Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) just added a new perk to its Prime membership: free AmazonFresh grocery delivery. The service previously cost $14.99 per month on top of a Prime membership. AmazonFresh offers a selection of more mainstream products complementary to Whole Foods’ higher-priced organic offerings. Providing access to the broader product selection with lower-priced options could give Amazon a boost in its battle against Instacart, Walmart (NYSE:WMT),...
Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN online grocery delivery business, AmazonFresh, is likely to get a boost as it has expanded the service to three new cities — Houston, Minneapolis and Phoenix. The service enables the residents of these 3 cities to order groceries online and get these delivered in two hours or less, thus saving both time and effort. In addition, shoppers can combine grocery orders with...
Retail giant Amazon opened its cashier-free grocery store, Amazon Go, on Monday in Seattle, and with it opened a controversy about low-income shoppers. The store doesn’t accept food stamps, and shoppers are required to check out of the store with a smartphone, a device that lower-income people may not be able to afford. Some Twitter users expressed anger about this, saying that not accepting food stamps...
After a year of tests and preparation, Amazon has finally opened its brick-and-mortar grocery store, Amazon Go. Situated in Seattle, Washington, it gives you the option to buy your goods from Amazon in person rather than through Amazon.com. However, unlike other physical shops, it doesn’t have any registers. You simply walk in, pick out what you want and walk out. Amazon is calling this a...
Amazon reportedly earned 18 percent of U.S. online grocery sales – valued at $2 billion – in 2017, representing growth of 59 percent, according to new research from Sandy, Utah-based ecommerce solutions firm One Click Retail. The Seattle-based ecommerce giant also saw growth of more than 50 percent in its two other biggest markets: the United Kingdom and Germany, the firm noted in its “Amazon Grocery...
