<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Spencer Soper - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spencer Soper - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR-vuVNWFbE/spencer-soper</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Spencer Soper - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR-vuVNWFbE/spencer-soper</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:23:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR-vuVNWFbE/spencer-soper.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon to Offer Same-Day Groceries Delivery in 2,300 Cities]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/amazon-to-offer-same-day-groceries-delivery-in-2-300-cities</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/amazon-to-offer-same-day-groceries-delivery-in-2-300-cities</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:31:59 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEmBrI9ghngU/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEmBrI9ghngU/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Will Offer OpenAI Models to Customers for First Time]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/amazon-will-offer-openai-models-to-customers-for-first-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/amazon-will-offer-openai-models-to-customers-for-first-time</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:30:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igNb6ij6_6Ng/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igNb6ij6_6Ng/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks during an unveiling event in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon has rebooted Alexa with artificial intelligence, marking the biggest overhaul of the voice-activated assistant since its introduction over a decade ago.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Falls as Profit Outlook, Cloud Growth Spook Investors]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/amazon-projects-profit-that-underwhelms-on-expense-of-ai-race</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/amazon-projects-profit-that-underwhelms-on-expense-of-ai-race</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:15:57 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_ZysOGF_Od8/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_ZysOGF_Od8/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EBay Gains as Resilient Consumers Fuel Strong Sales Forecast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/ebay-projects-sales-that-top-estimates-on-consumer-resilience</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/ebay-projects-sales-that-top-estimates-on-consumer-resilience</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:16:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Gave Prime Day Shoppers More Time to Browse. Many Went to Walmart]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/amazon-gave-prime-day-shoppers-more-time-to-browse-many-went-to-walmart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/amazon-gave-prime-day-shoppers-more-time-to-browse-many-went-to-walmart</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC.2tNDkrGYE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC.2tNDkrGYE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Walmart’s weeklong “Deals” event outperformed Amazon’s longest-ever Prime Day by several metrics. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Cuts Jobs in Cloud Services Arm Amid Spiraling AI Costs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/amazon-cuts-jobs-in-cloud-services-arm-amid-spiraling-ai-costs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/amazon-cuts-jobs-in-cloud-services-arm-amid-spiraling-ai-costs</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Day]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:32:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqNf.bmRPKTY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqNf.bmRPKTY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The IAD71 Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers, giving the cloud-computing giant the firepower to handle an expected explosion in demand for artificial intelligence applications and other digital services.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Prime Day Fuels 30.3% Rise In US Online Spending]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-12/amazon-prime-day-fuels-30-3-rise-in-us-online-spending</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-12/amazon-prime-day-fuels-30-3-rise-in-us-online-spending</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilgLiFruITPk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilgLiFruITPk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An Amazon truck on Amazon Prime Day in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day sales fell almost 14% in the first four hours of the event compared with the start of last year’s sale, according to Momentum Commerce, which manages 50 brands in a variety of product categories.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prime Day Shoppers Scour Amazon and Rivals for the Best Price]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-11/prime-day-shoppers-scour-amazon-and-rivals-for-the-best-price</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-11/prime-day-shoppers-scour-amazon-and-rivals-for-the-best-price</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:02:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifWfALhMVyHE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifWfALhMVyHE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Packages on Amazon Prime Day in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day sales fell almost 14% in the first four hours of the event compared with the start of last year’s sale, according to Momentum Commerce, which manages 50 brands in a variety of product categories.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Prime Day Sales Off 41% First Day, Brand Adviser Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/amazon-prime-day-sales-plunge-41-in-first-day-of-four-day-event</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/amazon-prime-day-sales-plunge-41-in-first-day-of-four-day-event</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:46:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHM3OwZebO7M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHM3OwZebO7M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker sorts packages on Amazon Prime Day in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day sales fell almost 14% in the first four hours of the event compared with the start of last year’s sale, according to Momentum Commerce, which manages 50 brands in a variety of product categories.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Prime Day Spending Down 14% in Early Hours From 2024]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/amazon-prime-day-spending-down-14-in-early-hours-from-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/amazon-prime-day-spending-down-14-in-early-hours-from-2024</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:48:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZyQk0SsTf2Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZyQk0SsTf2Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker prepares orders at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment centre in Dartford, UK.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Sellers Curb Prime Day Discounts With Tariffs Taking Bite]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/amazon-sellers-curb-prime-day-discounts-with-tariffs-taking-bite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/amazon-sellers-curb-prime-day-discounts-with-tariffs-taking-bite</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:00:21 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihcTS010mUGw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihcTS010mUGw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Amazon Prime Day kicked off on Tuesday and runs for four days. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Orders Employees to Relocate to Seattle and Other Hubs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/amazon-orders-employees-to-relocate-to-seattle-and-other-hubs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/amazon-orders-employees-to-relocate-to-seattle-and-other-hubs</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:29:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNcAhyQdlRD8/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNcAhyQdlRD8/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Amazon.com Inc. headquarters in Seattle.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon’s Jassy Says AI Will Reduce Company’s Corporate Ranks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/amazon-s-jassy-says-ai-will-reduce-company-s-corporate-workforce</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/amazon-s-jassy-says-ai-will-reduce-company-s-corporate-workforce</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Day]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:49:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAjf1Mh0qacc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAjf1Mh0qacc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks during an unveiling event in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon has rebooted Alexa with artificial intelligence, marking the biggest overhaul of the voice-activated assistant since its introduction over a decade ago.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon’s Return-to-Office Mandate Sparks Disability Complaints]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/amazon-s-return-to-office-mandate-sparks-disability-complaints</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/amazon-s-return-to-office-mandate-sparks-disability-complaints</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:58:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihOgc4wfKvaM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihOgc4wfKvaM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Amazon Inc. headquarters in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Seattle is joining liberal strongholds such as San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, in cracking down on drug-riddled areas to stem a spiraling crisis tied to fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DoorDash to Buy Symbiosys to Boost Its $1 Billion-a-Year Ad Unit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-11/doordash-to-buy-symbiosys-to-boost-its-1-billion-a-year-ad-unit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-11/doordash-to-buy-symbiosys-to-boost-its-1-billion-a-year-ad-unit</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Lung]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:00:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWMTJSho9Da8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWMTJSho9Da8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A DoorDash billboard in New York’s Times Square in 2023.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pershing Square Buys Amazon Stake After 31% Drop in Stock Price]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/pershing-square-buys-amazon-stake-after-31-drop-in-stock-price</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/pershing-square-buys-amazon-stake-after-31-drop-in-stock-price</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 18:58:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i80NZa3el7FA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i80NZa3el7FA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Packages on a conveyor belt are automatically sorted for shipping at an Amazon Fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. Over the past weekend, US buyers spent a record $10.9 billion online, according to data from Adobe, and the company expects consumers to splurge another $13.2 billion on Cyber Monday.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Returns to Amazon’s Online Store as Direct Vendor]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/nike-returns-to-amazon-s-online-store-as-direct-vendor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/nike-returns-to-amazon-s-online-store-as-direct-vendor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Bhasin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 22:43:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIDI1grKEsDE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIDI1grKEsDE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A display of sports shoes for sale at a Nike Inc. sportswear store on Istiklal Street in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. Nike Inc. suspended online sales in Turkey via its website and mobile app, days after an increase in customs taxes levied by Turkey on online purchases from abroad.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon CEO Says Customer Demand, Prices Steady Despite Tariffs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/amazon-ceo-says-customer-demand-prices-steady-despite-tariffs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/amazon-ceo-says-customer-demand-prices-steady-despite-tariffs</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 17:23:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6T_aeUWL2gw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6T_aeUWL2gw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks during an unveiling event in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Jassy said Amazon is in the process of building over 100 generative artificial intelligence (AI) features.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Gives Refunds for Years-Old Returns]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/amazon-gives-refunds-apologizes-for-years-old-returns-issues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/amazon-gives-refunds-apologizes-for-years-old-returns-issues</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 19:53:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQwimslR0JXg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQwimslR0JXg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Amazon packages in a UPS truck in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Amazon.com Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on May 1.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Shopper Retreat From Temu, Shein Boosts Macy’s, Kohl’s, Gap]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/us-shopper-retreat-from-temu-shein-boosts-macy-s-kohl-s-gap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/us-shopper-retreat-from-temu-shein-boosts-macy-s-kohl-s-gap</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer Soper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 16:15:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iv98TNoivnB0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iv98TNoivnB0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shoppers carry Macy&apos;s bags in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Consumer sentiment has turned uneasy amid concern about tariffs, though retail sales aren’t likely to show any pullback in March as consumers continued front-loading purchases of goods and cars ahead of possible tariff-driven price hikes.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>