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Amazon offers employees incentives to quit ... and start delivery businesses

by Erika Beras
May 14, 2019
The company wants to rely less on outside shippers.
More than half the products sold on Amazon come from smaller companies.
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In logistics, employers scramble for workers

by Mitchell Hartman
May 7, 2019
Bureau of Labor Statistics data show nearly 90,000 job openings in warehousing, transportation and utilities in March.
Boxes travel on conveyor belts at an Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, in 2017.
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Spotify's free streaming model now faces competition from Google, Amazon

by Ben Bradford
Apr 29, 2019
Google and Amazon have both created new, free, ad-based tiers of their music services, cutting at Spotify's main profit model.
In this file photo illustration taken on April 19, 2018 shows the logo of online streaming music service Spotify displayed on a tablet screen in Paris.
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Amazon sweetens Prime deal with one-day shipping

by Scott Tong
Apr 29, 2019
The company is trying to retain its competitive edge.
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Has Amazon reached a Prime plateau?

by Ben Bradford
Apr 25, 2019
The rate of membership growth in the U.S. has proven difficult to maintain.
Men work at a distribution station in the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, in February.
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Amazon delivery options are rooted in data — and competition

by Jack Stewart
Apr 25, 2019
The online retail giant still feels brick-and-mortar stores hot on its heels.
An Amazon package makes its way down a conveyor belt before being shipped.
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Amazon, Walmart now offering grocery delivery to SNAP recipients

by Ben Bradford
Apr 19, 2019
Walmart and Amazon are now accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps, for online grocery delivery in New York.
Signs for Amazon Go are seen outside the grocery store's location on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.
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What's ahead for Best Buy's new CEO?

by Andy Uhler
Apr 15, 2019
Corie Barry will replace Hubert Joly in June.
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Your smart speaker is always listening

by Molly Wood
Apr 12, 2019
And someone on the other side of it may be listening, too.
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Big companies are raising wages as competition heats up

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 9, 2019
Finding and retaining workers can be a challenge.
The competition for workers is getting fierce. 
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