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Amazon Teams Up with Ruth Langsford to Show How Alexa Can be a Supportive Companion for Carers

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon has collaborated with UK Charity, Dementia Carers Count to help unpaid carers get the most out of Alexa-enabled devices. Together, they have developed a comprehensive free visual guide that highlights key Alexa features, such as Drop In and advanced scheduling tools, to help carers manage daily routines and feel more supported in their role. Research by Dementia Carers Count found that 71% of unpaid carers lack adequate support, with over a third (36%) describing their role as a 24/7 responsibility. [2] Alexa can lend a small but meaningful hand through reminders, video check-ins,…

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Resale rises: new Amazon research shows pre-owned online shopping now worth £4.3 billion a year in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Britain’s second-hand shopping boom has grown into a £4.3 billion economy that’s reshaping retail, according to new research carried out by the Centre for Economics Business Research (CEBR) and commissioned by Amazon. The report, which included a survey of 10,000 adults across Europe, reveals UK consumers saved £5.6 billion in 2024 by choosing pre-owned products, with three key factors fuelling this transition: increasing cost-of-living pressures, wider availability of pre-owned products, and heightened consideration of environmental issues among shoppers. The economic story: second-hand growthThe research by CEBR projects this thriving online…

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Amazon retail media ad revenue to exceed $60bn this year as it becomes a leading platform for full-funnel activation

Stuart Mitchell

Unlike its Big Tech peers, Amazon’s advertising revenue claims only a small share of total company earnings. Paid search formats remain the core of Amazon’s ad offering, but the company has achieved incremental growth through upper-funnel ad spend and is seeing ad revenue, set to exceed $60bn in retail media alone this year, outpace its overall growth, finds WARC. Alex Brownsell, Head of Content, WARC Media, co-author of the report, says: “E-commerce giant Amazon offers more than retail media advertising—it’s quickly becoming a leading platform for full-funnel activation, with streaming…

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Amazon launches a carbon credit service, enabling access to high-quality credits for qualified companies

Stuart Mitchell

Available through the Sustainability Exchange, this service will offer science-based carbon credits to suppliers, business customers, and Climate Pledge signatories. Below is the post from their website that explains more, please visit their website here for more information.As we continue on our path to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, we remain committed to reducing and eliminating emissions across our global business by implementing real, science-based operational changes—transitioning to carbon-free energy, increasing efficiency in our data centers, electrifying our delivery fleet, and decarbonizing our complex real estate portfolio, just to…

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Iberdrola and Amazon further expand their global renewable energy partnership and harness the AWS cloud to scale Iberdrola’s business

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon and Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest clean energy companies, have added an additional 476 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy PPAs (power purchase agreements) to their global renewable energy partnership, expanding its presence into five countries.  The new power purchase agreements include Amazon’s first PPA in Portugal for 219 MW from the Tâmega Wind Complex, the largest wind farm in Portugal, scheduled to begin construction in early 2025. The partnership also expanded into Spain, with two utility scale PPAs agreed for a total 257 MW of solar and wind…

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