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Amazon's one-day shipping bet dents profits this holiday season

by Scott Tong
Dec 26, 2019
It costs Amazon more to deliver the average package than you spend on the item itself.
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Getting holiday shopping done at work can boost productivity ... maybe

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 18, 2019
It can save time and clear your mind ... or send you down an e-commerce rabbit hole.
Do you shop online while at the office?
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Why Amazon continues to deliver CEOs to startups

by Bennett Purser and Kai Ryssdal
Nov 20, 2019
From Hulu to WeWork, multiple corporate leaders have gotten their start at the online retail giant.
Bezos founded Amazon in his garage in 1994.
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How Amazon's counterfeit problem reached a bird feeder manufacturer in Rhode Island

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 18, 2019
The vice president of the company likened policing Amazon for fakes to "a game of whack-a-mole."
Can you spot the fake hummingbird feeder? It's on the left. Counterfeit products sold in online marketplaces often bear the same name and trademarks as the legitimate brand.
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How to spot a fake Louis Vuitton

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 18, 2019
Two experts examine some suspect items we bought on Amazon.
A French customs officer shows seized counterfeit handbags prior to their destruction at the postal sorting center of Chilly Mazarin, near Paris.
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How to stop your delivery packages from getting stolen

by Janet Nguyen
Nov 13, 2019
"Porch pirates" took parcels from nearly 26 million Americans in 2017.
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Amazon sacrifices profits for faster shipping

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 25, 2019
The company's spending a lot of money to make sure you get your meat thermometer the same day you order it.
Two-day shipping used to be Amazon's signature. Now, its competitors offer the same.
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Trade group asks U.S. government to call out Amazon for counterfeits

by Marielle Segarra
Oct 2, 2019
The group also wants web sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines added to the list.
A trade group is asking the federal government to put Amazon websites, specifically those in France and India, on a counterfeit list. Above, Amazon packages in northern France.
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After the fanfare, Amazon's HQ2 slowly gets going in Virginia

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 30, 2019
A "Career Day" draws thousands, but Arlington residents are learning the 25,000 promised jobs will be filled over 10 to 12 years.
Thousands of people attend Amazon's Career Day in Crystal City, part of Arlington, Virginia.
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Amazon says it plans to donate goods rather than destroy them

by Erika Beras
Sep 5, 2019
Amazon says it'll stop destroying unsold goods in the U.S. and the U.K., and donate them instead.
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