USA: Amazon launches budget private label brand
E-commerce giant Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Grocery, a new private-label brand featuring more than 1,000 foods with a customer rating of four stars or higher. Amazon said its range includes milk, olive oil, fresh produce, meat, and seafood with the majority of products priced below $5 for strong customer value. The private-label […]
USA: Amazon launches budget private label brand
E-commerce giant Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Saver, a new private label range of budget groceries for its US consumers. Amazon said it had already begun rolling out the new brand line, which includes items such as crackers, biscuits, canned fruit and condiments each priced at under $5, and planned to add more […]
USA: Amazon to reportedly shutter eight Amazon Go stores
US-based retailer Amazon has announced that the company is closing eight of its Amazon Go physical convenience stores, according to a report in Supermarket News. The e-commerce giant has reportedly already closed two Amazon Go stores in Seattle, with plans to close two more in New York City and four in San Francisco by the […]
USA: Amazon launches private label skincare brand
E-commerce giant Amazon is expanding its burgeoning private label range with the launch of a new dedicated line of skincare products under the name Belei. Claimed to offer solutions for different skin types and to feature ingredients with proven effectiveness, the new 12-strong line of products includes moisturisers, serums, eye cream and spot treatments. They […]
USA: Amazon introduces pet care brand Wag
US e-commerce giant Amazon has added to its own brand line up of grocery products with the launch of a range of pet food under the name Wag, according to a report in CNet. The new brand is the latest addition to Amazon’s expanding portfolio of private label brands, which currently comprises more than 70 […]
USA: Amazon to acquire Whole Foods Market
US e-commerce giant Amazon has agreed to acquire the retailer Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion including net debt. The acqusition is the latest in a series of significant moves by Amazon into FMCG retailing, including the opening of its first bricks-and-mortar grocery store in December of last year. According to Food Business News, the […]
USA: Amazon debuts Amazon Go concept
E-commerce Amazon giant has made its first concrete steps into bricks-and-mortar retailing with the opening of a new store in Seattle, WA, USA under the name Amazon Go. The concept allows customers to pick and choose their groceries from the store but, unlike a typical supermarket, dispenses with the traditional checkout procedure. Instead, the technology […]
USA: Amazon to operate bricks and mortar convenience stores – reports
E-commerce giant Amazon is looking to push further into the FMCG space by opening physical stores to sell grocery products, according to a report in the Wall St Journal. Quoting “people familiar with the matter”, the news outlet reports that, under the plans, groceries such as fresh produce, milk, meat and other perishable goods would be […]
USA: Walmart teams up with Uber and Lyft for grocery delivery service
US retail giant Walmart is said to have partnered with Uber Technologies and Lyft to test a new grocery delivery service, potentially in a bid to compete with Amazon, according to US media reports. Sources state that Walmart has also started testing a similar service in Miami for its warehouse chain Sam’s Club, partnering with […]
USA: Amazon to launch private label grocery lines – reports
E-commerce giant Amazon is planning to launch a number of new private label brands over the coming months as it looks to step up competition against more established grocery retailers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Baby food, tea, coffee and vitamin lines are reported to be in the pipeline with proposed […]