Amazon has launched “Amazon Access,” a resource hub to help shoppers, including those seeking information on Prime’s discounted membership program for qualifying government assistance recipients. The hub, announced in a news release on Monday (Oct. 3), offers information on payment options such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Amazon is raising wages for its front-line workers, and introducing a benefit that lets them collect their pay at any time during the month. As the company said in a news release Wednesday (Sept. 28) evening, the average starting pay for front-line employees in customer...
Amazon has been encouraging customer service employees to work from home to help save money on real estate, Bloomberg wrote. The shift is part of a larger plan to close some call centers around the country — including one in Kennewick, Washington that has operated...
In a flurry of announcements ahead of its upcoming Prime Early Access Sale, eCommerce giant Amazon made clear that its second sales event of the year will be as much about showcasing its upgraded line of consumer electronics and deepening its digital ecosystem as it...
Amazon Prime members in 15 countries will get early access to discounts and exclusive subscriber-only deals October 11th and 12th the ecommerce giant announced today. According to a press release on Monday (Sept. 25), this first-ever Prime Early Access Sale will include a stream of...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy have no choice but to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the agency’s ongoing investigation after a ruling on Wednesday (Sept. 22) didn’t go their way. Bezos and Jassy had attempted to get out of...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Mexico plans to open a local hub in the first quarter of 2023 to increase bandwidth for clients in the region, according to Luis Velasco, the cloud computing unit’s director for Mexico, Reuters wrote Wednesday (Sept. 21). This hub would add computing,...
Amazon’s cargo airline’s slow growth is showing how the eCommerce company is adjusting to the sluggish demand, Bloomberg wrote Tuesday (Sept. 20). The Amazon Air freighters had on average 194 flights a day during a week in September, which was a 3.8% boost from March...
Amazon executives TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen, who were instrumental in pushing the eCommerce titan more into health care, are now leaving the company, CNBC wrote Monday (Sept. 19). After Amazon bought PillPack in 2018 for $750 million, the two, who founded the company in...
