Amazon adding 3 new distribution centers in Texas after tax truce

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Amazon continues to grow and today announced plans to build three new fulfillment centers in Texas, creating more than 1,000 new jobs in the Lone Star State. Last week Amazon also announced plans to open a new 1-million square-foot fulfillment center in outside of San Francisco in Tracy, California. Interesting to note that these new centers are… Read More…

Jeff Bezos-backed robotics startup changes name, raises $30 million

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Jeff Bezos loves robots, with Amazon.com shelling out $775 million for Cambridge, Massachusetts robot maker Kiva Systems earlier this year. But that’s not the billionaire’s only robot love in the Boston area. Bezos also an investor in Heartland Robotics, which just announced today that it has raised $30 million in financing and has changed its… Read More…

Amazon.com should buy Coinstar: A tech prediction that makes a ton of sense

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A few months ago, the tech blogosphere exploded after rumors emerged that Amazon.com was considering opening physical retail stores. Since those reports, we haven’t heard a peep about whether the Seattle online retailer would break with tradition and expand into the choppy waters of brick-and-mortar retail. But there’s another possibility that could resolve some of… Read More…

Amazon completes Kiva deal, welcomes its new warehouse robot overlords

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Amazon today finished its $775 million purchase of Kiva Systems, the Massachusetts-based maker of automation technology for fulfillment centers — better known as warehouse robots. The company disclosed the completion of the deal in a (very) brief regulatory filing. Amazon had announced the acquisition agreement in March. Kiva’s customers include drugstore.com, Gilt Group, Dansko, Gap, Toys R Us, Office… Read More…