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GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Amazon Bid to Delay Union Vote Rejected

The National Labor Relations Board has rejected Amazon .com Inc.’s request to delay a unionization vote at the company’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse, clearing the way for the closely watched election to begin next week

February 5, 2021
BusinessLogistics

Amazon Makes First Aircraft Purchase to Expand Delivery Network

Amazon .com Inc. is buying 11 used Boeing 767-300 planes, the first time the online retail giant has purchased, rather than leased, aircraft for its fast-growing air cargo operation.

January 5, 2021
BusinessLogistics

Amazon Delays Hike in Merchant Fees Until June 2021

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, 2020
BusinessLogistics

Amazon 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, 2020
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon’s Whole Foods Opens Delivery-Only Facility in Brooklyn

Whole Foods Market on Sept. 1 opened a location in Brooklyn that it’s calling a store — except shoppers won’t be welcome to walk the aisles.

September 1, 2020
BusinessTechnologyFuelLogistics

Amazon Buys 1,800 Electric Mercedes Vans in Latest Green Effort

Amazon .com Inc. is buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, the retailer’s biggest commitment to date to cut the carbon footprint of its delivery operations in Europe.

August 28, 2020
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon Names Logistics Head Dave Clark New Consumer CEO

Amazon .com Inc. has named logistics boss Dave Clark CEO of its retail business.

August 21, 2020
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Amazon to Pay One-Time Bonuses of $500 to Most Logistics Workers

Amazon.com Inc., after complaints about ending pandemic hazard pay, will give one-time bonuses of $500 to most frontline workers.

June 29, 2020
BusinessTechnologySafetyLogistics

Amazon Deploys Social Distancing Software at US Warehouses

Amazon.com Inc. is deploying software in its warehouses to automatically warn employees when they are too close to colleagues, the latest effort by the retailer to adjust its facilities to life with the coronavirus.

June 16, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Amazon Diverts Masks to Hospitals, Pledges Warehouse Safety

Amazon .com Inc. said it will divert sales of masks and other medical supplies to hospitals and government entities.

April 2, 2020