Amazon .com Inc. says it will delay raising fees it charges independent sellers to store and ship items until June, a gesture to merchants who have sometimes bristled at the rising costs of doing business with the company.
December 22, 2020Amazon News Updates
Amazon Alabama Workers Get Chance for First-in-US Union
Amazon .com Inc. workers at an Alabama warehouse were given the go-ahead by federal regulators to vote on whether to form what would be the first union at a U.S. facility of the e-commerce giant.
December 16, 2020Amazon’s Zoox Unveils Autonomous Electric Vehicle
Zoox Inc., the self-driving startup owned by Amazon .com Inc., unveiled a fully autonomous electric vehicle with no steering wheel that can drive day and night on a single charge.
December 14, 2020Amazon Merchants Say Deliveries of Some Products Are Delayed
Amazon .com Inc. merchants around the U.S. say some products that normally reach customers in one or two days are now taking a week or longer just as the world’s largest online retailer heads into what’s expected to be a record-busting holiday shopping season.
November 25, 2020Walgreens CFO Downplays Amazon’s Role in Pharmacy Industry
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s finance chief downplayed the impact of Amazon .com Inc. just days after the internet giant’s push into online pharmacy sent shares of pharmacies and drug distributors reeling.
November 20, 2020Amazon Opens Online Pharmacy, Shaking Up Another Industry
The online colossus opened an online pharmacy Nov. 17 that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to their front door in a couple of days.
November 17, 2020Amazon to Expand In-Garage Delivery to 4,000 US Cities
Amazon .com Inc. is about to see whether shoppers wary of contact with package delivery drivers would rather let them into the garage instead.
November 12, 2020Amazon Grows Delivery Network in Brazil’s Largest Logistics Push
Amazon .com Inc. is opening three new distribution centers in Brazil, marking its biggest logistics push in Latin America’s largest market as competition intensifies amid the coronavirus pandemic.
November 9, 2020Amazon Announces First Air Cargo Expansion Outside US
Amazon .com Inc. is launching air cargo operations in Europe, the online retailer’s first such expansion outside of the U.S. as it looks to bring more freight operations in-house.
November 5, 2020Plus Selects Amazon Web Services as Cloud Provider
Plus, a provider of self-driving truck technology, announced it selected Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider to support the commercial deployment of its system.
October 22, 2020