Amazon

[New] Amazon's ad unit, which makes money by charging brands to promote their products across Amazon properties in a variety of ways, topped $10 billion in annual revenue last year, and in 2020, it will account for 10% of U.S. digital ad spending.
[New] Amazon will take market share from the digital advertising duopoly of Facebook and Google this year.
Polish E-commerce can expect a further boost when the domestic e-commerce giant, Allegro, is joined by Amazon, which is expected to enter the market by the end of 2020.
Amazon, which recently announced that it will be carbon neutral across its businesses by 2040 (10 years ahead of the Paris climate accord target) by investing in alternative energy and purchasing 100,000 electric delivery vans.
Amazon.com Inc. (Seattle) is releasing a new checkout option dubbed Amazon PayCode that will allow customers to pay for purchases at one of 15,000 different Western Union (Denver) locations across the U.S..
Amazon has made a huge order for 100,000 electric vans from Michigan start-up Rivian: The order, which follows an investment of $0.7bn, could play a key part in the global giant's plans to use 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% by 2030.
Amazon is expected to control about 63% of the smart speaker market this year while Google is expected to capture 31%.
Consumers' experiences with digital-native companies such as Amazon, Spotify, and Google have led them to expect best-in-class digital and live-person channels.
The kind of flaring fires seen in the Amazon forest this year would make the Paris climate target more difficult to achieve.
Google, Amazon and Microsoft are expected to release true wireless earbuds in the second half of this year.
Amazon holds complete and total broadcasting rights to the US Open until 2023, and will even dip its toes into the Premier League market too, airing 20 games per season between 2019 and 2022.
Amazon is forecast to claim 8.8% of U.S. digital ad spending in 2019, up from 6.8 percent in 2018, while Google is expected to lose 1 point of market share dropping to 37.2%.
With Google and Amazon already dominating the market for smart speakers, it's hard to imagine that Apple or any other company will surpass them in the next year.
Fires have always been a threat to the Amazon, but the number of fire outbreaks in 2019 is one of the largest in recent years.
Search advertising will account for over half of all online media spend in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
By 2023, retail e-commerce sales in the U.S. are projected to surpass US$735 billion.
Amazon will open new air facilities this year at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Wilmington Air Park, and Chicago Rockford International Airport.
Whether offering home insurance, product insurance, or car insurance, Amazon could use its size as an e-commerce retailer and its huge member base to become a major distributor in the United States.
After rapid adoption of AI-enabled, voice-controlled smart speakers including Amazon Echo and Google Home, and increased voice integration in other devices such as TVs, soundbars and smart home devices, smart speaker sales will level off in 2019.
Observers of eCommerce and digital payments have long wondered if Amazon, among the world's marketplace leaders, will make a similar move with Amazon Pay.
The entry of Amazon in the satellite segment might fade out the companies that are providing ground segment services in the coming years.
Concerns over Amazon's issues with fake product reviews may be giving other retailers an edge: 44% of shoppers say fake reviews will impact their participation in Prime Day 2019, and 37% say they are cautious about shopping on Amazon.

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Last updated: 13 October 2019