Amazon is hiring an additional 75,000 workers at its facilities, on top of the 100,000 new positions it created last month, the company said Monday. From a report: In March, the company said it would hire additional warehouse and delivery workers across the country amid a surge in online shopping during the coronavirus outbreak. Since then, Amazon said it has hired…
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Amazon, Instacart Grocery Delivery Workers Strike For Coronavirus Protection And Pay
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, N.Y., and Instacart’s grocery delivery workers nationwide plan to walk off their jobs on Monday. From the report: They are demanding stepped-up protection and pay as they continue to work while much of the country is asked to isolate as a safeguard against the coronavirus. The strikes come as both Amazon and Instacart have said…
Online-only Platforms Are Going Offline With Permanent Spaces
An anonymous reader shares a report: The retailpocalypse started in 2010. It followed the 2008 global recession, with the parallel birth and rise of social media adding fuel to the growth of online shopping. Suburban and rural malls sat empty, underutilized or poorly maintained as the most affected brands lost their customer base in the squeezed middle class. Meanwhile, online retailers…
Oregon Supreme Court Approves Measure To Limit Self-Checkout Lanes
nickwinlund77 shares a report from Corvallis Gazette-Times: A petition to limit each grocery store to two self-checkout kiosks can move forward to signature gathering for a state ballot measure. On Friday, the Oregon Supreme Court certified the attorney general’s description of the proposed measure. Backers need 112,020 signatures to get to voters’ ballots in November. Filed in July, Initiative Petition 41…
What if Amazon’s Sellers Decided They Didn’t Need Amazon?
“Companies are finally getting really good at selling directly to consumers, forcing them to question Amazon’s value to them,” writes a columnist at the Motley Fool: Rather than one single powerhouse, the threat to Amazon comes in the form of hundreds of smaller e-commerce venues that can each take a tiny, collective stab at online shopping’s 800-pound gorilla. Within the past…
Guilt-free online shopping is possible if we reinvent home delivery
The boom in online retail has left our streets clogged with polluting delivery vans. We navigate the high-tech solutions that will distribute your parcels without the damaging emissions Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332460-800-guilt-free-online-shopping-is-possible-if-we-reinvent-home-delivery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Berlin’s Popular Shopping Streets Will Go Car-Free
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CityLab: Berlin is finally getting a fuller taste of the car-free trend that’s taking hold in other European cities. This summer, the German capital has announced plans to pedestrianize some vital central streets starting in October. One experiment will ban cars from the main section of Friedrichstrasse, a long, store-filled thoroughfare that, before World…
FedEx Reduces Amazon Ties as Retailer Flexes Delivery Muscles
FedEx said it wouldn’t renew its U.S. air-delivery contract with Amazon.com, paring a key customer relationship as the largest online retailer deepens its foray into freight transportation. From a report: The delivery giant will instead focus on “serving the broader e-commerce market” with U.S. package volume from online shopping expected to double by 2026, according to a FedEx statement Friday. The…
FedEx To Deliver Packages 7 Days a Week
According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, FedEx will deliver packages seven days a week starting next year, adding an extra operating day to accommodate America’s online shopping habits. From the report: The delivery giant also plans to bring to customers’ doorsteps many of the packages it currently drops at local post offices. The shift will seek to…