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Amazon, Shopify Open Amazon Logistics Resources to Sellers

Amazon .com Inc. and Shopify Inc. have struck a deal to allow merchants who pay for Shopifys e-commerce tools to use Amazons logistics network.

August 31, 2023
BusinessSafetyLogisticsTCA

Amazon Delivery Drivers in Denver Undergo Unique Training

Many Amazon delivery drivers located in Denver have likely gone through a three-day course developed locally, one that could eventually serve as a model of driver training elsewhere.

August 29, 2023
BusinessLogisticsPrivate

Revived Amazon Service for Sellers Competes With UPS, FedEx

Amazon has restarted a shipping service it paused in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and that competes with carriers such as FedEx and UPS.

August 18, 2023
BusinessLogisticsPrivate

Amazon Imposing Fee on Sellers Who Do Their Own Shipping

Amazon.com Inc. is imposing a new fee on merchants who dont use the companys logistics services, a change many of these sellers consider coercive and surprising.

August 16, 2023
BusinessTechnologyFuelPrivate

Amazon Dinged for Coming Up Short on Carbon-Emission Actions

Four years into a plan to eliminate its carbon emissions, Amazon.com Inc. has lost a key endorsement from the worlds leading watchdog of corporate climate goals.

August 14, 2023
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Rivian Will Build 52,000 EVs This Year, More Than Planned

Rivian Automotive Inc. expects heavy losses to continue as it boosts production plans for the year and works to reestablish itself as a rising player in the increasingly crowded EV market.

August 8, 2023
BusinessPrivate

Amazon Profits, Revenue Surge in Q2

NEW YORK Amazon on Aug. 3 posted better-than-expected revenue and profits for the second quarter, sending its stock higher in after-hours trading.

August 3, 2023
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsPrivate

Amazon Fresh Offers Grocery Delivery to Non-Prime Members

Amazon has begun offering its Fresh grocery delivery service to customers who arent Prime members.

August 2, 2023
BusinessLogisticsPrivate

Amazon to Double Number of Same-Day Delivery Facilities

Amazon.com Inc. will double the number of U.S. same-day delivery facilities in the coming years, the company announced July 31.

July 31, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Amazon, Six Other Companies Commit to AI Safeguards

President Joe Biden said the U.S. must guard against threats from artificial intelligence as he detailed new company safeguards and promised government actions on the emerging technology.

July 21, 2023