Seattle’s City Council passed a new tax for big businesses operating in the city, including Amazon, according to CNBC. The tax, called the JumpStart Seattle Tax, will target businesses with at least $7 million in annual revenue. Those businesses will be taxed 0.7 percent to...
Seattle’s City Council is debating a bill to force eCommerce ordering and transportation platforms like Instacart and Uber to give drivers at least $5 “premium pay” for each trip made during the pandemic and until as long as 2023. Now, Instacart is threatening to halt...
To assist in bringing at-home testing kits for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, to homes of Seattle-area residents, Amazon Care is reportedly in discussions with local health groups, according to a CNBC report. The talks have been occurring for over a week, according...
August 09, 2017
Talking to Karen Webster earlier this summer, Mobike’s Head of International Expansion, Florian Bohnert, said that bikes are a winning strategy for consumers nearly worldwide — and dockless is the wave of the future.
July 04, 2017
Three years ago, the city of Seattle decided to raise the minimum wage to $15 in an effort to close what they called the local wealth gap. New data out of the University...
July 21, 2023
Amazon’s return-to-the-office mandate is reportedly being ramped up across the country. Employees working remotely or located in smaller remote offices are being told they may have to return to what the company calls its “main hub” locations, including Seattle, New York and San Francisco, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (July 21). Reached for comment by PYMNTS, […]
July 07, 2020
Seattle’s City Council passed a new tax for big businesses operating in the city, including Amazon, according to CNBC. The tax, called the JumpStart Seattle Tax, will target businesses with...
June 11, 2020
Seattle’s City Council is debating a bill to force eCommerce ordering and transportation platforms like Instacart and Uber to give drivers at least $5 “premium pay” for each trip made...
