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Amazon outage impacts delivery, warehouse operations
December 7, 2021
An Amazon Web Services outage incident today is impacting the retailer's delivery and warehouse operations as well as customer websites.
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Amazon Fresh boasts ‘Just Walk Out’ tech in California
November 22, 2021
This Thursday, Amazon will introduce its "Just Walk Out" technology at the Amazon Fresh store at 11340 South St. in Cerritos, California, allowing shoppers to…
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Starbucks and Amazon open combined ‘Just Walk Out’ store in NYC
November 19, 2021
Starbucks and Amazon have introduced the companies' first joint store, Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go, located in New York City at 59th Street between Park…
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Amazon checkout will offer Venmo option next year
November 11, 2021
Come 2022 Amazon customers will have the option to check out using Venmo, according to a PayPal press release.
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Amazon, Starbucks mulling cashierless store?
November 9, 2021
Amazon and Starbucks have reportedly discussed a co-branded, cashierless coffee shop, expanding on Amazon Go's "just walk out" technology, according to an…
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Fight for the Future takes aim at Amazon palm scan tech
October 29, 2021
Fight for the Future, an organization dedicated to defending what it considers basic human rights in the digital age, has urged Red Rocks Amphitheater, its…
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Amazon hiring on 150K, offering sign-on bonus, extra hourly pay
October 27, 2021
In order to handle the holiday shopping rush, Amazon plans to hire on 150,000 associates for seasonal jobs and is offering starting pay of $18 per hour on…
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Bigger holiday spend this year, claims survey
October 20, 2021
Holiday shoppers will spend 25% more this holiday — an average of $870 — compared to last, as consumers will be "revenge shopping," according to a JLL annual…
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Amazon delivery station boasts unique mural
October 7, 2021
Amazon's latest delivery station in Las Vegas, its third in the valley, boasts a 5,000-square-foot mural created on an exterior wall by local artist Jerry…
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Amazon delivery drivers doing more than delivery these days
September 30, 2021
Amazon's delivery drivers are getting lots of press lately and it's not because of late or lost packages.
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Amazon workers get big payout for COVID-19 shot
September 29, 2021
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine has paid off for eight Amazon workers as the retail powerhouse has gifted cars and $100,000 bonus checks.
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Is Amazon planning to disrupt cryptocurrency?
by Yoni Mazor
Yoni Mazor, CGO of Getida, explains why the use of cryptocurrency for one of the world’s biggest online marketplaces is seen as a win-win for consumers and…
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Amazon boosting starting hourly wage to $18
September 14, 2021
Amazon plans to boost its U.S. hourly starting wage to $18 an hour and aims to hire on 125,000 employees for warehouse and transportation units, according to a…
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‘Just Walk Out’ heading to Whole Food stores
September 8, 2021
Amazon's cashierless technology, called Just Walk Out, will be part of two Whole Foods Market stores opening in 2022.
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Amazon Fresh arrives in Maryland
August 27, 2021
Amazon has opened a first Amazon Fresh grocery store in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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Amazon launches another Fresh location
August 5, 2021
The latest Amazon Fresh store is in Warrington, Pennsylvania and is open for business.
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Amazon, Lavazza team up on brewer with built-in voice activation
July 23, 2021
Lavazza and Amazon have introduced an espresso brewer that offers consumers voice recognition, according to the Lavazza website. The Lavazzza A Modo Mio Voicy…
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Amazon embarks on huge veteran, military spouse hiring effort
July 14, 2021
Amazon aims to hire over 100,000 U.S. veterans and military spouses within the next three years.
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Amazon Fresh store in Washington boasts 'Just Walk Out' shopping technology
June 18, 2021
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology will be available this week for the first time ever in a full-size U.S.-based Amazon Fresh grocery store.
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Autonomous retail may soon offer more than a cashierless checkout experience
by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com
Amazon may have been the leader in putting cashierless autonomous checkout in play with its Amazon Go stores but competitors are nipping at its heels…
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