The optics war between Amazon.com and its critics intensified on Cyber Monday with labor, environmental and digital privacy groups staging events to amplify their concerns about the world’s biggest online retailer.
The drive to turn products more eco-friendly is sweeping through the U.S. beverage market, with plastic being replaced in everything from red Solo cups to Coca-Cola and PepsiCo water bottles.
Amazon.com is counting on a smartphone app known for cheap deals to lure Chinese consumers during the Black Friday online spree, in a partnership that extends to the end of the year.