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Sustainability

Social Goods | 14-Year-Old H&M Factory Workers, Burkini Debate, Amazon's Tax Bill

This week, H&M has taken action against factories employing 14-year-olds, and the burkini debate continues.

Sustainability

Social Goods | 14-Year-Old H&M Factory Workers, Burkini Debate, Amazon's Tax Bill

This week, H&M has taken action against factories employing 14-year-olds, and the burkini debate continues.


News & Analysis

How Amazon Values Its Tech Assets for Tax Purposes

Regulators in Europe and the US say that the value Amazon places on the technology behind user experience varies radically depending on which appraisal will lower its tax bill.

News & Analysis

How Amazon Values Its Tech Assets for Tax Purposes

Regulators in Europe and the US say that the value Amazon places on the technology behind user experience varies radically depending on which appraisal will lower its tax bill.


Financial Markets

Amazon Steps Up British Investment With 1,500 New Jobs

Amazon said it would create 1,500 new jobs in 2017 when it opens a new distribution centre in Tilbury, south east England, maintaining its surge of investment in Britain.

Financial Markets

Amazon Steps Up British Investment With 1,500 New Jobs

Amazon said it would create 1,500 new jobs in 2017 when it opens a new distribution centre in Tilbury, south east England, maintaining its surge of investment in Britain.


News & Analysis

Social Goods | Taking Counterfeiters to Court, Terrorism in Bangladesh

This week, luxury brands take a tougher approach to counterfeiters, while terrorist attacks have put Bangladesh's garment industry on edge.

News & Analysis

Social Goods | Taking Counterfeiters to Court, Terrorism in Bangladesh

This week, luxury brands take a tougher approach to counterfeiters, while terrorist attacks have put Bangladesh's garment industry on edge.


Financial Markets

Amazon Courts Women Entrepreneurs at Conference to Boost Sales

Amazon.com is making an effort to woo more women entrepreneurs to its online marketplace by emphasising the company’s global reach and tools for efficiently building a budding business.

Financial Markets

Amazon Courts Women Entrepreneurs at Conference to Boost Sales

Amazon.com is making an effort to woo more women entrepreneurs to its online marketplace by emphasising the company’s global reach and tools for efficiently building a budding business.


News & Analysis

Amazon's New UK Distribution Centre to Create 500 jobs in 2017

Amazon plans to create 500 new jobs when it opens another distribution centre in northern England next year it has announced.

News & Analysis

Amazon's New UK Distribution Centre to Create 500 jobs in 2017

Amazon plans to create 500 new jobs when it opens another distribution centre in northern England next year it has announced.


News & Analysis

Amazon’s Japan Office Searched by Competition Agency

Amazon’s office in Japan was searched by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission over its dealings with merchants who sell goods on its online web store, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

News & Analysis

Amazon’s Japan Office Searched by Competition Agency

Amazon’s office in Japan was searched by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission over its dealings with merchants who sell goods on its online web store, a person with knowledge of the matter said.


Financial Markets

Amazon Cloud Unit Helps It Stay Profitable While Investing

Amazon's second-quarter earnings that topped analysts’ estimates, showing investors it can be consistently profitable.

Financial Markets

Amazon Cloud Unit Helps It Stay Profitable While Investing

Amazon's second-quarter earnings that topped analysts’ estimates, showing investors it can be consistently profitable.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Flipkart Buys Jabong, Dollar Shave Club $1bn Sale

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Flipkart Buys Jabong, Dollar Shave Club $1bn Sale

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


News & Analysis

Amazon Partners With UK Government to Test Delivery by Drone

Amazon and the British government have announced a partnership to test the e-commerce giant’s aerial drone parcel delivery system after run-ins over the technology’s use.

News & Analysis

Amazon Partners With UK Government to Test Delivery by Drone

Amazon and the British government have announced a partnership to test the e-commerce giant’s aerial drone parcel delivery system after run-ins over the technology’s use.