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Amazon banks on India's smaller cities ahead of first 3-day Prime Day sale

With a Rs 2,000 crore investment, Amazon targets smaller cities, expanding its fulfillment and delivery network to fuel growth, as it prepares for its first three-day Prime Day sale from July 12-14

Collaborative robotics to drive greater societal impact: Amazon's Brady

Amazon sees a future centred around 'collaborative robotics' where machines are geared to amplify human capability and potential, rather than replace them, according to Tye Brady, chief technologist at the e-commerce giant's robotics unit. Amazon, which recently deployed one-millionth robot in its global operations and introduced 'DeepFleet', an AI technology to optimally coordinate movement of robots across fulfilment network (its intelligent warehouses), asserts that robotics will play a key role in building more capable societies. The company has grown from deploying a single robot type that moved inventory shelves across warehouse floors in 2012, to operating a diverse fleet of robots aimed at boosting operational efficiency. Amazon's lineup of robots includes 'Hercules', which can lift and move up to 1,250 pounds of inventory, 'Pegasus' robots that use precision conveyor belts to handle individual packages, and 'Proteus'. 'Proteus', in fact, is a fully autonomous mobile robot,

Jeff Bezos unloads $737 million of Amazon stock in year's first sale

The sale, which coincided with his star-studded wedding to Lauren Sanchez in Venice, is part of a 10b5-1 trading plan Bezos adopted in March for up to 25 million shares

Delhi HC stays order directing Amazon to pay ₹339 cr in trademark case

Delhi HC finds no specific role of Amazon in alleged trademark violation of Beverly Hills Polo Club brand and stays damages and cost order issued by single judge

HC stays order asking Amazon to pay ₹339 cr to polo club in trademark row

High Court in February 2025 had directed Amazon Technology Inc. to pay the amount for infringement of the luxury brand Beverly Hills Polo Club (BHPC) owned by Lifestyle Equities

SIAC rules for Amazon in Future case, awards ₹23.7 crore damages

Amazon wins arbitration against Future Group at SIAC, but tribunal awards a fraction of claimed damages citing FRL's declining value and Covid-related business loss

Amazon adds five fulfillment centres in India ahead of Prime Day

With Prime Day 2025 set for 12-14 July, Amazon expands logistics with new fulfilment centres; Flipkart launches seller success programme for new entrepreneurs

Venice hosts Jeff Bezos' grand wedding with stars, yachts and protests

San Giorgio, where emperors once met with popes, would host the patron of Amazon.com

Amazon's anti-counterfeit team secures $180 mn in global penalties

Launched in 2020, Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit has expanded to 12 countries, blocked fake listings, and led to civil and criminal actions with global law enforcement

At Amazon's biggest data centre, everything is supersized for AI

Over the next several years, Amazon plans to build around 30 data centres at the site, packed with hundreds of thousands of specialised computer chips

Amazon's entry into healthcare a headwind but diagnostic stocks attractive

The differential between the common tests offered by incumbents and new entrants is just about 5-10 per cent which isn't going to move the needle much in this business

Amazon enters at-home testing, launches diagnostics service in six Indian cities | Health sector

50% of Indians pay online convenience fees; 78% prefer free platforms

A LocalCircles survey finds 50% of Indian consumers pay convenience fees on most purchases, with 78% preferring platforms that don't charge extra for products or services

50% of Indians pay online convenience fees; 78% prefer free platforms

A LocalCircles survey finds 50% of Indian consumers pay convenience fees on most purchases, with 78% preferring platforms that don't charge extra for products or services

Amazon enters India's $15 bn diagnostics market with at-home testing

Amazon enters India's $15 bn diagnostics sector with at-home test collection, digital reports and integrated health services through Amazon Medical across six cities

Amazon to invest Rs 2,000 cr in India to expand logistics, improve safety

Money will be used for company's infrastructure, employee wellness initiatives, developing technology

Amazon plans ₹2,000 crore push to expand warehousing, delivery in India

The ₹2,000 crore investment into Amazon India will go towards expanding fulfilment centres, improving safety and automation, and more

Amazon India to infuse over Rs 2,000 crore to boost pan-India operations

Amazon will invest over Rs 2,000 crore in 2025 to scale up its all-India operations network, the e-commerce giant said on Thursday. Investments will support network expansion and upgrades to serve customers faster and more reliably, advance technology and innovation, and improve employee and associate well-being, Amazon said in a release. The investment announcement comes at a time when India's e-commerce market is booming, fuelled by broadband penetration, affordable smartphones, digital payments, increasing spends from affluent and middle-class households, as well as a mobile-first, digitally-charged younger population. Companies like Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, as well as smaller online players have reshaped India's e-biz landscape over recent years investing billions of dollars into the booming e-commerce market in the country, which as per some estimates, is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21 per cent and reach USD 325 billion in 2030. Announcing t

Amazon orders workers to relocate to Seattle, other hubs stirring concerns

Amazon has satellite workplaces around the country, including major metropolitan areas like New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas and Austin, giving workers some flexibility about where they lived

AI to shrink white-collar workforce in the years ahead, Amazon CEO warns

Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy cautions that AI will streamline operations, cut costs, and reduce the need for certain corporate roles as the company ramps up its investment in automation