Late last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is “jettisoning dozens of its in-house brands as part of a significant reduction of its private-label operation as it works to fend off antitrust scrutiny and shore up profit.” It, however, appears that much of the Journal story is more assumption than fact. Matt
Online Retail Giant Amazon and its real-life grocery arm Amazon Fresh have published their first-ever The Cart Report: Amazon Fresh Summer Grilling, presenting a peek at customer grocery shopping trends nationwide. The report of course features a number of the retailers own Retailer-owned Brands. “We uncovered the most popular and trending summer grocery staples to
Amazon Fresh, the grocery division of e-commerce giant Amazon, has announced that its entire selection of national and private brand eggs in the U.S. are now cage-free. Cage-free eggs indicate that hens are not kept in battery cages but allowed to move about the egg production barn, according to The Human League. “Amazon Fresh
On Friday, Amazon and iRobot announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire robotic vacuum brand iRobot. The move by the online retailer adds the brand to the Amazon portfolio of private brands and continues to demonstrate Amazon's commitment to owning and managing brands.iRobot has a history of
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Andy Jassy, who became CEO of Amazon in July of last year, has released his first annual letter to shareholders. The letter contains a recap of the retailer's 2021 performance and outlines its goals for the future. Before taking over the top post at Amazon, Jassy was CEO of the company’s Amazon Web Services cloud
In its continuing assault on Retail Brand (private brand) and online retailer Amazon, the House Judiciary Committee accused online retailer Amazon of lying about its use of third-party seller data. Late last week, (March 9), the committee wrote a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) which called for an investigation. The chairs of the
This week, Amazon launched Amazon Aware, a new Retail Brand (private brand) of sustainable, environmentally friendly products. Available in the United States, Canada, and Europe, Aware initially includes three categories of everyday essentials: beauty, apparel, and household goods. At launch, the brand includes a little more than 50 products with planned growth throughout 2022. Amazon
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Five members of a congressional committee accused Jeff Bezos and Amazon executives of lying under oath, according to a Monday letter to Andy Jassy, who succeeded Bezos as CEO in July. The letter was signed by New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, plus David Cicilline, D-R.I., who chairs the antitrust subcommittee, Ken Buck, R-Colo.,
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