That’s how Microsoft and Amazon will change the futuristic supermarket

Amazon became this Monday for the first time in history in the most valuable company on the planet after unseating Microsoft on the world throne. The company founded and headed by Jeff Bezos achieved a market capitalization of 797,780 million dollars -697,000 million euros- after advancing in the day yesterday more than 3%.

In this way, it surpassed Bill Gates' signature, which remains with a market value of about 784,000 million dollars -685,000 million euros-; and it is far from Apple, which if recently exceeded the level of one billion dollars, something that then Amazon would also do, today is worth 702,000 million - some 614,000 million -, 37% less.

In any case, Amazon also drops 20% from maximums. We may not hear your name too loud here, but Kroger is one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States. The company announced an alliance with Microsoft, in order to give life to "the store of the future".

Amazon has risen to first place thanks to its own and external factors. For its part, the one that emerged as an online bookstore in 1994 uses the pull of American consumption and the advancement of its business in the cloud ( cloud ), as well as the success of products such as the Alexa assistant or the entertainment platform Prime.

We see in the tweet, the supermarket chain dares to threaten Amazon (in a way), telling them to "take note" of what they are proposing. This "futuristic" proposal is now available in two stores of the chain, each one is close to the headquarters of each company: Monroe (Ohio) and Redmond.
In addition, the panels that include these smart shelves (EDGE Shelf) will be responsible for showing the publicity and thus use this space to generate money renting this space to brands. Kroger seeks to combine its experience in the world of physical stores with the knowledge that Microsoft has in artificial intelligence, the cloud and the Internet of things.

On the other hand, the commercial war and the global slowdown can weigh more heavily on its technological rivals, those with whom the most valuable signature site is disputed. In the case of Apple, the profit warning launched last week by lower income in China, which came to sink 10% in a single session, continues to alarm investors, who even see it as the sign that the global consumption is going down. The supermarket has an application in which we can create a shopping list. When we enter the store the app will guide us and the shelves will show an icon (chosen by the user) with which to find more easily the product we are looking for.

All in all, Bezos, 54, consolidates himself as the richest man in the world, with a fortune of 112,000 million dollars -98,000 million euros-, according to the real-time ranking of Forbes'. With the latest push on the stock market, the company has seen its fortune increase by 4,300 million dollars. we see Microsoft and Kroger seek to update the shopping experience in physical stores, showing personalized advertising and alerting the customer if an item on your list is no longer in stock.

The success or failure of the two stores that are already operational will be crucial to continue updating the stores in the near future.

Dow is going to recover after a loss

After the collapse on Wall Street because of renewed fears of the recession on Wednesday, investors on the European stock exchanges went to diving. By the afternoon, the Dax lost 0.7 percent to 11,255 points, the EuroStoxx50 also fell. By contrast, the car values ​​were slightly better.

After the statements of Trump contradict those of his own staff, the stockbrokers slowly realize that no one knows exactly what had been agreed between China and the US at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, said market analyst Milan Cvetkovic of AxiTrader. "Even though the hope that the trade dispute will be off the table at least in the short term prevails, the topic is likely to leave the stock market busy for some time due to uncertainties."

After the meeting of German motorists with US President Donald Trump and other representatives of the government in Washington, some investors relied on a relaxation in the European-American trade conflict. The US stock exchanges remained closed because of a state action for ex-president George Bush, who died on the weekend. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones had lost a good three percent.

"Uncertainty is moving back into the focus of investors," said Expert Salah Bouhmidi of the analyst DailyFX. "Too many risk fronts intimidate market participants and leave only a few to dream of a year-end rally." Brexit, Crimea crisis and the dispute over the disarmament treaty between the US and Russia pushed the mood. Against this background, some investors in Frankfurt headed for the "safe haven" Bunds. Their purchases pushed the 10-year yield to a six-month low of 0.242 percent.

Investors were also concerned about the convergence of short and long-dated US bond yields. Stockbrokers speak of an "inverse yield curve" when short-dated bonds yield more returns than long-dated bonds. This usually announced a recession in the past.

Economic worries on Wall Street

With a worried expression, investors also looked to London. There, the British Prime Minister Theresa May conceded two slippers in the lower house. Among other things, MEPs secured a say in the next steps should the Brexit deal negotiated with the EU fail in the vote scheduled for 11 December. As the parliamentarians on this issue are hopelessly divided, the risk of a disorderly Brexit without a contract on the future relationship between the UK and the EU, warned Commerzbank analyst Thu Lan Nguyen. The pound sterling remained at $ 1.2770, in line with its monthly low of $ 1.2661.

The visit of the bosses of German carmakers with US involvement in Washington in the face of Trump's customs threats caused a lot of talks. Volkswagen, BMW, and Daimler announced after a peak meeting on Tuesday with government officials in greater commitment in the US. At the round, Trump also participated at times. The shares of the three major German carmakers, however, made up only a small part of their losses on Tuesday and rose by about half a percent each. The biggest winner in the Dax was Bayer with a plus of 1.3 percent. The pharmaceutical and agribusiness group should be more geared towards returns. Already last week, Bayer had announced plans to reduce its global workforce to around 12,000 by the end of 2021 to a total of 118,000 jobs.

DOW-FLASH: US leading index loses around 2 percent

In addition, Brexit also weighed on sentiment after British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a major defeat at the start of deliberations in the British House of Commons. In any case, May will have little chance of reaching a majority for their agreement on Britain's exit from the EU in the planned vote on December 11 in parliament.

From an industry perspective, insurers' papers, in particular, were under pressure to sell. Traders cut back the losses, particularly on low-interest rates on longer-dated bonds in the US bond market. Allianz papers were at a discount of 2.3 percent at the Dax end. The prices of Munich Re (Munich Reinsurance Company) and Hannover Re each fell by around 1.8 percent.

It was even better for the shares of Bayer. They recovered in the course of their initial losses and noted as Dax leaders recently 1.2 percent firmer. CFO Wolfgang Nickl announced further dividend increases and possible share buybacks. In addition, following the acquisition of Monsanto, the pharmaceutical and agrochemical group wants to accelerate its revenue and earnings growth by 2022 and reduce its high debt levels.

In the bond market, the current yield fell from 0.15 percent the day before to 0.11 percent. The bond index Rex (REX Total Price Index) rose by 0.17 percent to 141.83 points. The Bund Future lost 0.14 percent to 162.03 points. The euro last traded at $ 1, 1357.

Amazon going to invest $1 billion in Chile on astronomy data

The possible arrival of the company in the country is known after the government made official on the eve a plan to create a virtual data observatory, with which it seeks to unify the information of the international telescopes located in the country.

In May, Amazon Web Services vice president Teresa Carlson said they would like to invest in the country in the long-term

The US giant Amazon would install a center in Chile to process astronomy data and companies, an announcement that would be finalized in October and that would involve an investment of about USD 1,000 million, the newspaper El Mercurio reported.

Amazon bets strongly in Chile. The American e-commerce group completes the opening of its data center for the processing of astronomy data and companies in the country. The company has invested a billion dollars in the new data center, which will be located at the Telefónica facilities in Santiago.

Last July, Amazon announced that it would finally opt for Chile for the start-up of the data center, after assessing its installation in Argentina. In parallel, the group plans to open a distribution center in the city of Santiago, thus reducing delivery times for products from the United States.

The possible arrival of Amazon to Chile is known after the government made official on the eve a plan to create a virtual data observatory, with which it seeks to unify the information of the international telescopes located in the country.

"According to experts know the talks, who point out that strict confidentiality agreements (...) in the first instance, Amazon would focus on what is known as storage of astronomical data, " said El Mercurio.

Amazon begins the countdown for the opening of its first data center in Chile

The note quoted Amazon Web Services as saying that Chile "is one of the many possibilities that currently" they are looking to expand their investments in the region.

Subsequently, the Chilean president, Sebastián Piñera, met in July with the founder and director of the firm, Jeff Bezos, to analyze strategic alliances, within the framework of a technological forum in the United States.

Currently, Amazon is in full expansion in Latin America. For this year, the company plans to open the doors of its third warehouse in Mexico. Recently, Amazon launched its first customer service center in Colombia, in the Connect business park in Bogotá, coinciding with the launch of Amazon Web Service in the coffee country.

Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, Amazon is currently one of the world's e-commerce giants. Although the group does not detail its turnover by product categories, it is estimated that the company generated sales of between 18,000 million dollars and 36,000 million dollars thanks to fashion in 2016. The company plans to double its fashion sales in all the world until 2020, reaching a business of up to 85,000 million dollars.

The US electronic commerce giant will launch its data center in the metropolitan region of Santiago, after an investment of 1,000 million dollars. According to media, Amazon has also analyzed the possibility of installing the data and services center in the cloud in Argentina