The Amazon Economy

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, has changed the way that global consumers go shopping.

From UK 3:32am

MPs accused of ‘demonising’ US companies

Lobby group says criticism was ‘misguided’

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Explore how variations in key assumptions can change Amazon’s potential market value and share price
Warehouse to powerhouse
FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award from MANAGEMENT May 16, 2013

Publishing industry plots a survival story

As the digital revolution takes shape, it need not be a threat

From UK May 15, 2013

Amazon grants almost match tax bill

Figures likely to stoke controversy

From COMPANIES May 14, 2013

Amazon hit by old-world strike action

Online retailer’s German employment practices under scrutiny

From WORLD May 13, 2013

France takes to cultural barricades

Hollande moves to protect art, films and music industries

The Public Image from MANAGEMENT May 13, 2013

Kobo’s ‘gift of reading’ campaign

Ereader company promotes product it wants to replace

Meet the Deans from MANAGEMENT May 12, 2013

Bob Bruner of Darden at Virginia

Bob Bruner of Virginia: Darden is less conventional than he appears

Week in Review from COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Week in review, May 11

Mockridge switches over to rival

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

Retailer leaps on Microsoft Nook bid talk

Barnes & Noble shares higher on report of ereader offer

Mike Skapinker Michael Skapinker from MANAGEMENT May 8, 2013

Companies must cut through big data hype

Managers can learn far more from contacting and talking to lost customers

From COMPANIES May 7, 2013

SAP takes step into cloud computing sector

Company to run corporate applications for clients in its own data centres

From WORLD May 7, 2013

Battle rages over US online tax

Retailers take fight for levy to House

From COMPANIES May 6, 2013

Shazam starts to make its own noise

Most downloaded app ever made in UK must win over investors

From COMPANIES May 5, 2013

Shoe stores sock it to online buyers

Those who try but do not buy frustrate shopkeepers

The Monday Interview from MANAGEMENT May 5, 2013

Steve Mosko, Sony Pictures Television

A love of the small screen has helped the TV boss create one of the Sony empire’s brightest spots

From LEX May 1, 2013

Facebook: with friends like these

More people are using the network but advertisers are slow to like them

The A-List from COMMENT Apr 30, 2013

Why Amazon is king of the political jungle

Congress has taken heed and is at last poised to right a basic wrong, writes Jacob Weisberg

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Apr 29, 2013

Luxembourg set to end bank secrecy

FT series: Grand Duchy wants to shed evasion reputation

From LEX Apr 25, 2013

Amazon: runway gets shorter

Growth is slowing in percentage and, more importantly, in dollar terms

From SPECIAL REPORTS Apr 24, 2013

Future of search: Keyword-driven system requires refinement

Richard Waters sees fresh challenges to Google’s dominance

From SPECIAL REPORTS Apr 24, 2013

Advertisers look for ways to follow consumers

Ever-growing online outlets offer marketers more varied points of contact and fresh forms of doing business, reports Emily Steel

From LEX Apr 22, 2013

Netflix: playing its cards right

Backlash from ill-fated price rise in 2011 has been shaken off

From COMPANIES Apr 22, 2013

Apple battles to regain its product bite

Concern over lower market share in faster-growing markets

From COMPANIES Apr 21, 2013

Ebay calls on sellers to fight tax bill

Donahoe warns legislation would hit growth and jobs

From COMPANIES Apr 21, 2013

The Week Ahead: April 22 – April 28

Diary commentary from FT reporters; data from Thomson Reuters

From COMPANIES Apr 18, 2013

NCC looks to secure a prime web domain

Group is aiming to create better protected online community

From LEX Apr 17, 2013

Ebay: a promising big picture

Building market share may be worth sacrificing a little profitability

Andrew Hill from MANAGEMENT Apr 15, 2013

How not to stifle your new subsidiary

Most of the time, the culture of the buyer prevails

Inside Business from COMPANIES Apr 10, 2013

HP aims for lift-off with Project Moonshot

The new server offers hope but trends are not moving in the company’s favour

From COMPANIES Apr 9, 2013

Blur upbeat on outlook for web services

Online market usage almost triples in first three months

From COMPANIES Apr 9, 2013

Ullman faces tough task at JC Penney

Retailers struggle with changing leadership model

From LEX Apr 5, 2013

US jobs: retail of woe

Sector is declining source of employment, hastened by shift to online shopping

From COMPANIES Apr 5, 2013

Amazon chief bets on news media

Jeff Bezos leads $5m financing deal for Business Insider website

From COMPANIES Apr 5, 2013

Amazon workers in Leipzig vote to strike

Online retailer’s German employees seeking higher pay

From COMPANIES Apr 2, 2013

Amazon hires smartphone expert

Fuels speculation online retailer is developing a smartphone

From LEX Mar 29, 2013

Safeway: Burd song

Chief executive’s parting gift is not entirely consoling

From COMPANIES Mar 28, 2013

Amazon gets social with Goodreads

Online retailer plays catch-up in social media

From COMPANIES Mar 28, 2013

Dragons’ Den Jones reopens Jessops

Entrepreneur relaunches camera chain 11 weeks after it collapsed

From COMPANIES Mar 27, 2013

Walmart goes upmarket to challenge Amazon

Budget retailer targets affluent web-savvy customers

From COMPANIES Mar 27, 2013

Dutch deny Starbucks tax deal is secret

Coffee chain’s finance chief claimed confidentiality before UK MPs