CNN – Are you planning an outdoor adventure? Are you ready to start your next hike or set up your dream campsite? REI has you covered. The popular outdoor retailer, which sells some of the best-known adventure brands on the market, is currently running a Labor Day sale that will discount a variety of items … Read more
An Amazon fulfillment center. (GeekWire file photo) Amazon stepped outside of acceptable guidelines and put undue pressure on warehouse workers in Alabama to unionize the Bessemer fulfillment warehouse in April. Efforts by the retail, wholesale and department store union to organize the nearly 6,000 warehouse workers last spring did not garner enough votes to form … Read more
Amazon believes there is a need to raise wages and incentivize it to fill some of its vacancies, resulting in higher costs on its fulfillment network. “We are certainly seeing increased demand for labor,” said Brian Olsavsky, Amazon’s chief financial officer, on a conference call with reporters. “So far we have had good recruitment successes … Read more
A delivery driver loads packages at an Amazon distribution facility. (Amazon photo) What happens when Amazon becomes an integral part of a community’s economy and culture? And what does the result say about the tech giant’s larger impact on the world? This week, on the GeekWire podcast, we’re exploring the double-edged sword of the company’s … Read more