Oct 19, 2017, 1:20 PM Amazon gives $350K to group supporting Jenny Durkan for Seattle mayor, its biggest local political contribution ever Amazon, and a cadre of Seattle area tech and business heavyweights, are key contributors to a political organization supporting Seattle… Read More
Oct 19, 2017, 10:44 AM Amazon HQ2 deadline day: Everything you need to know about the biggest headquarters contest ever At midnight tonight, Amazon will close applications for the most high-profile and high-stakes corporate headquarters competition in history. It has… Read More
Oct 19, 2017, 8:22 AM Watch Jeff Bezos open Amazon’s new Texas wind farm, perched atop a giant windmill like an action star Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos celebrated the opening of Amazon’s newest wind farm, and he did it in style. A tweet… Read More
Oct 18, 2017, 2:51 PM Blue Apron cutting 6% of its workforce in ‘company-wide realignment’ as it competes with Amazon Editor’s note: This post has been updated with a more accurate estimate of the number of jobs affected by the cuts.… Read More
Oct 18, 2017, 1:48 PM Not a Halloween drill: New York City to turn lights ‘Amazon orange’ in show of support for HQ2 bid Bright lights, big city — and big dreams about landing Amazon’s second headquarters. New York City is sending a signal… Read More
Oct 18, 2017, 12:04 PM New Amazon office building sells for $313M in one of Seattle region’s priciest real estate deals Amazon just moved in to a big new office building on the other side of Lake Washington from its Seattle… Read More
Oct 18, 2017, 10:46 AM Amazon expands in Brazil, begins selling electronics in Latin America’s largest market Amazon entered Brazil five years ago, but ever since it has focused its efforts on its original wheelhouse: books. But… Read More
Oct 18, 2017, 9:24 AM Amazon HQ2: Mayors from 7 major North American cities give us their pitches as RFP deadline looms City leaders across the continent are thinking about how they can best pitch their communities to Amazon as the Thursday… Read More
Oct 18, 2017, 9:18 AM Prime hits 90M U.S. households, representing 63% of Amazon customers, study claims A new study from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimates that Amazon’s Prime membership program is now in more than 90… Read More
Oct 17, 2017, 7:04 PM Make some noise for Amazon! Hockey fans in Canada urged to scream for HQ2 Forget the Kiss Cam. In Canada, they’re going for the Kiss-Up, eh? Fans at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa,… Read More
Oct 17, 2017, 4:33 PM Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says city’s focus on Amazon HQ2 is ‘missing the big story’ For the past month, Seattle’s civic leaders have been trying to make sense of Amazon’s plans to establish a second… Read More
Oct 17, 2017, 2:10 PM Amazon Studios head Roy Price resigns amid accusations of sexual harassment Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has resigned from the company, an Amazon spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday, less than a week after an… Read More
Oct 17, 2017, 9:10 AM Amazon and Garmin team up to bring Alexa into the car with $150 Speak device Garmin this morning announced a new device powered by Amazon’s digital brain Alexa for cars that can play music, give… Read More
Oct 17, 2017, 7:45 AM A ‘People’s RFP’: Civic groups demand transparency and worker rights in Amazon HQ2 search As the deadline for Amazon’s HQ2 request for proposals looms, the company is getting some blowback from community organizers around… Read More
Oct 16, 2017, 6:59 PM Oracle expanding in Seattle with big new office lease, escalating cloud battle with Amazon Post updated with comments from Oracle Oracle is significantly boosting its presence in Amazon’s backyard with a new lease in… Read More
Oct 16, 2017, 2:47 PM Amazon will move into Macy’s building in landmark Seattle real estate deal For 88 years, the historic structure at 300 Pine St. has been the epicenter of retail in Seattle, first as… Read More
Oct 16, 2017, 1:28 PM Seattle politicians seek to renew relationship with Amazon in mea culpa letter to Jeff Bezos Leaders in Seattle and Washington state want to ameliorate the relationship between Amazon and its hometown. That’s the crux of… Read More
Oct 16, 2017, 6:57 AM Amid changing retail environment, Nordstrom family temporarily suspends plan to take company private Nordstrom, the iconic Seattle retailer founded in 1901, is going to continue as a public company, at least for the… Read More
Oct 13, 2017, 3:15 PM Amazon Web Services chief Jassy on HQ2 plans: ‘That’s above my pay grade’ As cities across the U.S. fall all over themselves to pitch themselves as the best destination for Amazon’s second headquarters,… Read More
Oct 13, 2017, 8:50 AM Seattle considers employee head tax for the city’s top-grossing companies Two Seattle councilmembers want the city’s highest-grossing businesses to pay for a new program to curb homelessness. The H.O.M.E.S —… Read More
Oct 12, 2017, 6:50 PM Amazon suspends studio chief Roy Price after TV exec reveals details of sexual harassment claim Amazon suspended Roy Price, the head of its studio division, indefinitely on Thursday after an executive producer for the television… Read More
Oct 12, 2017, 4:02 PM High tech 365 by Whole Foods store in Seattle area closing, but company says Amazon not to blame A little more than a year after it opened, the tech-heavy 365 by Whole Foods Market store in the Bellevue… Read More
Oct 12, 2017, 3:12 PM Deep in the heart of … nope: This city won’t be ‘blindly giving away the farm’ to lure Amazon HQ2 No cactus. No plans to rename a city. No crazy stunts or corporate tax breaks or promises they wouldn’t be… Read More
Oct 12, 2017, 2:03 PM Rose McGowan goes after Amazon and Jeff Bezos in latest tweets calling out abuses in Hollywood Rose McGowan regained access to her Twitter account on Thursday following a temporary suspension by the social media platform for… Read More
Oct 12, 2017, 10:56 AM Snow way! Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., will make bid for Amazon HQ2 as one metro corridor The cities of Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., are joining forces as one economic corridor in hopes of convincing Amazon that… Read More
Oct 12, 2017, 6:31 AM Amazon and Microsoft unveil ‘Gluon’ neural network technology, teaming up on machine learning Microsoft and Amazon, which surprised the tech world with a partnership between their Cortana and Alexa virtual assistants, are back… Read More
Oct 12, 2017, 5:46 AM Amazon hiring 120k holiday workers in U.S. in 2017 — same as last year, for first time in many years Amazon says it plans to hire more than 120,000 seasonal workers at its U.S. fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 2:09 PM GeekWire opens search for ‘GeekWire HQ2’ in quest to find next great North American tech city GeekWire started more than six years ago in a loft space in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, later expanding to the… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 12:09 PM Amazon consumer chief announces $10M donation to Code.org, says STEM education is a key factor in HQ2 search Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke stressed the importance of computer science education in public schools at the GeekWire Summit… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 9:30 AM Top Amazon exec Jeff Wilke suggests HQ2 won’t be in the Pacific Northwest Update Oct 11, 2 p.m: Amazon sent GeekWire this statement regarding its HQ2 search: “We will give serious consideration to every HQ2… Read More
