An Amazon boss has denied the online giant is "single-handedly killing the high street" while being grilled by a parliamentary committee. Lesley Smith, director of public policy, insisted the website is responsible for a "relatively small part" of digital sales in the UK during the meeting for Housing, Communities and Local Government today. She was also forced to defend suggestions by MPs that Amazon takes advantage of low business rates while making use of the same services and infrastructure as physical retailers. Some 93,000 retail jobs have been lost in the past year during a high street squeeze, according to an analysis by the British Retail Consortium. Communities Committee chairman Clive Betts MP asked Ms Smith and three other online bosses on the panel: "Is it true Amazon is single-handedly killing the high street?" Ms Smith said: "Eighty-two per cent of retail in the UK is in physical retail rather than online. Only 18 per cent is actually online, of which we are a part but a … [Read more...] about Online retail giant denies claim that the high street is dying out due to their business as Amazon boss says 82% of shopping takes place offline, committee hears
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Amazon Prime Video January 2019 Movie and TV Titles Announced
amazon prime Movie News tv news TV Premiere Dates By Kylie Hemmert ON December 17, 2018 Amazon Prime Video January 2019 movie and TV titles announced We have a list of new Amazon January titles coming to Amazon Prime Video next month, which you can check out below! January brings four Prime Original series and one Prime Original movie exclusively available for Prime members to stream or download at no additional cost to their membership. Beautiful Boy: The Prime Original movie is a deeply moving portrait of a family’s unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son’s addiction and his attempts at recovery. As Nic repeatedly relapses, the Sheffs are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time. Starring Steve Carell and Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Critics’ Choice nominee Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy will be available in UHD … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Video January 2019 Movie and TV Titles Announced
Amazon workers on strike in Germany a week before Christmas
Updated 12:32 am PST, Monday, December 17, 2018 FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, post trucks leave the Amazon Logistic Center in Rheinberg, Germany. Workers at two Amazon distribution centers in Germany have gone on strike as part of a push for improved work conditions, leading to fears that Christmas orders may not arrive in time. The German news agency dpa reported that workers in Leipzig in eastern Germany and Werne in western Germany went on strike early Monday. less FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, post trucks leave the Amazon Logistic Center in Rheinberg, Germany. Workers at two Amazon distribution centers in Germany have gone on strike as part of ... more Photo: Martin Meissner, AP Photo: Martin Meissner, AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption … [Read more...] about Amazon workers on strike in Germany a week before Christmas
‘Aquaman’ Makes $2M In Amazon Prime Previews Beating ‘Jumanji’
Aquaman has made nearly $3M in Amazon Prime Previews alone, putting it ahead of other films like Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. According to the report, the film made roughly $2.9M, beating out Sony Pictures’ Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. The film had earned roughly $1.86M in these previews around the same time last year and went on to become one of the studio’s biggest hits. Also read: Original ‘Superman’ Director Planned To Introduce Brainiac To Films Amazon Prime Previews are essentially paid packaged sneak previews. The sales allow for the studios to get a better idea of an audience’s interest in a film and help make projections for the film’s box office numbers based on it. While there is no way to definitively say how these numbers will translate to the film’s overall figures, larger preview hauls tend to equate to a bigger hit of a film. And Aquaman certainly has been making big box office waves … [Read more...] about ‘Aquaman’ Makes $2M In Amazon Prime Previews Beating ‘Jumanji’
Amazon workers, joined by Ilhan Omar, air grievances at Shakopee facility
Minnesota Amazon workers, Somali community leaders and their allies rallied in suburban Minneapolis at the height of the busy holiday season to demand better working conditions. Joining them Friday evening at an Amazon warehouse in Shakopee was U.S. Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, who’s the first Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. Amazon’s fulfillment center in Shakopee employs more than 1,500 workers. The online retail giant estimates about 30 percent of the workers there are East African. The workers are being represented by the nonprofit Awood Center. But the Star Tribune reports the two sides have not resolved their differences, which include increasing workloads and limited advancement opportunities. Workers spoke of harsh conditions during Friday’s rally. In a statement, Amazon said Friday it works to ensure all employees are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Amazon said workers in Minnesota receive excellent pay and … [Read more...] about Amazon workers, joined by Ilhan Omar, air grievances at Shakopee facility