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The arrival of Amazon in Australia may signal a change in how we navigate industrial relations and workers rights.
Australia Post has begun conducting experiments with mail delivery robots. With Amazon launching today in Australia, all eyes will be on whether these prototype robots will actually deliver.
Amazon this week purchased the global rights to J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings to turn it into a television series. What are the implications for Australia’s content and its global reach?
Dave Lewis has dragged the supermarket clear of an accounting scandal. Now for the hard bit …
There are good reasons why business has not been as successful as sports teams at implementing algorithmic decision-making.
Amazon has a reputation for avoiding tax overseas, and early indicators are that this trend will continue in Australia
Retailers should design online strategies to fit their desired customers’ characteristics.
Uber’s business model suggests something has to give – either its imperial ambitions or its presence in markets which hold it to account.
They are contesting the maps that deny them territorial rights.
Amazon has pledged to continue slashing prices at Whole Foods now that it’s acquired the organic food mecca. Will that mean more affordable organic food for more people – delivered overnight?
Retailers and shopping centre operators need to entice customers to stores, leading to some interesting experiments.
Retailers are starting to realise the benefit of combining online and in-store shopping. And by encouraging you to click first and collect later, these businesses are saving on a number of costs.
The deal escaped scrutiny because the two aren’t direct competitors, yet Amazon’s huge marketing platform will help Whole Foods steamroll rivals. In the past, the Supreme Court has said this violates antitrust law.
Channel 4 news anchor drew thundering applause at the Edinburgh TV Festival, but don’t believe every word.
To pitch an alternative timeline, you first have to believe a particular narrative of real history. That’s where things can go wrong.
The cost and confusion of having content tied to so many different streaming platforms could ultimately provoke a return to bundling and a pay TV model.
Despite dire predictions, bookstores are doing well: they are curators of taste and community hubs. But their challenges are many – from the arrival of Amazon Down Under to a ‘post-truth’ climate that devalues knowledge.
An expert in the charity sector responds to Jeff Bezos’s request for advice on how to give his money away.
A pioneer of ethical consumerism, wedded to a corporate giant with a questionable record? The lessons of a decade ago should be ringing alarm bells.
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