Manhattan retail lease rebound continues, but prime storefronts remain vacant

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Manhattan retail leasing rebounded smartly from the pandemic and continues to strengthen, according to a detailed survey by the Real Estate Board of New York.  Many fewer storefronts in 16 prime “corridors” tracked by the organization were vacant in the second half of 2025 than in the previous six months as Soho, Flatiron and upper Madison […]


Amazon will restrict Prime benefit starting October 1

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The program, which allowed Amazon Prime members to share their shipping benefits with people outside their household that didn’t have a membership, will end on Oct. 1, according to the company’s website.  An Amazon spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business that it is ending the Invitee program, which launched in 2009, and focusing its advertising on […]


Online sales reach $7.9 billion in first 24 hours of Prime Day

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A worker sorts packages on Amazon Prime Day in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Klaus Galiano | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. online sales jumped 9.9% year over year to $7.9 billion on Tuesday, the kickoff of Amazon‘s Prime Day megasale, according to Adobe Analytics. At that level, it marks the “single […]


With New Amazon Prime Show ‘On Call,’ Dick Wolf Enters Streaming

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Around 2010, Dick Wolf’s vast television empire was suddenly coming undone. First, NBC abruptly canceled his network mainstay, “Law & Order,” which had been on the air for two decades, a move that stunned Mr. Wolf’s small production company. A year later, two “Law & Order” spinoffs were unceremoniously shown the door. All that was […]


Amazon sued by DC AG over excluding areas from Prime delivery

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Amazon workers deliver packages on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.  Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Washington, D.C.’s attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the company of covertly depriving residents in certain ZIP codes in the nation’s capital from access to Prime’s high-speed delivery. The lawsuit from […]


Amazon Posts Record Revenue; The cost of Amazon Prime is increasing

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An improving economy and a stubborn virus are beginning to weigh on Amazon’s retail business, even as its cloud computing business grew and an investment boosted profits. The company, whose profits, workforce and share price rose two years ago as Covid forced people to stay home, said Thursday its operating income fell to $3.5 billion […]