Amazon will begin screening employee temperatures at warehouses in New York and Seattle this week amid growing unrest about workers’ exposure to COVID-19. Those concerns reached a boiling point Monday… Read More
With thousands of Americans telecommuting and self-isolating to slow the spread of COVID-19, Amazon’s Prime and Fresh delivery services are grappling with high demand and inventory issues, as warehouse workers… Read More
Amazon is ending relationships with a number of small delivery contractors across the U.S., forcing companies to lay off hundreds of workers. Bloomberg first reported Friday morning that Bear Down… Read More
Amazon vans zipping around neighborhoods making holiday deliveries aren’t the only relatively new transportation hardware that the tech giant has put in motion. Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of… Read More
Amazon is coming for couriers. The Seattle tech giant is now delivering 50 percent of packages itself, according to Morgan Stanley estimates spotted by CNBC. Analysts estimate Amazon Logistics will… Read More
Amazon’s ambitious plan to offer one-day delivery for Prime members is already costing more than expected. But at least one investment bank is betting that the shipping initiative will be… Read More
Turns out that trying to promise 1-day delivery to tens of millions of customers costs a lot of money. Amazon announced plans earlier this year to shift its free-two day… Read More
Amazon is teaming up with national drugstore Rite Aid as part of a new package pickup service that further expands the tech giant’s logistics network. The new service, Counter, turns… Read More
Amazon is adding more airplanes to its fleet to further bolster its efforts to provide speedy delivery. The tech giant will lease an additional 15 Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft in… Read More
Amazon will shutter its Amazon Restaurants food delivery service in the U.S. later this month, GeekWire has learned. Amazon Restaurants first launched in Seattle back in 2015. Amazon expanded the… Read More
Amazon employees who quit their jobs to start their own package delivery companies will be eligible for up to $10,000 and three months pay under a new incentive program announced… Read More
As more consumers shop online, retailers need capacity to ship products across the country — particularly as they battle e-commerce kingpin Amazon. Flexe, a Seattle logistics startup that operates an… Read More
Autonomous delivery robots will soon be allowed on Washington state’s sidewalks. On Tuesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law that establishes new regulations for “personal delivery devices”… Read More
Amazon has expanded its delivery locker network to Whole Foods, 7-Eleven, Chase Bank, and other places where customers can pick up their packages. In April, they’ll arrive at a surprising… Read More
If customers didn’t like the idea of letting Amazon delivery drivers inside their homes to deliver a package, perhaps they’ll feel more comfortable about the garage. That’s the bet Amazon… Read More
Starbucks is partnering with Uber to expand its delivery service as the coffee giant looks for new ways to reach customers. At its annual investor day in New York, the… Read More
President Donald Trump’s mission to get the United States Postal Service to extract better deals from retailers like Amazon got a boost Tuesday when a review he ordered reported that “packages… Read More
Amazon has used drivers from UPS, FedEx, USPS, third-party couriers, and other services — including its Uber-like platform Amazon Flex — to help deliver packages to customers. But never has… Read More
More than a century ago, the company now known as UPS started as a simple courier service in Seattle. A handful of messengers would deliver packages by bicycle and by… Read More
The United States Postal Service plans to raise rates for the Parcel Select service used by Amazon, FedEx, and UPS by 9.1 to 12.3 percent, according to a new filing… Read More
Jamie Siminoff swam with the sharks who rejected him five years ago, and in his return to “Shark Tank” for the season 10 premiere on Sunday night, the Ring founder… Read More
Amazon is expanding its physical footprint again, this time installing delivery lockers inside Chase Bank locations. Acting on a reader tip, GeekWire this morning found a blue Amazon Locker inside… Read More
“Porch pirates” are the bane of shoppers who have shifted their allegiance to the convenience of online retail. Stolen packages — especially those delivered by Amazon — are the subject… Read More
For months, President Donald Trump has been accusing Amazon of ripping off the U.S. Postal Service. The e-commerce giant has endured the criticism in silence but a newly formed lobby… Read More
If you thought the steps up to your home’s front porch presented a significant challenge for anyone delivering you an Amazon package, consider what it takes to get to the… Read More
“I’m keenly interested in establishing myself in this program.” “I am a disabled combat veteran and I’m interested in Amazon’s Last Mile Delivery Program.” “This is going to be a… Read More
Amazon is expanding further into package delivery and promising to support a new wave of small business owners with the launch of a program that helps entrepreneurs start and run their… Read More
Amazon continues to roll out its “Hub” apartment delivery lockers, announcing today that the service is now available to more than 500,000 residents across the U.S. The company launched the… Read More
Walmart is set to launch grocery delivery in the Seattle area as it continues to expand the new service across the nation and battle rivals like Amazon and Instacart. Walmart… Read More