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Amazon launches in Singapore with massive 100,000 sq ft Prime Now warehouse
Take my moneyImage: victoria ho/mashable After years of preparation, Amazon has finally launched its same-day Prime Now delivery service in Singapore. The service brings two-hour, and even one-hour deliveries, for tens of thousands of household items, from eggs and cold beer to diapers and detergent. SEE ALSO: Amazon Prime Day: Amazons not-so-secret plan to rule the retail world To achieve the rapid delivery times, Amazon’s opened its largest Prime Now warehouse to date, at 100,000 square feet of space near the Jurong district. Image: VICTORIA HO/MASHABLE
Amazon’s great at selling its own batteries and baby wipes. But Food and fashion? Not yet
AmazonBasics is the top battery seller online.Image: amazon/mashable composite Amazon is many things: online retail juggernaut, Oscar-winning studio, proprietor of the cloud that powers half the web. Now it’s added number-one battery maker and leading baby wipes brand to the list. SEE ALSO: Amazon has quietly turned its mobile app into a weird and wonderful ecommerce arsenal The Seattle company has spent more than two decades building itself into a giant ecommerce platform to connect buyers and sellers of all manner of things. In doing so, it has turned the retail industry upside down. Few companies haven’t felt the Amazon […]
Amazon will offer discounted Prime membership to customers receiving food stamps
Prime membership will be available for $5.99 a month to qualifying families.Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock Amazon is making Prime more affordable for more families. The tech giant will offer Prime membership at a discounted price of $5.99 a month to low-income families receiving government assistance, Amazon announced Tuesday. Prime usually costs $10.99 a month, which comes out to about $132 a year, or $99 a year if paid annually. Right now, families who have Electronic Benefits Transfer cardsused for food stamps through SNAP, WIC, and TANF benefitswill be able to secure discounted Prime membership for $5.99 a month, which comes out to […]