Amazon will allow U.S. Prime members to send gifts using only an email or phone number

In preparation for the holiday shopping season, Amazon today convenient a new way to send gifts through its mobile app. Instead of entering in the recipient’s mailing address — a piece of information people often don’t know in today’s age of digital communications — Prime members can now send a gift to a friend via their […]

Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 6 more U.S. cities

Amazon announced this morning it’s expanding its faster, same-day delivery service to half a dozen more U.S. cities. The service, which the retailer has been working to make same-day delivery even faster over the past year, now offers consumers in a number of markets the ability to shop up to 3 million items on Amazon.com, […]

アマゾンが挑む「ストリーミング戦争」と、映画スタジオ買収という異例の戦略の勝算

アマゾンによる大手映画会社のメトロ・ゴールドウィン・メイヤー(MGM)の買収発表は、ハリウッドに大きな衝撃を与えた。ネット通販の“おまけ”としてのコンテンツを増やす巨額買収は、激化するストリーミング戦争におけるアマゾンの優位性を最大限に高める可能性がある。