Amazon.com is set to battle grocers in the U.K. with its one-day delivery service called Pantry. The e-commerce leader’s Pantry expansion takes on U.K. grocer heavyweights such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons. Other rivals are the U.K. units of U.S.-based retailers Wal-Mart (WMT) and Whole Foods (WFM). In the U.S., the war for e-commerce grocery business is intensifying. Amazon.com (AMZN) has been battling Wal-Mart, which has rolled out a
Amazon.com’s (AMZN) latest baby project has grown up. This week, Amazon Restaurants launched its one-hour delivery program in Los Angeles and said that it plans to continue to expand. Amazon launched the service in its Seattle home base in September and Portland in October. Amazon offered the service through the company’s Prime Now app, one of many perks that Prime members have access to; others include free two-day delivery and free video and
Amazon.com (AMZN) or other companies might counter IAC/InterActiveCorp’s (IACI) hostile bid to buy consumer-reviews website Angie’s List (ANGI), says Needham & Co. After the close Wednesday, IAC made an unsolicited offer to buy consumer-reviews website Angie’s List for more than $500 million in cash, or $8.75 a share. Angie’s List stock closed Wednesday’s regular session at 7.92 and hasn’t traded above 8.75 since October 2014. Angie’s List stock