Adobe: US online holiday sales between November 1 and December 31, 2023, reached a record $222.1B, up 4.9% YoY; BNPL contributed a record $16.6B, up 14% YoY
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Amazon plans to roll out its Amazon One palm scanning payment tech to all 500+ US Whole Foods stores by the end of 2023; 200+ locations already have Amazon One
Annie Palmer / CNBC :
Amazon plans to host two Prime shopping events in a year for the first time, the second one set for Q4 2022, according to a notice sent to third-party merchants
The Amazon Prime Day dates have been revealed to be July 12 and July 13 … The Signal : Surat's diamonds lost in war Jay Peters / The Verge : Amazon is reportedly hosting a second m...
Walmart plans to expand drone deliveries with DroneUp to cover 4M households in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia from 37 stores in 2022
Melissa Repko / CNBC :
Recent filings from Walmart, including seven US trademark applications, indicate a possible plan to develop and offer virtual goods, NFTs, and a cryptocurrency
- Walmart appears to be venturing into the metaverse with plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of NFTs.
Deutsche Bank survey: Walmart+, Walmart's Amazon Prime rival, has grown to ~32M US subscribers since its 2020 launch, and ~86% of them have Amazon Prime also
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Walmart plans to expand its use of automation to pick and pack online grocery orders, and work with several companies including Alert Innovation and Dematic
Melissa Repko / CNBC : Tweets: @melissa_repko Tweets: Melissa Repko / @melissa_repko : Walmart is betting your online grocery shopping habit will stick. It's adding high-tech, aut...
Amazon Q1: $75.5B revenue, up 26% YoY, net income of $2.5B, down from $3.6B in Q1 2019, AWS revenue of $10.2B, up from $7.7B YoY
an estimated $4 billion — on responding to the coronavirus pandemic...Some of the $4 billion will also fund higher wages for workers, personal protective equipment.” https://www.cn...
Amazon Q1: $75.5B revenue, up 26% YoY, net income of $2.5B, down from $3.6B in Q1 2019, AWS revenue of $10.2B, up from $7.7B YoY; stock down 7%+
an estimated $4 billion — on responding to the coronavirus pandemic...Some of the $4 billion will also fund higher wages for workers, personal protective equipment.” https://www.cn...