimillion-dollar-nyc-penthouse.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See photos&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the week:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Dale Carnegie<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.repricer.com\/register\/do\/repricer?utm_source=rex-blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=rex-to-repricer-registration&amp;utm_activity=take-action\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10735 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/prime-day-2017-slider.gif\" alt=\"RepricerExpress Amazon Prime Day offer 2017\" width=\"940\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our weekly roundup of the top five Amazon news stories of the week. Amazon to deliver by drone &#8216;within months&#8217; BBC News reports that Amazon has said it will use drones to deliver packages to customers \u201cwithin months\u201d. It unveiled its latest iteration at a conference in Las Vegas, touting the machine&#8217;s ability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Top 5 Amazon News Stories of the Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"RepricerExpress&#039; review of the top Amazon news stories from around the Web this week. 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