Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 20 of 236

Amazon is shutting down Selz, the e-commerce startup it acquired last year

Amazon is shutting down Selz, GeekWire has learned, about a year after acquiring the small e-commerce startup. Founded in 2013,… Read More

Wearing ‘Eat the Rich’ jacket, Amazon union leader testifies before senators and meets with president

Christian Smalls, the leader of the first union to successfully organize at Amazon in the United States, had a message… Read More

Amazon to reimburse employee travel expenses for abortions and other medical treatments

Amazon will reimburse U.S. employees up to $4,000 annually for travel and lodging for medical treatments that are unavailable within… Read More

Amazon donates $2.2M to fund helping students in Seattle and Bellevue afford basic needs

Amazon is donating $2.2 million to help students from underserved communities in Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., afford basic necessities, the… Read More

Amazon to add 2,500 corporate and tech jobs in expansion of Southern California tech hubs

Amazon plans to add more than 2,500 corporate and tech jobs across multiple sites in Southern California, the company announced… Read More

Amazon workers vote against forming union at second Staten Island warehouse

Amazon employees at a Staten Island facility rejected to form a union Monday by a 618-380 vote. The result is… Read More

Amazon adds ex-NFL star to ‘Thursday Night Football’ broadcast team, announces first matchup

Former Kansas City Chiefs star and NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez is joining the broadcast team for Amazon’s exclusive… Read More

How Amazon ended up with too much warehouse space — and what it’s planning to do next

Amazon added warehouse space faster than it ultimately needed in response to the challenges of the pandemic, outpacing consumer sales… Read More

Amazon stock sinks 10% after Q1 earnings as costs rise amid inflation, supply chain pressure

Amazon shares declined more than 10% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant revealed its first quarter earnings… Read More

Amazon earnings preview: Analysts bullish despite rising costs and inflation

Update, Thursday afternoon: Amazon stock sinks 10% after Q1 earnings as costs rise amid inflation, supply chain pressure Amazon is… Read More

Seattle Mariners to use Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ and palm-scanning tech in new stadium market

Fans eager to return to their seats faster after a beer run at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park will get some help… Read More

Inside Amazon’s first high-tech Go store in suburbia, where there’s more stuff and a made-to-order menu

Amazon Go is growing beyond its traditional urban footprint, ushering in a new era for the high-tech, physical convenience stores… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Netflix ads, Amazon’s shipping business, and Paul Allen’s real legacy

Does it seem like activity is picking up out there in the tech world? Big fundings may be happening less… Read More

Amazon launches $1 billion ‘Industrial Innovation Fund’ — here are the first startups to land cash

Amazon on Thursday announced a new $1 billion venture fund that the tech giant will use to back companies of… Read More

Amazon will extend Prime shipping benefits, and its own reach, to independent e-commerce sites

A new Amazon program will let Prime members buy items on non-Amazon e-commerce sites just as they would on Amazon.com,… Read More

Amazon CEO says company is addressing ‘top 100 employee experience pain points’

Andy Jassy published his first-ever annual shareholders letter as Amazon’s chief Thursday morning, taking over a tradition long-held by founder… Read More

Amazon is publishing new mobile games for the first time since 2015

Amazon is publishing two new mobile games through its Amazon Kids+ service, based on the original Amazon specials Super Spy… Read More

IMDb TV streaming service will rebrand as ‘Amazon Freevee’

Amazon’s ad-supported video streaming service, IMDb TV, is being rebranded. It will be known as Amazon Freevee, starting April 27.… Read More

‘Alexa, grow a tree’: Amazon launches voice-enabled reforestation initiative

Amazon is pairing up with One Tree Planted, a nonprofit that supports reforestation around the world, to plant trees. U.S.… Read More

Jeff Bezos responds to Elon Musk’s tweet about converting Twitter HQ into homeless shelter

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took some time out of his Sunday afternoon to respond to a tweet from Elon Musk,… Read More

Union in Alabama again files objections to Amazon’s conduct before second warehouse election

For the second time, the union attempting to organize workers at an Amazon warehouse facility in Bessemer, Ala., has filed… Read More

A franchise in disguise? Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners program will face a key legal test

Amazon “exercises near complete control” over the thousands of ostensibly independent companies that deliver packages for the e-commerce giant, a… Read More

‘Amazon, here we come,’ President Biden says in address to union leaders

Just days after the company was on the losing end of a historic union election, President Joe Biden issued a… Read More

Amazon is No. 1 on LinkedIn’s annual ranking of top 50 companies where people want to work in U.S.

As it strives to be “Earth’s Best Employer,” Amazon will have to settle for “top U.S. company,” at least according… Read More

Amazon ‘disappointed’ with union vote, may file objection based on ‘undue influence’ by NLRB

A group of Amazon warehouse workers just voted to form a union. But the battle is not over. Amazon issued… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s $212M in annual compensation isn’t quite what it seems

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s total compensation for 2021, including his first six months as the tech giant’s chief executive, was… Read More

In historic milestone for Amazon and organized labor, workers at N.Y. warehouse vote to unionize

For the first time in Amazon’s history, a group of the company’s U.S. warehouse workers voted to form a union,… Read More

Why this Amazon union vote is significant — for the company and the tech industry

No matter the result of a potentially historic organized labor outcome at Amazon warehouses, this is a “significant” moment for… Read More

Amazon appears to defeat union effort in Alabama again, but union leads in vote at N.Y. facility

Amazon faced off against unionization efforts at company warehouse facilities in New York and Alabama on Thursday, with vote counts… Read More

Unlock Venture Partners puts its portfolio in the metaverse

A Los Angeles- and Seattle-based investment firm may be the first to put its own portfolio page in the metaverse.… Read More