Amazon announces Prime Big Deal Days event in October
Amazon is holding its second Prime sale this year ahead of the holiday season. Here’s what we know about the Prime Big Deal Days event next month.
WA's largest Amazon fulfillment center opens in Arlington
The largest Amazon fulfillment center in the state opens today in Arlington, and they are actively hiring.
Amazon says its increasing pay for contracted delivery drivers
Amazon says it’s boosting pay for contracted drivers who deliver millions of packages to customers every day.
Amazon CEO says 'it’s probably not going work out' for employees who defy return-to-office policy
Amazon employees have been pushing back against the company’s return-to-office policy for months — and it seems CEO Andy Jassy has had enough.
Amazon raising free-shipping minimums for some customers without Prime memberships
The move comes as the online retail giant works to cut costs across different areas of its business.
Amazon to impose new fees on third-party sellers who ship their own products
Effective October 1, the company will get a 2% cut of every product sold by merchants that are members of Amazon’s Seller Fulfilled Prime Program, or a minimum of $0.25 per item.
Amazon Pharmacy adds automatic coupons to drop insulin prices
Amazon Pharmacy will release coupons that will automatically bring down the cost of insulin on more than a dozen insulin and diabetes care brands.
Amazon is rolling out a generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews
Amazon said in a blog post Monday that it will use AI to pick out common themes in reviews and summarize them in a short paragraph on the product detail page.
Amazon holding second Prime sale ahead of holiday season
Amazon's Prime Day event in July was its biggest two-day event in history.
Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for some non-Prime members
Amazon has begun offering its Fresh grocery delivery service to customers who aren’t Prime members.
Amazon adding video telemedicine visits nationwide to virtual clinic
Amazon’s virtual clinic is available daily, and appointments aren’t required.
Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate as part of its return-to-office policy
Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy, which mandates workers to be in the office three days a week.
Amazon semi-truck slams into, gets stuck under Indiana bridge
The police chief said the driver missed, or ignored, multiple low clearance signs.
Amazon Prime Day kicks off Tuesday, experts warn consumers to beware of scams
With a rise in online shopping during the two-day event, experts warn that scammers try to trick unsuspecting shoppers into revealing their personal information or making fraudulent purchases.
Amazon wants small businesses to help make deliveries in rural areas and big cities
Many small businesses have long relied on Amazon’s platform and delivery pipeline to boost their business. Now, Amazon wants to enlist them to help with deliveries, too.
Sen. Bernie Sanders launches probe into Amazon's safety practices, asks workers to share stories
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices.
Amazon accused of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for what it calls a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
Sen. Bernie Sanders launches probe into Amazon’s safety practices and asks workers to share stories
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman of a committee that oversees health and labor issues.
Amazon's cloud service back to normal after outage that caused some websites to go dark
The company said on its website that the root cause of the issue was tied to a function called AWS Lambda, which lets customers run code for different types of applications.
Amazon in talks to offer free mobile services to Prime members: Report
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shares dropped following a report on Amazon mulling cell services.