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Amazon goes 'social shopping' on Facebook
News The first application is Amazon Giver which lets users create a wish list of items they want, meaning their friends can use it as a guide for suitable gifts. Online retailer Amazon has... [14 Mar 2008]
Has Amazon patented casual sexism?
News The patent concerns inferring information about gift recipients and using that information to suggest appropriate items and services, such as birthday or Valentine's Day reminders and age- and gender-appropriate gifts. [10 Mar 2005]
Amazon denies 'ruining Christmas'
News In previous years Amazon has received some criticism when gifts turned up after the big day and in many cases consumers claim they were forced to dash out to the shops to buy replacement presents.... [24 Dec 2004]
Amazon.co.uk unveils free delivery offer
News The offer has been timed to coincide with the launch of Amazon.co.uk's gift store (visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/gifts for more information) and a range of Christmas pricing offers and... [04 Nov 2002]
Enjoy the e-tail experience
Comment Either people have more faith in delivery mechanisms or more of us are leaving it all to the last minute (no subliminal marketing intended there) to grab gifts. In 2000 it was clear that pure-play dot-coms were romping... [11 Jan 2002]
How the e-tailers stole Christmas
Comment According to Goldfish credit card, shoppers are gearing themselves up to spend six times as much on gifts online than last year - that's a whopping £2bn - and furthermore price doesn't really matter. But as stressful as... [14 Dec 2001]
Christmas e-tailers put under the spotlight
News Forrester Research is predicting that over six million British shoppers will buy online this Christmas - but will retail sites hold up better than they did last year or will consumers have to wait until the middle of January for their... [15 Dec 2000]
Christmas shoppers warm to ecommerce
News One in four Internet users in the US bought gifts online in 1999's run up to Christmas, according to a recent poll. Amazon.com was the primary destination for online shoppers with a reported 5.7 million... [04 Jan 2000]