As vaccine misinformation has prompted some to say they will refuse to be inoculated against the coronavirus, the world's largest online retailer remains a hotbed for anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers.
As the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge in online orders, Amazon is now the country's most popular grocery store, according to a recent study by the Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index. The online retail giant is ahead of big-box retailers such as Walmart and Costco, and fan-favorite Trader Joe's.
Beginning in a little over a week on February 8th, more than 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama will begin voting in one of the most important union elections in decades. If they're successful, they'll be the first Amazon warehouse to form a union in the U.S.
Amazon Logistics has signed various leases in an effort to open four new delivery stations in metro Atlanta in 2021. The new stations will power Amazon's last-mile delivery capabilities to speed up deliveries for customers in the Metro Atlanta area. "Bartow County offers an ideal business location for companies wanting to serve Georgia's growing business community and population.
Marion, North Carolina--(Newsfile Corp. - January 29, 2021) - Greene Concepts Inc. (OTC Pink: INKW) is proud to announce that the Company's BE WATERTM line is now displayed and available online for purchase.
Amazon's new energy dashboard started rolling out to customers on Monday. Announced at the company's virtual media event in September, the dashboard provides time and energy usage stats on Echo speakers and displays as well as on select Alexa-enabled third-party devices.
LA MARQUE E-commerce giant Amazon Logistics plans to build a 180,000-square-foot warehouse that would create hundreds of jobs in La Marque, the company and city announced on Thursday. The new "delivery station" would open later in 2021, according to a statement.
Two-day Prime shipping not fast enough to get a new TV in time for the big game? Amazon has once again teamed up with Best Buy to let you order a TV from the e-commerce giant and pick it up the same day at your local Best Buy.
Amazon Logistics plans to open a delivery station in La Marque that will enable quicker delivery times and bring hundreds of jobs to Galveston County. The facility will be the first Amazon delivery station in Galveston County and its ninth in greater Houston, according to the company.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Amazon continues to expand in the Ozarks, as the company recently announced plans for new delivery stations in Springfield and Joplin. "We're excited to continue our investment in Missouri with the addition of two new AMXL facilities, located in Joplin and Springfield," Amazon announced Thursday in a news release.
Amazon is creating a machine learning and artificial intelligence research lab at the University of Southern California. The Center for Secure and Trusted Machine Learning, part of USC's Viterbi School of Engineering, will support research that looks at new scalable ways to secure and preserve privacy in machine learning.
Amazon's second-in-command Jeff Wilke, who is expected to leave the company early this year, is departing with 48,858.377 shares of Amazon stock as of Dec. 30, according to a January Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Amazon AMZN is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2020 results on Feb 2. For the fourth quarter, the company expects net sales between $112 billion and $121 billion. The figure is anticipated to improve 28-38% on a year-over-year basis. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fourth-quarter net sales is pegged at $120.4 billion, suggesting growth of 37.6% from the prior-year quarter's reported figure.
Aside from fast shipping and stocking just about every product you can imagine, you can always count on Amazon for serving up items that you weren't exactly looking for, but will make your life that much better or easier.
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) isn't slowing down. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant announced Jan. 28 it will open a so-called "last-mile" delivery station at 4975 Gulf Freeway in La Marque later this year. The facility will be 180,000 square feet, a spokesman confirmed.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Amazon has announced it will add two new facilities to both Springfield and Joplin. The Springfield location will be located at 2960 North Martin Ave and is expected to open in March. The Joplin location will be located at 3002 South Prigmore is expected to open in February.
Amazon plans to create 3,000 jobs and open a new office in Boston, the company announced Tuesday. The new hires - expected to be focused on software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning, management, HR and finance - will support its Amazon Web Services, robotics, Alexa and nascent Amazon Pharmacy teams. Amazon expects to add the jobs over the next several years.
The two richest men on the planet are sparring in front of federal regulators over the massive satellite internet projects their companies are developing. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Tuesday, as his company works to convince officials of the Federal Communications Commission that it should allow SpaceX to move some of its Starlink satellites to lower altitudes than originally planned.
You may have stopped noticing it, but the logo of Amazon's mobile app hasn't changed in ages - it simply said "Amazon" over a blue shopping cart on a white background, and it wasn't exactly modern. Now, The Verge noticed that the company has a new, more colorful, and frankly just plain nicer "smiley" logo.
Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund is backing a recently launched company focused on decarbonizing the transportation sector as the world rushes toward a greener future. Start-up Infinium manufactures zero-carbon electrofuels, which is fuel made from electricity rather than oil. They're known as drop-in fuels since they can be used with existing infrastructure.