Amazon workers planning walkout at US HQ after return-to-office mandate, layoffs and environmental concerns May 31, 2023 Amazon workers upset about recent lay-offs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact are planning a walkout at the company’s Seattle headquarters. The lunchtime protest comes a week after Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week. “We respect [...]
Deliveroo, Just Eat, Amazon and Uber: Delivery apps charging DOUBLE for supermarket groceries, says Which? June 3, 2023 Ordering supermarket groceries via a delivery app such as Deliveroo, Just Eat or Uber Eats could cost twice the price of buying directly from the same store, according to Which? Meanwhile, Amazon is charging up to 45 per cent more for Morrisons products than if they were bought from the supermarket’s own website, the consumer [...]
Alexa, cut jobs: Amazon targets hardware teams in first culls December 1, 2022 Amazon has started to cut its key hardware teams as the e-commerce giant is forced to slim down operations. Sources told the Financial Times that staff working on the Alexa voice assistant, Kindle ereader and Halo health tracking device are amongst the first to be hit by mass layoffs at the company. It comes after reports [...]
Under a cloud: Dominance of Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure questioned as Ofcom considers CMA referral April 5, 2023 Ofcom has proposed referring UK cloud services to the competition regulator, citing concerns that key players Amazon and Microsoft could stifle competition. The communications regulator said it has proposed referring the sector to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after it identified features which make it harder for customers to switch or use multiple providers. [...]
Amazon to invest £300m in UK network to ‘electrify and decarbonise’ October 10, 2022 Amazon is to invest more than £300m in its electric vehicle fleet for the UK in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The technology and delivery giant announced more than 1billion Euros investment across Europe over the next five years, with a big chunk in Britain to “electrify and decarbonise” its transportation network. While already [...]
Amazon mutiny: 300 UK staff strike over pay in historic first for the company January 25, 2023 Amazon workers are staging their first ever strike in the UK in a dispute over pay. Members of the GMB at the company’s fulfilment centre in Coventry voted to walk out on Wednesday in protest against a pay rise the union said is worth 50p an hour. Stuart Richards, GMB senior organiser, said: “Today, Amazon workers in Coventry [...]
Amazon getting ‘free ride’ from UK retailers, Currys boss claims December 5, 2022 Amazon is getting a “free ride” from UK retailers by using the country’s infrastructure while swerving taxes, the head of high street electronics retailer Currys said yesterday. Alex Baldock told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show Amazon “appear[s] to play by different rules than those of us who actually pay some tax”. The online [...]
Amazon slows down expansion of Fresh checkout-free stores August 21, 2022 Amazon has reportedly slowed down its rollout of checkout-free supermarket stores, as economic turmoil looms. The tech firm has rejected discussions for dozens of new Amazon Fresh stores, according to a report in The Times. It has also opted to not look for more locations, the newspaper’s report states. However, a small number of openings [...]
Amazon and eBay: 10 out of 12 Christmas lights sold are a fire hazard December 14, 2022 Testing by consumer group, Which? revealed that 10 out of 12 Christmas lights sold on Amazon do not meet UK electrical equipment safety regulations. The consumer group tested under £15 Christmas lights sold on both eBay and Amazon, finding that most of them are dangerous for household use, and may cause a fire. Responding to [...]
Amazon’s sales forecast misses estimates as it hikes Prime membership in US February 3, 2022 Amazon.com said it raising the price of its Prime subscriptions, as it looks to offset higher shipping costs and wages even after beating profit expectations for the holiday quarter. Shares rose 17 per cent in after-hours trade, after dropping nearly eight per cent before the market’s close as part of a broader technology stock sell-off. [...]