19 Nov 2001
| by Staff,
years with the online retailer....He has not announced his future plans but, having sold shares in Amazon.com worth around 20m, he is unlikely to be worried about his immediate future.
Risher's responsibilities in marketing have been assumed by Diego Piacentini as part of a company-wide restructure. Piacentini heads worldwide retail ...
18 Oct 2001
| by Sylvia Westall,
The US launch takes place on November 8 ensuring that the Xbox will be in the stores well before Christmas. The recommended retail price for games in Europe will be 44.99 and the console will be the most expensive in Europe at launch.
A total of 1.5m consoles are to be shipped to Europe for the first ...
13 Aug 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - WH Smith is set to challenge electrical retailers as it looks at expanding its brand...into the electrical market place would see it go head to head against retailers such as Dixons Group, which owns ...
08 Jun 2001
| by ANDY ALLEN
-spot in the wake of the
scrapping of the Retail Price Maintenance (RPM) agreement, which fixed
prices for many ...
25 May 2001
Organisation: Office of Fair Trading
Issue: End of RPM system on over-the-counter drug sales
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and supermarket chains have been
celebrating as the High Court destroyed the last bastion of Retail Price
Maintenance (RPM).
The 14 May ruling ended 38 ...
27 Apr 2001
selling 8m worth of his shares in the online book retailer earlier this year....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Amazon is standing by its chief executive Jeff Bezos, who faces allegations of misconduct after selling 8m worth of his shares in the online book retailer earlier this year. In February, Bezos sold 800,000 shares in two separate trades, days before the publication of a Lehman ...
18 Apr 2001
| by Louise Banbury
Online book retailer Barnes 109m ( 76.42m)....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online book retailer Barnes 109m ( 76.42m).
Its shares were up by 7.26% to 1.33 ( 0.93) last night, after the company announced that improvements in customer service and fulfilment had helped fuel the growth. The results are scheduled for release after markets close on April 26 ...
11 Apr 2001
| by Louise Banbury
Online retailer Amazon.com is expected to reveal plans to buy the online arm of US bookseller...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer Amazon.com is expected to reveal plans to buy the online arm of US bookseller Borders later today.
According to reports, Borders has decided to exit the online market and has struck a deal with Amazon. Last month, Borders admitted it was seeking partnerships ...
10 Apr 2001
| by Louise Banbury
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Amazon offered hope for the battered new economy as its shares rallied yesterday when the company revealed that first-quarter sales would be ahead of expectations and losses would be narrower.
For the first time, the online retailer released a statement ahead of the financial results ...
02 Apr 2001
| by Louise Banbury
Online retailer Amazon is poised to announce that it has reached the 3m customer landmark in the UK...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer Amazon is poised to announce that it has reached the 3m customer landmark in the UK, just two-and-a-half years after its UK launch.
The company said the rate ...
( 270.33m) overseas revenue, and amazon.co.uk is the top online retail site in the UK according ...