Amazon this week launched a new shopping-oriented visual search feature. Known as Lens Live, it builds on Amazon’s existing Lens tool, and adds a real-time component. Users can point their phone cameras at various items or scenes to unlock shoppable product information about physical items.
Amazon Prime Day – which is really four days – reached record sales this year. Stretching from July 8th to 11th, U.S. retailers saw $24.1 billion in online spending, which is 30.3 percent year-over-year growth. It’s also the equivalent of two Black Fridays given 2024 online Black Friday sales of $10.8 billion.
oogle’s drone delivery division, Wing, just pushed things forward in localized aerial eCommerce delivery, in partnership with Walmart. This follows similar moves and geographic expansions from Amazon, signaling an ongoing land grab – or airspace grab – in last-mile delivery to local markets.
People often think of Amazon’s growth in advertising in a search or display sense on Amazon.com. But what about its endeavors into streaming? We heard
Companies from Adobe to Google are starting to peel away AI features from a core product to instead live within discreet – and often paid – apps. Will that work? The question boils down to whether or not consumers are ready to pay for AI en masse.
Word came this week that Amazon is shelving its Inspire Feed. The feature – itself inspired by TikTok’s shoppability – launched in 2022 to blend Amazon-style shopping with social commerce vibes. The thought was to marry product discovery with transaction-enabled shopping – a compressed funnel.
Amazon has found its latest conquest: selling cars. This follows its entries into massive new markets such as healthcare, advertising, and cloud computing.
Amazon has reached the latest milestone in the elusive dream for last-mile logistics: ubiquitous drone delivery. After recently concluded its delivery trials in California, it’s now moving on to the next test market: Phoenix.
The past week in Local news was highlighted with Microsoft and Criteo transforming retail media, Tiger Pistol and AdBud, the potential effects of TikTok Shop,
This week saw “Black Friday in July.” That’s right, it was Prime Day… which is actually two days. The Amazon-invented holiday broke records this year and we have all the data and takeaways.
In Episode 84 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, my co-host Mike Boland and I use the example of AI startup Ario to discuss
In Episode 83 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, my co-host Mike Boland and I discuss the rapid evolution of retail media from the
We’ve recently covered Meta’s challenges with European regulators. According to a recent story in Reuters, Meta isn’t the only big tech big dog to find itself
The past week in Local news was highlighted with the news of Google local search enhancements, the new SOCi Chat, Walmart’s immersive shopping play and
The past week in Local news was highlighted with the news of Tiger Pistol partnering with Amazon, big tech’s ad revenue dominance surging, Meta halting
Tiger Pistol has beefed up its platform. The company recently told Localogy that it’s among a few select partners to take part in Amazon’s Sponsored Display product, currently in beta.
The FAA has approved Amazon’s request for its Prime Air service to fulfill drone deliveries beyond line-of-sight proximity. What does this mean for local commerce?
There’s a new eCommerce player in town: FedEX. A longtime component in the broader eCommerce value chain, it’s now expanding its position from shipping & logistics to business-facing software.
Amazon is bringing its retail check-out palm scanning technology, Amazon One, to the enterprise. This includes use cases like employee or guest check-in systems or access to sensitive software (think: HR).
Amazon continues to seed and accelerate demand for AI, which was on full display at this week’s re:Invent conference. Among other things, it launched an enterprise chatbot and dedicated chips for AI training.
