Articles about Amazon Flex

Amazon Now goes national, taking 30-minute delivery to dozens of cities across the country

Amazon is expanding its “Amazon Now” 30-minute delivery service from tests in Seattle and Philadelphia to dozens of U.S. cities, with plans to reach tens of millions of customers by year-end. GeekWire first uncovered the service through permit filings last November. Read More

Amazon will pay $3.7M to settle labor claims in Seattle for alleged gig worker ordinance violations

Amazon Flex denied the allegations from the Office of Labor Standards but is paying more than 10,000 affected workers. Read More

Amazon will test new rapid delivery concept at Seattle site, filings reveal

Amazon plans to transform a closed Amazon Fresh Pickup site in Seattle into a new retail-style delivery hub for ultrafast local orders — a sign of the company’s evolving strategy for hyperlocal fulfillment. Read More

Amazon not planning to add delivery fees in Seattle as new minimum wage law impacts Flex drivers

Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash made it known last week that they were adding new delivery fees for Seattle customers as… Read More

Amazon and Washington AG reach agreement on criminal background check notices for Flex drivers

Amazon has made voluntary changes to its app for Flex delivery drivers in accordance with a Washington state law designed… Read More

Amazon reportedly taps former Kindle and Flex exec to lead pharmacy group overseeing PillPack

Amazon has tasked Nader Kabbani with leading its new pharmacy initiative and overseeing the team from online pharmacy PillPack, according… Read More

Amazon tweets about Flex driver who lost weight on job; internet ties it back to a Comedy Central show

Amazon promoted a news story on Sunday with a tweet from its official news account about how a woman in… Read More

We tested Amazon’s new Whole Foods delivery service in Austin, the upscale grocer’s hometown

AUSTIN, Texas — Gray skies, cops on bikes, microbrews and transit turmoil: If Texas’ state capital gets picked as Amazon’s HQ2,… Read More

I was an Amazon delivery driver: What it’s like to work in the tech giant’s citizen package brigade

I felt like Santa Claus earlier this month — the Amazon.com version, at least. I’ve spent the past few weekends trying… Read More

Amazon delivery drivers file lawsuit claiming they should be treated as employees, not contractors

A trio of drivers who deliver packages through Amazon’s Flex program this week filed a lawsuit against the online retail giant,… Read More

Analysts: Amazon stock could hit $1,000/share with Alexa possibly becoming a ‘fourth pillar’

A pair of Wall Street analysts are high on Amazon, and they project the company’s stock may soon exceed $1,000… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Innovation of the Year

Crowdsourced package delivery, wireless over-the-air device charging, an atlas of the human brain, dynamic 3D face reconstruction, and a rocket… Read More

Amazon has big plans for Uber-like ‘Flex’ package delivery service, job postings reveal

Amazon says its experiment with an Uber-style delivery network called Flex has gone so well in Seattle over the past few… Read More

Amazon Destinations travel site shuttered six months after launching

Amazon launched its first travel site in a few test markets back in April, but already it looks like the experiment… Read More

Survey shows consumers may need some time to warm up to Amazon’s new crowdsourced deliveries

While companies like Uber and Amazon continue to turn to tech savvy city-dwellers to test new business models that rely on crowdsourced… Read More

Confirmed: Amazon Flex officially launches, and it’s like Uber for package delivery

Amazon officially launched its new Amazon Flex package delivery option on Tuesday, taking a page out of Uber’s book by… Read More

Amazon confirms Prime Now restaurant delivery launch in Seattle area, hints at broader rollout

Amazon is launching a new restaurant delivery service in Seattle today, leveraging its fleet of drivers to get hot meals to customers within… Read More

Still a mystery: ‘Amazon Flex’ signs removed from Seattle-area facility following GeekWire article

Amazon finally launched its Prime Now one-hour delivery service in the Seattle area this week, following months of rumors and a… Read More

Amazon set to launch new ‘Amazon Flex’ package pickup service with Prime Now in Seattle area

GeekWire has discovered a “confidential” new Amazon facility that’s getting ready to launch Prime Now one-hour delivery in the Seattle area,… Read More