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Sarah Jessica Parker shoes coming to Amazon UK

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is to launch her shoe collection on Amazon UK in October, including introducing three exclusive colours of the ‘Fawn’ court shoe. The news comes almost a year after the footwear brand launched on Amazon in the US and is part of the brands expansion plans in Europe. The e-tailer will offer a variety of both new and...

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Amazon launches ‘women in innovation’ bursaries

Online giant Amazon is introducing a new ‘women in innovation’ bursary to support young women working towards a career in innovation and technology. The bursary was originally launched two years ago, for students at Edinburgh University, and now the scheme is looking for female students in financial need seeking to attend Churchill College in...

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Amazon fastest growing retail brand on social media

Online retail giant Amazon has been named as one of the retail industry's ‘fastest growing social media’ brands, according to the latest Retail Social Media Benchmark results from eDigitalResearch. Amazon topped both the Facebook and Twitter social media ranks, with the online retailer gaining more than 1.2 million new followers on their Twitter...

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Amazon celebrating birthday with Prime Day sale

Amazon is celebrating its 20th birthday on July 15 with a Prime Day sale, which the online retailer states will feature more deals than Black Friday, exclusively for its Prime members. New and existing Prime members will be able to shop thousands of “lightening deals," with six of the popular ‘deals of the day’ receiving unlimited fast, free...