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FTC warns about ‘Amazon impersonators’ ahead of holiday shopping season

The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans about a scam involving impersonators pretending to work for Amazon when asking for payments and gift card information.

6 days ago

House committee threatens criminal probe of Amazon over competition practices

U.S. House lawmakers are threatening to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, saying the tech giant has one “final chance” to correct previous testimony by executives on its competition practices.

October 18

Amazon hiring 150K seasonal workers in US amid holiday hiring surge

Amazon's seasonal hires can get sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000.

October 18

Amazon to allow employees to work mostly from home indefinitely

Amazon is trying to get their employees back to the workplace by 2022, but with so many offices around the globe, they are leaving that decision to individual teams and their managers.

October 11

California bars retailers like Amazon from firing for missing quotas that interfere with breaks

California on Wednesday became the first state to bar mega-retailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that grew from Amazon’s drive to speed goods to consumers more quickly.

September 23

Amazon eyes 125K more hires, $18+ per hour average salary

Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online.

September 14

Amazon partners with Affirm to give shoppers buy-now-pay-later option

Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay-later option that does not involve credit cards.

August 27

Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses

Starting Monday, Amazon will be requiring all of its 900,000 U.S. warehouse workers to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.

August 6

Blue Origin launches Jeff Bezos into space on company's 1st human flight

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its first crewed rocket on Tuesday with the billionaire on board, along with three others.

July 20

Amazon to hire over 100,000 US veterans and military spouses by 2024

Amazon has 35,000 open jobs right now that are available to veterans.

July 13

California Amazon delivery driver arrested for DUI following hit-and-run crashes

The driver of an Amazon delivery van was arrested on suspicion of DUI after two hit-and-run crashes that knocked down a light pole and smashed up a parked car in a Southern California neighborhood, authorities said.

July 5

Lawsuit accuses Amazon of price gouging during COVID-19 pandemic

A class-action lawsuit accuses Amazon of hiking up prices for food, cleaning products, personal hygiene products and emergency or medical products during the pandemic.

July 3

NY woman receives hundreds of Amazon packages she didn’t order

A woman in Buffalo, New York started receiving hundreds of packages from Amazon containing face mask brackets that she didn’t order to begin with.

June 24

Walmart, Target, Kohl's take on Amazon's Prime Day in retail wars

Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Kohl's have their own sales going on amid Amazon Prime Day 2021.

June 21

Amazon to surpass Walmart as largest US retailer

Amazon is one of the few retailers that has benefited during the pandemic, and that growth is about to pull the company past Walmart as the largest U.S. retailer.

June 20