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Amazon hopes to grow in India with a Hindi website
by
Jed Kim
Sep 5, 2018
The company, which just reached $1 trillion in market value, is trying to tap into a market of 1.3 billion people.
Sears growing an Amazon partnership to at least install tires, when it can’t get the sale
Aug 29, 2018
Customers nationwide can now buy tires online at Amazon, and the local Sears will put them on. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Do "superstar" companies hold down wages?
by
Reema Khrais
Aug 24, 2018
This week, central bankers, finance ministers and economists from the around the world flew to the mountain resort of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. They’re there for an annual economic symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. One focus of this year’s event is on so-called “superstar” firms like Amazon, which is a half-million […]
Amazon and its rivals are teaming up to keep the U.S. Postal Service the way it is
by
Jed Kim
Aug 9, 2018
The group of retailers call themselves the Package Coalition.
Why advertising is no longer the holy grail of tech revenue
by
Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
Aug 3, 2018
This tech earnings season, services, gadgets, and the cloud won. Advertising ... took a hit.
A mall in Montana lost its department store ... again
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bennett Purser
Jul 30, 2018
When managing a shopping center, "every day is a fresh opportunity for creative problem solving."
For public good, not for profit.
This is why Amazon Web Services is growing so much
Jul 27, 2018
Amazon reported some blockbuster numbers this week, with quarterly profits of $2.5 billion — a nearly 1,200 percent increase over this time last year. When you think of Amazon, you probably think of its giant online store where you buy a year’s worth of paper towels or order groceries delivered to your house. But one […]
Hey, kids! Robots aren't people
by
Molly Wood
Jul 24, 2018
We need to work with designers so children don't think of digital assistants as buddies, one expert says.
Tech, data, privacy and time: It's a trade-off, but are we trading too much?
by
Molly Wood
Jul 23, 2018
"If I don't understand the trade-off that I'm making, how can I help make decisions for my child?" one marketer asks.