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In the wake of Amazon One, Latvian start-up Handwave aims to democratise biometric payment and authentication using the palm of the hand. The past weeks have seen major announcements by the...

On July 31, Amazon published quarterly results in line with Wall Street expectations, with revenue up 13.3% and net profitability up 35%. Looking for early signs of a return on spending, and...

On July 28, Google announced a new feature in the desktop version of the Chrome browser in the US : summaries of online customer reviews generated automatically by artificial intelligence. From an...

According to Adobe, during Amazon’s Prime Days from July 8 to 11, 2025, traffic to US retailer websites from AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, etc.) is expected to grow by 3,200%...

In the US, payment disintermediation continues. Walmart (2024 revenue: US$681 billion, including approximately US$100 billion online) and Amazon (2024 revenue: US$638 billion) are considering...

On May 20, the European Commission proposed the introduction of a €2 tax on parcels under €150 imported into the EU. This tax, to be paid by the platforms, is intended to offset the...

On May 1 2025, Amazon published financial results for the first quarter 2025 (to March 31). Sales, at US$155.7 billion, compared with US$143.3 billion a year earlier, rose by 8.6% at constant...

After being caught in September 2024 for failing to comply with competition law, Amazon and Flipkart (a subsidiary of Walmart) are accused of violating quality control rules in India. The Indian...

Driven by e-commerce, the marketplace, the cloud and advertising - four entities that have each generated more than US$10 billion in incremental revenue - Amazon ended 2024 with solid fundamentals...

After acquiring the ODV streaming company MX player last June, Amazon (9M 2024 sales: US$450.2 billion, up by 11.2% in a year) took over a second Indian start-up in December. This is Axio, which...

On January 9, at CES, Amazon Ads launched the beta version of a new monetisation service for the e-commerce sites of multi-brand retailers, called Retail Ad Service. With this service, available...

On June 15, the US Senate Select Committee led by Bernie Sanders issued a report on working conditions in Amazon‘s warehouses, in which safety procedures are not respected. The senators...

For the launch of the Cerave brand on Amazon, L'Oréal opted for an advertising strategy ranging from videos on Prime Video and Twitch to search and display. Stéphane Grenier, Managing Director...

On September 16, 2024, Amazon‘s CEO Andy Jassy announced the end of remote working for 350,000 administrative staff (i.e. 23%). This flexibility ends on January 2, 2025. “When we look...

After a post-Covid-19 pandemic slowdown, Amazon's net margin more than tripled in Q3 2023. Over the 9 months of the year, growth was driven by the digital marketplace, AWS and advertising - three...