Most people think ordering products online is better for the environment than actually going to a store, but a story in the <i>SĂĽddeutsche Zeitung</i> on Sunday showed that internet shopping can have its ecological costs.
Amazon’s current woes in Germany, following allegations that a security firm it hired intimidated foreign, seasonal workers, are just another example of how American companies misunderstand the German market, daily <i>Die Welt</i> reported on Sunday.
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The German competition watchdog on Wednesday launched an investigation into the policy of online retailer Amazon which bans third-party traders from selling their products cheaper elsewhere on the web.
US online retail giant Amazon said on Monday it had cut ties with a security firm at the centre of allegations that foreign seasonal staff hired in Germany were harassed and intimidated.
German Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen called Sunday for a thorough probe into allegations that foreign seasonal workers hired in Germany by US online retail giant Amazon were harassed and intimidated.
Internet retail giant Amazon promised to investigate after a television documentary showed foreign workers brought to Germany on temporary contracts for the Christmas rush being intimidated by suspected neo-Nazi security guards.
Online retail giant Amazon has come under fire in Germany for using nearly 1,500 people on the most basic social support as unpaid packers in its logistics centres in the run-up to Christmas.
A German book publisher is challenging Amazon and other electronic book makers by releasing a no-frills e-reader which undercuts the Kindle by nearly €40 euros.
A German hacker says he cracked the wireless LAN password of his neighbour in 20 minutes – using the cloud computing power available on Amazon in a demonstration which he says should sensitise people and businesses to security issues.
Web retailer Amazon went down in Germany for at least half an hour on Sunday evening, prompting speculation that it was the latest victim of a wave of Wikileaks-related hacker attacks.
The CEO of the German firm behind the iPad competitor “WeTab” has stepped down after it was exposed this week he covertly wrote glowing reviews of the tablet PC on Amazon, the online retailer confirmed on Tuesday.
Amazon.de’s new grocery delivery service needs a bit of fine tuning, according to test results released by consumer watchdog <i>Stiftung Warentest</i> on Monday.
Online retailer Amazon began selling food on its German website Thursday, offering some 35,000 different products including vegetables, meat, fish, baked goods, deli items and regional specialties.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is to sue online bookseller Amazon for selling extreme right-wing books, the AJC’s Berlin office announced Friday.
Amazon will not offer their “Kindle” electronic book device in Germany in the near future despite rumours of a release in June, magazine <i>Wirtschaftswoche</i> reported this week.
