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Day 2: Why Amazon’s union battle isn’t over yet; and the end of Prime Now as we know it

Wait, didn’t Amazon win its battle with the union in Bessemer, Ala.? Yes, the vote came out in the company’s… Read More

Amazon will end Prime Now as standalone service, integrate speedy deliveries into main app and site

With Amazon offering increasingly faster delivery times — not just one-day or same-day but sometimes a matter of hours —… Read More

We tested Amazon’s new Whole Foods delivery service in Austin, the upscale grocer’s hometown

AUSTIN, Texas — Gray skies, cops on bikes, microbrews and transit turmoil: If Texas’ state capital gets picked as Amazon’s HQ2,… Read More

Amazon adds ‘Handmade’ artisan products to Prime Now 2-hour delivery service as it battles Etsy

Artisans who sell products on Amazon’s Handmade platform can now leverage the company’s 2-hour Prime Now delivery service. Amazon announced… Read More

‘Alexa, order beer:’ Amazon adds Prime Now two-hour delivery voice ordering to digital assistant

Amazon has added Prime Now rapid delivery voice ordering to its Alexa-powered family of devices. That means owners of any… Read More

Instacart raises $400M at a reported $3.4B valuation as it battles Amazon for grocery delivery supremacy

Grocery delivery startup Instacart has raised a $400 million round as it battles Amazon and others for grocery delivery supremacy. Previous… Read More

Amazon adds New Seasons Market to Prime Now 2-hour delivery service in Seattle

Amazon today announced that it is now delivering from New Seasons Market to Prime Now customers in Seattle. The grocery store,… Read More

Amazon Prime members can now order their favorite meals through Alexa

“Alexa, order dinner.” That’s not exactly how Amazon’s newest Alexa skill works, but that’s the gist. The online retail giant… Read More

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Week in Geek: How Amazon is shaking up its controversial employee reviews

This week on the GeekWire podcast: Amazon is ‘radically simplifying’ how it assesses the performance of its employees each year — overhauling a controversial tradition that… Read More

Amazon to offer Prime Now delivery from Bartell Drugs, connecting old Seattle retail with new

Amazon will offer speedy delivery of items from Bartell Drugs in the Seattle area in a new expansion of its Prime… Read More

Amazon shelling out record sums for shipping in push for faster delivery

Amazon’s net shipping costs soared to nearly $1.75 billion in the third quarter, the second-highest quarterly total in the company’s history and… Read More

A second Amazon drive-up store in Seattle? Filings link tech giant to mystery project at Starbucks HQ

Amazon is remodeling the former Sears store at the Starbucks headquarters in Seattle with 40,000-square-feet of distribution space, a public retail lobby, and… Read More

Analysts: Amazon stock could hit $1,000/share with Alexa possibly becoming a ‘fourth pillar’

A pair of Wall Street analysts are high on Amazon, and they project the company’s stock may soon exceed $1,000… Read More

Amazon partners with San Francisco 49ers to offer one hour Prime Now deliveries for tailgaters

San Francisco 49ers fans already watch home games at one of the most high-tech stadiums in sports, so it’s only natural that… Read More

Amazon’s auto ambitions: How long until people can buy cars through the e-commerce giant?

The recent announcement of Amazon’s new Vehicles automotive research feature left many — including our newsroom here at GeekWire — wondering when… Read More

Amazon partners with Hyundai to let Prime members book test drives

Over the weekend, Amazon facilitated test drives for prospective Hyundai buyers in an unorthodox move for the Seattle-based tech giant.… Read More

Alcohol delivery party gets more crowded as goPuff brings goBooze to Seattle

The on-demand convenience store delivery startup goPuff — which promises thousands of products at your fingertips in 30 minutes —… Read More

Amazon abruptly ending Prime Now bicycle courier program in Seattle

Amazon will stop making Prime Now deliveries via bicycle courier in its hometown of Seattle after this Saturday, shifting entirely to… Read More

GrubHub CEO: ‘Uber and Amazon are the new boogiemen in the market’

Amazon, Uber, and a whole host of startups are hungry for their share of the food delivery market. But GrubHub has… Read More

Amazon launches Prime Now local store delivery in Seattle, starting with PCC and Uwajimaya

Updated with comment from PCC CEO Cate Hardy. Amazon is expanding its Prime Now one- and two-hour delivery service in Seattle to… Read More

Amazon boasts average wait of 39 minutes as it keeps bringing restaurant delivery to new cities

Amazon continues to expand its Prime Now delivery service at a breakneck pace, announcing on Tuesday that it will now deliver hot… Read More

Amazon Pantry launches in UK with flat-rate, next-day shipping on household items

Amazon just launched its household delivery service called Amazon Pantry in the U.K., more than a year after the company debuted a similar… Read More

Amazon launches restaurant delivery in Los Angeles, keeps hinting at larger rollout to come

Amazon is now delivering hot meals from restaurants around the Los Angeles area as the company continues to expand the service… Read More

Survey shows consumers may need some time to warm up to Amazon’s new crowdsourced deliveries

While companies like Uber and Amazon continue to turn to tech savvy city-dwellers to test new business models that rely on crowdsourced… Read More

Life as an Amazon bicycle courier: Steep hills and even steeper expectations

Amazon has a growing list of seemingly magical new delivery services, promising to bring household items, high-tech gadgets and even dinner to your… Read More

Exclusive: Uber to launch restaurant delivery in Seattle and 5 other new cities in big expansion

Watch out, Amazon — you’re not the only tech giant looking to dominate the restaurant delivery business. Uber has been adding… Read More

Amazon teams up with Seahawks star Richard Sherman for Prime Now delivery

Richard Sherman has already partnered with big tech companies like T-Mobile and Apple-owned Beats by Dre. Now Sherman is teaming… Read More

Amazon expands Prime Now into Portland, will deliver food from local groceries

Amazon quietly launched its Prime Now one-hour delivery service in Portland, Ore. sometime on Tuesday, the same day the service… Read More

Amazon secretly testing new restaurant delivery service in Seattle with Prime Now rollout

Amazon has quietly started experimenting with delivery of hot meals from restaurants in the Seattle area, GeekWire has learned. It’s a… Read More

Amazon set to launch new ‘Amazon Flex’ package pickup service with Prime Now in Seattle area

GeekWire has discovered a “confidential” new Amazon facility that’s getting ready to launch Prime Now one-hour delivery in the Seattle area,… Read More