Amazon Academy: How we're supporting small businesses through e-Commerce
Small firms make up almost half of sales on Amazon sites around the world. Across Europe, SMEs exported over €3 billion worth of goods in the past year by working with Amazon.
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Amazon is working with sheep farmers to save their peak season
The closure of restaurants and borders due to COVID-19 caused a major crisis in the sheep meat industry, which saw two of its main sales channels shut down: restaurants and exports. Thanks to collaboration between Amazon and INTEROVIC (the interbranch organisation for the sheep and goat meat sector in Spain), Amazon Prime customers in Madrid and Barcelona can now enjoy traditional cuts of lamb and goat, such as chops, shanks, shoulders, skewered diced meat, leg steaks and skirt steaks.
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Computer kits designed to unleash creativity
Kano is the company behind the computer anyone can make, with simple steps, playful projects, and creative tools for people who want to make technology, not just use it.
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Small British businesses use Alexa to innovate
Laundrapp, a dry cleaning business in London, uses Alexa to innovate in a 150-year-old industry.
Federico Maria Rivalta: Insomnia that led to sales of over 100,000 copies
Federico Maria Rivalta, 59 years old, a fan of detective fiction, was working in finance: he had a good career and money, but he was not happy. So, during long sleepless nights, he began to write a detective story, which he would self-publish with Amazon, transforming his life.
In Pictures: Amazon Academy Brussels 2018
Check out the photos and videos from our latest Amazon Academy in Brussels, where we discussed the 21st century with EU policymakers and small business owners.
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Handmade with love in La Herradura
Lilian and Iñaki created their fashion accessories company ten years ago: now they have opened their shop on Amazon
Faster shipping, lower shipping costs
New Amazon Pan-European Fulfilment Programme to boost SME exports to EU countries.