Amazon says it will seek to hire 250,000 people for the holiday season, a significant increase from past years, citing projections for a strong holiday shopping season. As part of… Read More
The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries announced an $85,800 fine against Amazon, alleging that the company knowingly put workers at risk of injury at its Spokane, Wash., fulfillment… Read More
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Just off Interstate 35, midway between San Antonio and Austin, the newest member of Amazon’s robotic fleet has been training for more than a year in… Read More
— Melissa Nick, a vice president of North America fulfillment at Amazon, is leaving the company after more than nine years. Nick was based out of Nashville, Tenn., where she… Read More
New jobs numbers posted to Amazon’s corporate website show the changing footprint of its U.S. workforce for the first time since the company started to curb the growth of its… Read More
Amazon added warehouse space faster than it ultimately needed in response to the challenges of the pandemic, outpacing consumer sales and resulting in an extra $2 billion in costs in… Read More
Is the cost of hiring workers and bolstering its fulfillment network taking a toll on Amazon’s bottom line? Wall Street analysts are betting that the answer is yes. On average,… Read More
Amazon filed a pre-emptive lawsuit Friday morning against New York Attorney General Letitia James, defending its COVID-19 response at major facilities in Staten Island and Queens, N.Y., and across the… Read More
Amazon is rolling out a system that uses sensors and a large-screen display to let workers see, in real time, if they’re maintaining proper social distancing. The “Distance Assistant,” unveiled… Read More
A group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a letter to Amazon on Wednesday questioning the company’s rationale for firing an employee who organized a walkout at a New… Read More
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Amazon is launching a new service called Instant Pickup, promising to let Prime members retrieve items they’ve ordered online in two minutes or less, starting at five of its staffed… Read More
Amazon plans to turn a commercial office building on a central and “fashionable” Berlin street into a fulfillment warehouse as part of a plan to offer the city’s Prime subscribers… Read More
Despite Amazon’s dismissal of the speculation that the company plans to compete directly with UPS and Fedex, Bloomberg says it has seen documents that show the Web retailer plans to… Read More
