Amazon announced plans to open a new fulfillment center in Clear Brook, Virginia, which will create more than 1,000 full-time associate roles when opened. Amazon currently employs more than 3,500 full-time hourly associates at its three existing Virginia fulfillment centers Read more
Amazon announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire SOUQ.com, an ecommerce leader in the Middle East. Joining the Amazon family will enable SOUQ.com to continue growing while working with Amazon to bring even more products and offerings to Read more
Amazon Inc. announced its Prime Now one and two-hour delivery service adds wine and beer to its product offerings available for superfast delivery in Cincinnati and Columbus. The company adds hundreds of alcohol-related products to its inventory from popular name Read more
Amazon announced a new initiative to generate clean energy by installing solar panels on its fulfillment facilities around the world. The company plans to deploy large-scale solar systems on rooftops of more than 15 fulfillment and sortation centers in the Read more
Amazon.ca announced that Prime members shipping to Montreal can now enjoy even faster free shipping with Prime FREE One-Day Delivery on qualifying orders over $25. Customers can order before midnight and receive their items the very next day by 9 Read more
In celebration of Black History month, Amazon Hosted a panel discussion to help minority-owned small businesses. Amazon’s Pubic Policy team published the following post on the Amazon corporate blog last week: When Cash Riley Jr. first started his company, locals Read more
Amazon is hosting workshops called Amazon Academy to help small businesses in the UK sell on the Amazon Marketplace, use its AWS hosting services, and participate in Amazon Launchpad. The press release follows: Amazon opened registrations for the latest Amazon Read more
Amazon UK announced plans to create more than 5,000 full-time jobs this year, taking the company’s total UK workforce to over 24,000. These new job opportunities are for people with all types of experience, education and skill levels – from Read more
Online sellers who ranked online marketplaces in the 2017 Sellers Choice Awards have rated Amazon number one, followed by Etsy and eBay. This is the eighth year sellers have participated in the process. Sellers narrowed down the finalists to 10 Read more
Amazon added two new fulfillment centers in California not previously announced, adding to its existing facilities in Eastvale and Redlands, California, and bringing Amazon’s Southern California regional presence to ten facilities. Amazon announced two new fulfillment centers in Eastvale and Read more
