Over 700 UK Amazon workers walk out over pay issues The company rejected the union’s request for a £2 pay increase. A. Khalid @askhalid John Keeble via Getty Images More than 700 warehouse workers at an Amazon warehouse in England walked out this week in a dispute over a pay increase, reported Reuters. Amazon … Continue reading Over 700 UK Amazon workers walk out over pay issues
By Rob Walker August 01, 2022 Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Walmart vs. Amazon is one of the great rivalries in business history. And lately the retail giants have found something new to compete over: ad revenue. We don’t normally think of stores as advertising … Continue reading Even as retail sales drop, Amazon and Walmart have created thriving ad businesses
By Michael Grothaus July 29, 2022 If you’re an investor in tech stocks, this week has been rocky—and that rockiness continued on from the week prior, too. Until (August 12, 2022) it seemed as if most tech stocks were doomed. A brief recap: Snap (SNAP): Last Thursday, the Snapchat maker missed on EPS and … Continue reading Amazon and Apple stocks rise, helping Big Tech’s mixed earnings week close on a positive note
A pregnant worker and labor activist says Amazon made her pick up trash alone Ashley Mercer is accusing the company of retaliatory labor practices. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Brendan McDermid / reuters Two Amazon employees have accused the company of retaliating against them for their efforts to organize workers at a warehouse in Liverpool, … Continue reading Amazon employees in Illinois file federal complaint over workplace racism
By Chris Morris July 19, 2022 Flooded with fake and misleading reviews on many of its products, Amazon is going on the offensive, filing suit against the administrators of what it says are over 10,000 Facebook groups that are used to manage those reviews and incentivize people to post them. In a suit … Continue reading Inside the thriving business of writing fake Amazon reviews
By Jared Newman July 18, 2022 Amazon’s Prime Video app is about to look a lot different. An update this week will overhaul the entire interface on TVs, with a new sidebar for navigation, a grid-based live channel guide, and a bigger emphasis on Amazon’s burgeoning sports catalog. It also more clearly … Continue reading How Amazon redesigned Prime Video for a new streaming world
Amazon Prime Day May Be A Benchmark For Spending Trends And The Economy by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 26, 2022 Adobe on Tuesday released data on key themes and categories around consumer spending habits for Prime Day sales, which the company believes will become a benchmark for spending during the remainder of the year. … Continue reading Amazon Prime Day May Be A Benchmark For Spending Trends And The Economy
Amazon’s Ring has teamed up with over 2,000 police and fire departments Partnerships exploded in 2020 despite privacy concerns. J. Fingas @jonfingas Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ring’s police collaborations didn’t slow down in 2020 despite controversies — if anything, they ramped up. The Financial Times reports that the Amazon-owned smart home security brand now has 2,014 … Continue reading Amazon gave Ring footage to police without customer consent
By David Salazar July 13, 2022 Digital pharmacies looking to set themselves apart in a crowded field are taking a page—and executives—from the biggest names in tech. Case in point: SoftBank-backed startup Alto Pharmacy, which just landed a top Amazon exec as its next CEO. Alicia Boler Davis will take the reins of the company … Continue reading Why an Amazon executive just signed on to lead this digital pharmacy startup
Sony WH-1000XM4 review: The best just got better Refined design, new features, same price. B. Steele Sony’s WH-1000XM3 noise-canceling headphones have been our top pick since their debut in 2018. The company continued to improve its powerful ANC (active noise cancellation), sound quality and design in the third-gen version of its flagship over-ear model. It … Continue reading The best Amazon Prime Day 2022 deals so far
