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Jeff Bezos: Champion Of The Poor?
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 4:03pm | 644Jeff Bezos is looking to put his $84.9 billion to good use. Request for ideas… pic.twitter.com/j6D68mhseL — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 15, 2017 The polymath owner of the Washington Post and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Blue Origin tweeted Thursday a request for...
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Amazon To Offer Discounted Prime Benefits To Those Receiving Government Assistance
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 9:20am | 274Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) took steps Tuesday to expand membership opportunities to lower-income communities. Now, customers with verified Electronic Benefits Transfer cards qualify to receive Prime benefits for $5.99 per month, which will improve access to Amazon’s online marketplace...
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Stifel Introduces 'LaBarometer,' A Monthly Metric Tracking Low-Income Consumers
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 12:24pm | 240Taylor LaBarr of Stifel introduced on Monday a new tracking metric called “LaBarometer” that attempts to quantity the “changing financial pressures on low-income consumers.” The results from the monthly metric could provide investors with potential impacts on sales at...