Amazon’s long-planned fleet of delivery drones has been cleared for takeoff. The online retail and tech giant has won a green light from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to start using its Prime Air delivery drones to deliver packages and other items, CNBC reported. The...
Jeff Bezos’ wingman is planning to quit next year. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Jeff Wilke, the 53-year-old confidant of the Amazon founder, told staff in a memo Friday (Aug. 21) he will retire in the first quarter of 2021. His replacement as CEO of...
Amazon has put some hiring on hold in its Alexa operation amid the pandemic, Bloomberg reported, citing two unnamed sources. The change reportedly started just past the time that COVID-19 severely impacted the country at the beginning of spring, according to the unnamed sources in...
Amazon plans to expand its “tech hubs” in six cities and fill “3,500 new tech and corporate jobs” across the U.S., the company said Tuesday (Aug. 18). The six targeted cities — Dallas, Detroit, Denver, New York, Phoenix, and San Diego — will be part...
A group that says it represents 850,000 pharmacists in India wants the government to shut down Amazon’s new pharmaceutical delivery service in the country. In a letter, as reported by various media outlets in India, the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists argues that...
Amazon is facing an investigation by Germany’s national competition regulator over the eCommerce giant’s relationship with third-party sellers, Reuters reports. “We are investigating whether and how Amazon influences how traders set prices on the Marketplace,” Andreas Mundt, president of the Federal Cartel Office, told the...
The Competition Bureau of the Canadian government is probing Amazon to determine if its behavior on Amazon.ca is affecting competition “to the detriment of consumers and companies that do business in Canada,” according to a Friday (Aug. 14) statement. “The Bureau’s investigation is ongoing and...
Despite a 40 percent increase in revenue in the second quarter, Amazon has cut more than 1,200 delivery contract jobs. CNBC reports the eCommerce leader has ended contracts with several small delivery firms across the U.S., spurring layoffs and causing them to pull out of Amazon facilities....
Amazon has won a major victory in its push into the booming food delivery business, with the United Kingdom’s top competition watchdog giving a green light to the tech giant’s purchase of a minority stake in Deliveroo. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on...
