Tag Archives: Amazon

Innovation or Not – Amazon Echo Frames

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Braden Kelley

Amazon announced yesterday that they were making their Amazon Echo Frames available to the general public. Amazon previously announced Echo Frames over a year ago. But, after extensive testing with a limited group of users over this past year, Amazon … Continue reading →

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Innovation or Not – Amazon One

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Braden Kelley

I came across another payments-related invention that Amazon is releasing into the wild. Yes, it is based around biometrics, but before you start getting all freaked out, it doesn’t use an implanted RFID chip or even facial recognition. No, Amazon … Continue reading →

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Innovation or Not – Amazon Alexa Pay for Gas

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Braden Kelley

You can now use the Alexa app on your phone or Alexa-enabled device in your car for an easy way to pay for gas at Exxon and Mobil stations nationwide. Here’s how it works in a nutshell: Drive your vehicle … Continue reading →

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Just Walk Out Groceries — by Amazon

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Braden Kelley

Amazon Go is going big – grocery store big. Today it was revealed that Amazon has opened up a new Amazon Go that is four times (4x) bigger than previous Amazon Go stores. What’s new? Well, this new Amazon Go … Continue reading →

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Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Braden Kelley

It is not too often that the leader of a Fortune 500 gives you an insight into how their company achieves competitive advantage in the marketplace in a letter to shareholders, instead of launching into a page or two of … Continue reading →

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Amazon Changes Everything in a New Way

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Braden Kelley

The arrival of the Internet began major disruption to decades old methods of consumer packaged goods (CPG) distribution. The tried and true method of manufactures selling to a collection of wholesalers, who then sold the product on a range of … Continue reading →

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FedEx Not Keeping Pace

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Braden Kelley

FedEx took the shipping world by storm about forty years ago, growing to become the defacto shipping leader, unseating UPS and DHL. But, then after thirty years of strong growth they began to lose their mojo. In 2003, in a … Continue reading →

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Charting Change – Kindle Price Reduction

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Braden Kelley

I’m super excited how well my new book Charting Change is doing on various Amazon sites around the world (USA, UK, CA, AU, DE, FR, JP)! Charting Change has been the number one new release on Amazon for at least … Continue reading →

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Charting Change – Now Available on Kindle

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Braden Kelley

I’m super excited to announce that my new book Charting Change is now available in English at various Amazon sites around the world (USA, UK, CA, AU, DE, FR, JP) with a traditional eBook coming soon! Charting Change has been … Continue reading →

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Is Jibo Joining Your Family?

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Braden Kelley

I wrote a couple of months ago about the Amazon Echo, the latest piece of hardware to emerge from the South Lake Union headquarters of one my city’s largest employers. A piece of hardware that follows in the wake of … Continue reading →

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