Wait, didn’t Amazon win its battle with the union in Bessemer, Ala.? Yes, the vote came out in the company’s favor, but the story isn’t over yet. The Retail, Wholesale… Read More
With Amazon offering increasingly faster delivery times — not just one-day or same-day but sometimes a matter of hours — the difference between Amazon.com and its Prime Now speedy delivery… Read More
AUSTIN, Texas — Gray skies, cops on bikes, microbrews and transit turmoil: If Texas’ state capital gets picked as Amazon’s HQ2, Amazonians will find much that’s familiar, plus the scent of… Read More
Artisans who sell products on Amazon’s Handmade platform can now leverage the company’s 2-hour Prime Now delivery service. Amazon announced today that customers in select Prime Now-eligible cities will be… Read More
Amazon has added Prime Now rapid delivery voice ordering to its Alexa-powered family of devices. That means owners of any Alexa device — whether it is Amazon Echo, Echo Dot,… Read More
Grocery delivery startup Instacart has raised a $400 million round as it battles Amazon and others for grocery delivery supremacy. Previous investor Sequoia Capital led the funding round, which reportedly values the… Read More
Amazon today announced that it is now delivering from New Seasons Market to Prime Now customers in Seattle. The grocery store, which just opened its first Puget Sound location in Mercer… Read More
“Alexa, order dinner.” That’s not exactly how Amazon’s newest Alexa skill works, but that’s the gist. The online retail giant Thursday announced a new skill that lets owners of Alexa-powered… Read More
This week on the GeekWire podcast: Amazon is ‘radically simplifying’ how it assesses the performance of its employees each year — overhauling a controversial tradition that has emerged as an emblem of the technology giant’s exacting standards and hard-charging… Read More
Amazon will offer speedy delivery of items from Bartell Drugs in the Seattle area in a new expansion of its Prime Now program. Bartell Drugs delivery, launching Tuesday, creates a new connection… Read More
Amazon’s net shipping costs soared to nearly $1.75 billion in the third quarter, the second-highest quarterly total in the company’s history and the highest ever outside of the peak holiday season, according to… Read More
Amazon is remodeling the former Sears store at the Starbucks headquarters in Seattle with 40,000-square-feet of distribution space, a public retail lobby, and an outdoor canopy strikingly similar to the one going up at Amazon’s future… Read More
A pair of Wall Street analysts are high on Amazon, and they project the company’s stock may soon exceed $1,000 per share. Friday morning, Amazon’s stock hovered around $779 per share.… Read More
San Francisco 49ers fans already watch home games at one of the most high-tech stadiums in sports, so it’s only natural that they now have access to one of the speediest tech-enabled delivery… Read More
The recent announcement of Amazon’s new Vehicles automotive research feature left many — including our newsroom here at GeekWire — wondering when the online retail giant would make the leap into actual… Read More
Over the weekend, Amazon facilitated test drives for prospective Hyundai buyers in an unorthodox move for the Seattle-based tech giant. The promotion, called “Prime Now. Drive Now.,” lets L.A. and… Read More
The on-demand convenience store delivery startup goPuff — which promises thousands of products at your fingertips in 30 minutes — is adding beer and wine to the list with the… Read More
Amazon will stop making Prime Now deliveries via bicycle courier in its hometown of Seattle after this Saturday, shifting entirely to vehicle delivery instead, according to messages sent Wednesday to bicycle… Read More
Amazon, Uber, and a whole host of startups are hungry for their share of the food delivery market. But GrubHub has been delivering meals long before these new players arrived at… Read More
Updated with comment from PCC CEO Cate Hardy. Amazon is expanding its Prime Now one- and two-hour delivery service in Seattle to include delivery from local stores, starting with two popular independent grocery chains:… Read More
Amazon continues to expand its Prime Now delivery service at a breakneck pace, announcing on Tuesday that it will now deliver hot meals around Austin, Texas. This is the fifth market to… Read More
Amazon just launched its household delivery service called Amazon Pantry in the U.K., more than a year after the company debuted a similar program in the U.S. The biggest difference with the European version… Read More
Amazon is now delivering hot meals from restaurants around the Los Angeles area as the company continues to expand the service through its Prime Now delivery network. Restaurant delivery is now… Read More
While companies like Uber and Amazon continue to turn to tech savvy city-dwellers to test new business models that rely on crowdsourced employees, a survey released today serves as a reminder of… Read More
Amazon has a growing list of seemingly magical new delivery services, promising to bring household items, high-tech gadgets and even dinner to your door in less than an hour. Customers don’t see all the behind-the-scenes… Read More
Watch out, Amazon — you’re not the only tech giant looking to dominate the restaurant delivery business. Uber has been adding markets to its relatively new UberEATS meal delivery service for the past… Read More
Richard Sherman has already partnered with big tech companies like T-Mobile and Apple-owned Beats by Dre. Now Sherman is teaming up with Amazon.com. The Seahawks star cornerback today made a… Read More
Amazon quietly launched its Prime Now one-hour delivery service in Portland, Ore. sometime on Tuesday, the same day the service became available in Seattle. The speedy delivery option is now… Read More
Amazon has quietly started experimenting with delivery of hot meals from restaurants in the Seattle area, GeekWire has learned. It’s a sign that the e-commerce giant could soon throw its weight into the… Read More
GeekWire has discovered a “confidential” new Amazon facility that’s getting ready to launch Prime Now one-hour delivery in the Seattle area, as well as a completely new service called “Amazon Flex.”… Read More