Amazon Prime to scale up prices in Europe and U.K. by up to 43% to offset rising costs
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Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) prime membership program, Amazon Prime announced that it will raise fees for its delivery and streaming service Prime in Europe and U.K. by up to 43% a year amid combating higher costs days ahead of its quarterly financial results scheduled on July 28, 2022.

Amazon sites covering Spain, Italy and France will charge Prime members between 39% and 43% more yearly while U.K. will have a 20% increase, Reuters reported; in U.S., prices were hiked in February.
The price hikes are effective Sep.15 when members join or renew.
Amazon cited "increased inflation and operating costs" as well as faster delivery and more content to stream in statements on the price rises, the first since 2018 for some of the countries.
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