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Amazon makes clear it’s now competing with shippers such as FedEx and UPS in its annual filing - CNBC Amazon adds “transportation and logistics services” to its group of competitors for the first time in its annual filing last week. The new language shows how Amazon’s growing shipping and...

Amazon's CFO Says Shipping Orders Itself Is Cheaper Than Using FedEx or UPS - Motley Fool The company's growing logistics and delivery network is something to keep an eye on. Amazon.com's shipping costs increased 23% year over year in the fourth quarter. While that's an improvement from the...

Amazon is a good customer of ours: UPS CEO - Fox Business UPS CEO David Abney on the outlook for global shipping, the state of the economy, Amazon's impact on shipping and the impact of Trump administration trade negotiations on U.S. retailers.

Look Out FedEx and UPS -- Is Amazon Going To Disrupt The Shipping Industry? - Forbes Amazon started out in the book business. Their online model disrupted the retail book industry. They moved into other items and eventually their online presence changed and disrupted the entire retail industry...

Where are the drones? Amazon’s customers are still waiting - AP Jeff Bezos boldly predicted five years ago that drones would be carrying Amazon packages to people’s doorsteps by now. Amazon customers are still waiting. And it’s unclear when, if ever, this particular order by the company’s...

Amazon is hiring fewer workers this holiday season, a sign that robots are replacing them - Quartz Amazon is staffing up for the holiday rush with around 100,000 additional hires. As big as that number sounds, it’s actually fewer people than the e-commerce giant added in either the 2016 or 2017...

It looks like most AMZ pkgs went to P1 as of yesterday. Anybody know what's up with that?

Amazon's hourly workers lose monthly bonuses and stock awards as minimum wage increases - CNBC Amazon warehouse workers are no longer eligible to receive monthly bonuses and stock awards. Amazon made the change as it announced a minimum-wage increase on Tuesday. The change could make some...

'Amazon has all the power': How Amazon controls legions of delivery drivers without paying their wages and benefits - This is Insider Amazon can effectively control thousands of delivery drivers without claiming full responsibility for their wages, benefits, and working conditions, sources...

Can UPS keep up with Amazon on wages and workers? - Louisville Business First Amazon.com Inc. just took a huge step toward attracting more workers to its operations. The e-commerce retailer announced it is raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all for full-time, part-time, temporary...

Hearing critics like Bernie Sanders, Amazon raises its U.S. minimum wage to $15 - Marketwatch Company to lobby for bump in federal minimum wage Amazon.com Inc., which last month briefly joined the elite club alongside Apple of claiming market capitalization of $1 trillion, will now pay its...

Amazon’s Delivery Drones May Not Hurt UPS and FedEx After All - Barron's Concern that Amazon poses a significant threat to logistics giants has been an overhang for both FedEx (FDX) and United Parcel Service (UPS) stock, but we may get some relief on that front, says Bernstein. Where we were...

Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of 'free' shipping - Business Insider Business Insider spoke with 31 current or recently employed drivers about what it's like to deliver packages for Amazon...

UPS plan to boost business shipping falls short with investors - Reuters United Parcel Service Inc is doubling down on shipments between businesses as part of a $20 billion overhaul aimed at automating its facilities and offsetting the profit squeeze from lower-profit home deliveries from large...

Should UPS be concerned about Amazon's order of 20,000 vans? - Louisville Business First Winter is coming, logistics world. Last week brought the news that Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) had ordered 20,000 delivery vans from Mercedes-Benz. CNN reports that this deal is a big leap from the...

U.S. calls foreign mail system unfair in surprise win for Amazon - Reuters The U.S. State Department on Friday said it would push for foreign postal carriers to pay the U.S. Postal Service more to deliver small parcels within the United States, taking up a longtime complaint by Amazon.com, UPS...

UPS counters Amazon.com challenge with IoT, analytics - CIO Amazon.com regularly launches new points of attack on top shipping providers’ turfs. But there is one area where United Parcel Service insists it maintains a competitive advantage: using internet of things (IoT) to improve fleet and...

Is Amazon's Latest Move Going to Crush UPS and FedEx? - Motley Fool The announcement that Amazon.com is inviting budding entrepreneurs to become Amazon Delivery Service Partners as part of its crowdsourcing delivery model will naturally concern investors in United Parcel Service and FedEx...

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Amazon Prime Day is Tuesday July 17th this year. Any buildings doing Sick-outs? I'm wondering which days, if any we will get :censored:ed hardest so I can get 8hr days or 2hour bonuses if I work over?