GeekWire
  • Home
  • News
    • Amazon
    • Microsoft
    • Startups
    • Space
    • Geek Life
    • Podcasts
    • Civic presented by Microsoft
    • Sustainability
    • Health/Life Sciences
    • Tech Moves presented by TalentReach
    • Accenture at AWS re:Invent 2023 sponsored by Accenture
    • AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2023 Spotlights sponsored by AWS
    • Best of Tableau Conference ’24 sponsored by Tableau
    • Bot or Not presented by Google Cloud
    • GeekWire on the Road: Spokane
    • Guide to re:Invent sponsored by AWS
    • Money Hacks presented by BECU
    • Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored by Greater Seattle Partners
  • Jobs
  • Events
    • GeekWire Events
    • Community Calendar
  • Lists
    • Amazon Office Buildings
    • GeekWire 200
    • GeekWire Startup List
    • GeekWire Startup Resources
    • GeekWire Startup Spaces
    • Layoff Tracker
    • Northwest Women VC & Angel Investor List
    • Recent Fundings
    • M&As and IPOs
    • Seattle Engineering Outposts
    • Venture Capital Directory
  • Membership
    • Memberships
    • Health Benefits
  • About
    • About GeekWire
    • Email Newsletters
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Sponsors
    • Reprints & Permissions

Amazon Prime

Amazon makes Grubhub food delivery perk for Prime members an ongoing offer

by Kurt Schlosser on May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Amazon is getting its grub on permanently. Extending a food delivery perk that was originally good for a year, Amazon and Grubhub announced Wednesday that Prime members in the U.S.… Read More

Amazon will stream Seattle Kraken hockey games to Prime subscribers in unique sports rights deal

by Kurt Schlosser on April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 at 8:52 am

Seattle Kraken fans will have a new place to root for the pro hockey team next season. The franchise announced an innovative new broadcast deal Thursday that will bring games… Read More

Amazon delivery gets faster, with 65% jump in number of same-day and overnight items in U.S.

by Kurt Schlosser on January 30, 2024January 30, 2024 at 9:27 am

Amazon continues to increase the speed with which it can get deliveries to customers, announcing Tuesday that it increased the number of items delivered in the U.S. on the same… Read More

Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

by Kurt Schlosser on November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 at 6:19 am

Almost eight months after closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical, Amazon is making health care through the platform a benefit for Prime members. For $9… Read More

News Brief

Amazon raises free shipping minimum order amount to $35 for some non-Prime customers

by Kurt Schlosser on August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 at 9:45 am

Amazon is testing a new minimum order amount of $35 for non-Prime members to qualify for free shipping, raising the amount from $25 in what has been a constantly shifting… Read More

Amazon: More than half of deliveries now arrive same-day or next-day in top 60 U.S. metro areas

by Todd Bishop on July 31, 2023July 30, 2023 at 9:41 pm

Amazon says it has achieved its fastest delivery speeds on record after overhauling its U.S. operations to put more items closer to customers. More than half the items purchased by… Read More

FTC sues Amazon, alleging it duped consumers into buying hard-to-cancel Prime subscriptions

by Lisa Stiffler on June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 at 11:22 am

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly duping customers into signing up for subscriptions to its Prime service and making it unnecessarily difficult for them to cancel. “Amazon… Read More

Amazon Prime package delivery

Update: Amazon disputes analyst report saying Prime growth has plateaued in U.S.

by Todd Bishop on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 at 9:48 am

Updated at 8:50 a.m. with Amazon response. The number of Amazon customers who use Amazon Prime in the United States has leveled off in the past year at just under… Read More

Trying for more smiles? Amazon rolls out quirky mix of new slogans on Prime delivery vans

by Kurt Schlosser on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 at 2:07 pm

Amazon is rolling out a collection of eye-catching new slogans on its Prime delivery vans, playing off what just might be inside its fleet of blue vehicles. GeekWire spotted several… Read More

Amazon adding new fees for grocery delivery

by Kurt Schlosser on January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 at 2:20 pm

Amazon is tacking on new service fees for Prime members who get less than $150 worth of groceries via the company’s Amazon Fresh delivery service. In an email to customers,… Read More

Amazon expands customer reviews to third-party sites in new phase of ‘Buy with Prime’ program

by Todd Bishop on January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 at 6:09 am

Amazon will give third-party merchants the ability to display Amazon customer ratings and reviews on their own e-commerce sites for the first time under an expansion of its “Buy with… Read More

Podcast

Amazon’s new reality: Where the tech giant is doubling down and cutting back in tough times

by Todd Bishop on November 5, 2022November 4, 2022 at 5:22 pm

Amazon has grown dramatically over the past decade, surpassing 1.5 million employees and extending its reach into nearly every corner of commerce and society. Now, the turbulent economy is forcing… Read More

Amazon sets two-day ‘Prime Early Access Sale’ for Oct. 11-12, hoping to spark early holiday shopping

by Todd Bishop on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 at 10:15 pm

Amazon confirmed that it will hold a new online shopping event Oct. 11-12, exclusive to Prime members — seeking to replicate the effect of its annual summertime Prime Day event… Read More

Amazon partners with Grubhub and adds new Prime food delivery perk

by Kurt Schlosser on July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 at 2:10 pm

Three years after giving up on its own food delivery service, Amazon is trying a new tactic, partnering with delivery company Grubhub and offering free, one-year Grubhub+ memberships as part… Read More

Amazon sued for ending free Whole Foods delivery as Prime benefit

by Todd Bishop on June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 at 4:32 pm

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon breached its contract with Prime members last year when it stopped offering free two-hour delivery on Whole Foods purchases of $35 or… Read More

Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future

by Todd Bishop on May 24, 2022May 25, 2022 at 9:20 am

One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s CEO was an important one. It was, in essence: Has… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Netflix ads, Amazon’s shipping business, and Paul Allen’s real legacy

by Todd Bishop on April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 at 7:42 am

Does it seem like activity is picking up out there in the tech world? Big fundings may be happening less frequently (with notable exceptions such as Convoy) but the return… Read More

Video

No address, no problem: Amazon enables Prime members to send gifts via text or email in app

by Kurt Schlosser on October 4, 2021October 3, 2021 at 7:13 pm

Amazon is making it easier for Prime members to get gifts to friends and family, even if the shopper doesn’t have a delivery address to work with. The company announced… Read More

Amazon experiments with removing ability to move items from ‘Saved for Later’ to Wish List

by Todd Bishop on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 at 5:48 pm

Some eagle-eyed Amazon customers have noticed a change in the options available from their “Saved for Later” lists, and we can confirm they’re not imagining things. For some users, on… Read More

Podcast

‘This company was invented for the pandemic’ — Scott Galloway on Amazon in a ‘Post Corona’ world

by Todd Bishop on November 24, 2020March 6, 2023 at 5:38 pm

Amazon’s big move into the pharmacy business last week wasn’t a surprise at all, and it’s just part of a larger plan to reinvent a trillion-dollar industry. Coming up from… Read More

Video

Amazon now offering one-hour curbside pickup for Prime shoppers at all Whole Foods locations

by Kurt Schlosser on October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 at 8:36 am

Amazon is now offering free, one-hour pickup of online grocery orders for Prime members at its Whole Foods stores across the U.S, expanding on a shopping trend that has taken… Read More

Amazon says third-party merchants sold $3.5B of goods during Prime Day amid antitrust scrutiny

by Monica Nickelsburg on October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 at 10:40 am

Amazon said Thursday that this year’s Prime Day provided the biggest boon to third-party sellers in the sales event’s six-year history. Outside merchants sold more than $3.5 billion of goods… Read More

Amazon’s first-ever fall Prime Day brings new challenges in the midst of a tumultuous year

by Monica Nickelsburg on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 at 5:53 am

Amazon and its army of logistics workers are bracing for the first-ever fall Prime Day starting Tuesday, as the extraordinary circumstances of 2020 bring new challenges for a shopping event… Read More

Amazon rebrands Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming as part of video game perk for Prime members

by Kurt Schlosser on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 at 10:04 am

Amazon rebranded a video game-related benefit for Prime members on Monday, renaming Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming. Prime Gaming will offer more new content and free games, plus a monthly… Read More

Amazon expands route for package delivery robot Scout with addition of two Southern cities

by Kurt Schlosser on July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 at 8:06 am

Amazon Scout, the package delivery robot that looks like a cooler on wheels, is headed to two new cities as the tech giant continues to expand the test market for… Read More

News Brief

Report: Walmart set to launch Amazon Prime competitor

by Nat Levy on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 at 5:32 am

Walmart is reportedly close to launching a loyalty program called Walmart+ to rival the popular Amazon Prime offering. Recode reported that Walmart has been developing the program for the last… Read More

Amazon tops 150M paid Prime subscribers globally after record quarter for membership program

by Todd Bishop on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 at 2:37 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos once said the company’s goal is to make it “irresponsible” for someone to choose not to join its Prime membership program, and it looks like it’s… Read More

Amazon experiencing shipping delays amid busy holiday season and shift to one-day delivery

by Nat Levy on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 at 11:31 am

Amazon is experiencing some shipping delays as the busy holiday season continues to heat up. As first reported by Recode, Amazon cited winter storms as well as increased demand as… Read More

Apple Prime? Tech giant takes big step toward subscriptions with new Apple Card-iPhone perk

by Nat Levy on October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 at 7:20 am

Apple is inching closer to embracing a so-called “Apple Prime” subscription program that investors have speculated about for years, potentially taking a page out of Amazon’s playbook. As part of… Read More

Prime dispute: Trucking company sues Amazon over logo on tech giant’s shipping fleet

by Nat Levy on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 at 11:42 am

Amazon’s Prime-branded trucks have drawn a legal challenge from a company with a familiar name. Prime Inc., a nearly 50-year-old trucking company based in Missouri, filed a lawsuit against Amazon… Read More

  • Older

A Word From Our Sponsors

About

  • About GeekWire
  • Contact Us
  • Ask About Advertising
  • Send Us a Tip
  • Become a GeekWire Member
  • Join Our Startup List
  • Reprints and Permissions

Follow

GeekWire Newsletters

Catch every headline in your inbox

Read GeekWire

  • Apple News
  • Google News

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sponsored Content Policy
Return to Top of Page
© 2011-2024 GeekWire, LLC