Amazon Air Announces Significant Expansion in Major Markets
The air transport division of online retailer Amazon is expanding its capacity at a regional airport near Chicago that markets itself as an alternative to the city’s O’Hare International Airport, the nation’s sixth busiest cargo facility.
Amazon Thrives on FedEx Delivery Model, but Driver Pay Challenges Persist
Five years on, Amazon.com Inc.’s chief executive officer is betting on decidedly more terrestrial technology: Drivers. As in real people. Tens of thousands of them. High-tailing it through town in gas-slurping vans to leave packages on doorsteps just like the milkman, postal worker, UPS guy and pizza dude before them.
Employees at Amazon’s New NYC Warehouse Launch Union Push
A committee of employees at Amazon.com’s recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center is going public with a unionization campaign, a fresh challenge to the e-commerce giant in a city where it plans to build a major new campus.
Amazon Chooses Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport for Regional Hub
Amazon.com is building a new regional air hub at Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport, bolstering its shipping business in a move that’s expected to create hundreds of jobs for the region.
Trump Targets Amazon in Call for Higher Postal Shipping Rates
President Donald Trump’s administration is recommending the U.S. Postal Service raise prices for shipping packages, a move that would hit online retailers such as Amazon.com.
Amazon Expands Air Division in Illinois
ROCKFORD, Ill. — Amazon announced plans Dec. 3 to expand its Amazon Air operation at the Rockford airport.
Walmart Expands Offerings in Bid to Stay in Retail Race With Amazon
NEW YORK — Walmart may be bruised by Amazon, but it’s learning how to fight back.
Warren Buffett Bids Farewell to Walmart After 20 Years as Amazon Reigns
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has sold its last Walmart Inc. shares, according to a filing Nov. 14, ending a relationship that dates more than two decades.
Nashville Chosen for Amazon Operations Hub
Amazon will build a $230 million operations hub in Nashville, Tenn., that will house 5,000 employees over the next 10 years.
Amazon Air Takes Delivery of 40th Cargo Plane
Amazon.com on Nov. 12 took delivery of the 40th and final plane in a lease deal for its expanding air-cargo operation. More may be on the way. A senior executive at an aircraft lessor said Amazon was shopping around for more Boeing 767 freighters and had put out a request for proposals for an additional six jets earlier this year.