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RetailROI ‘Tech and Tears’ Event Raises $386,000 for Needy Kids

The SuperSaturday 2025 event, sponsored by RetailROI, the Retail Orphans Initiative, raised $386,000 to support orphans and vulnerable children around the world….

Amazon Launches Advertising Service for Retailer Apps, Websites

Amazon has unveiled a new offering — the Retail Ad Service — which will allow any retailer to easily offer advertising on…

Amazon to Launch Ireland Online Store in 2025

Amazon, which already has a significant physical presence in Ireland via the Dublin fulfillment center it opened in 2022, will now have…

Amazon Invests $4 Billion in AI Company Anthropic

Amazon will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic and gain a minority ownership position in the company, part of a deal…

AWS to Invest an Additional $7.8B to Expand Ohio Facilities

Amazon will invest an estimated $7.8 billion by 2030 to expand its data center operations in Ohio, marking the second-biggest private sector…

AWS, Meta, Microsoft Join Forces to Challenge Google’s Mapping Dominance

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta, Microsoft and mapping and location solution TomTom are the founding members of a new collaborative effort to…

Amazon to Invest Nearly $1B to Expand Pay and Benefits for Frontline Employees

Amazon will increase pay for U.S. frontline employees beginning in October 2022 through a nearly $1 billion investment over the course of…

WSJ: Best Buy Cuts ‘Small Number’ of Store Jobs After Lowering Sales Forecast

Best Buy has started job cuts in stores across the U.S. as the retailer seeks to lower costs following its updated outlook…

Newly Rebranded Yelloh Accelerates Transformation into a ‘Modern Mobile Retailer’

DTC frozen food delivery service Yelloh (known as Schwan’s Home Delivery until earlier this year) has tapped Amazon Web Services (AWS) to…

4 Ways Brands are Tackling the CSR Imperative

As a result of new regulations and reporting requirements, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a top-line concern for consumer brands and…

Ethical Commerce: How to Overcome 3 Top CSR Hurdles (With Examples)

When it comes to embracing ethical commerce and moving corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies forward, Amazon Web Services (AWS) research shows that…

3 Things Every Retailer Can Learn from Amazon

It’s easy to vilify Amazon. But for all its somewhat terrifying clout, questionable business practices and stories about its founder’s yacht-within-a-yacht, there…

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