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latest news & developmentsHundreds of Amazon employees criticise firm’s climate stance
Hundreds of Amazon employees Sunday openly criticised the online retail giant’s environmental record, in violation of the company’s communications policy. More than 300 signed a…
Australia blocked from global Amazon sites over tax
New rules require internet retailers like Amazon to collect a 10% goods and services tax on everything bought from overseas sites from July 1
New store bridges a book market gap
Bridge Books looks to change Johannesburg’s book dealing landscape.
Amazon Christmas boycott campaign gathers weight
Customers’ commitment, through Amazon Anonymous, to spend elsewhere now adds up to more than £2.5m.
Business of movies reinvented in SA
The launch of the VIDI video-on-demand service signals a dramatic shift in the way South Africans will consume movies, writes Arthur Goldstuck.
Amazon drones and the rise of robotic air travel
Even if Amazon’s drone delivery service does not succeed, the idea it embodies is too powerful to suppress, writes Alistair Fairweather.
Amazon founder Bezos buys the Washington Post
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s offer of $250-million to buy the Washington Post newspaper has been accepted by the Graham family.
Deep Read: Big brands cry foul over third-party sales on Amazon
Amazon is grappling with a problem that eBay has struggled with for years: the proliferation of unauthorised third-party sellers.
Highly successful in a lowbrow way
Kindle-owning bibliophiles are furtive beasts. Their shelves still boast classics and Booker winners, but inside that plastic case other things lurk.
Kindle Fire eats into iPhone sales
Analysts say up to 29-million iPhones were sold in the last quarter of 2011 while others say Samsung sold 35-million smartphones in the same period.
Amazon versus the high street — which would you bet on?
Online retailing offers convenience and economy but few of the social advantages of a busy shop.
Creative destruction
There’s something special about your favourite book shop. The smell of all those crisp pages, the comfy armchairs, those beautiful new covers.
YouTube adds 3 000 movies to double video rentals
YouTube is doubling the size of its online video store in an expansion that will make more movies available for internet streaming.
Kindle e-reader cheaper with on-screen ads
Online retail powerhouse Amazon on Monday introduced a cut-price version of its Kindle electronic reader that features on-screen ads.
Amazon faces backlash over ‘music locker’ service
A new Amazon.com service that lets customers store songs and play them on of phones and computers is facing a backlash from the music industry.