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Publication Article Title Publication Article Title Amazon looks to fill 1,500 jobs in Tampa, Business Observer, October 14, 2025 The rewards and risks of Amazon’s push to add fresh groceries to same-day delivery, CNBC, August 28, 2025   Amazon’s Big Bet on Groceries Isn’t a Knockout Blow for Rivals, The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2025 Vermonters Outraged by Amazon’s Plans for Essex Warehouse, Seven Days, April 16, 2025 City reviewing final plans for $16.6 million Amazon station in West Jacksonville, Jacksonville Daily Record, February 25, 2025 Amazon’s Quebec business is growing, despite pledges to rip up contracts, The Logic, March 31, 2025 Robot rev up: Amazon boosts warehouse tech to speed deliveries, CoStar, February 6, 2025 Amazon quit Quebec. This little-known company will try to fill the void, The Logic, February 17, 2025   In Quebec, an Amazon union push gets snuffed out, The Globe and Mail, January 25, 2025 Amazon’s expansion in Knoxville threatens jobs and livelihoods of rural carriers, wsws.org, January 28, 2025 Amazon Closes Its Operations in Quebec, Laying Off 1,700 Workers, New York Times, January 22, 2025 Amazon Abandons Quebec Market, Cuts 1,700 Jobs, The Deep Dive, January 23, 2025   Amazon Doubles Industrial Acquisitions With More Than $2B In Deals', Bisnow, January 2, 2025 How the Amazon strikes could affect holiday deliveries, The New York Post, December 19, 2024   You Want That Gift to Arrive Today? This Is What It Takes., New York Times, December 3, 2024 Amazon overweight stock rating continued on strategic developments, Investing.com, November 27, 2024   DA Davidson technology analyst holds an analyst/industry conference call, TipRanks, October 6, 2024 How major retailers Amazon, Best Buy, Costco, Home Depot prepared for the port strike, CNBC, October 1, 2024   Amazon Skagit County facility opens after lengthy delay, Cascadia Daily News, September 3, 2024 Which Fortune 500 company is coming to Ashland?, Ashland Source, August 8, 2024   Daikin permitted, Amazon in review for Commonwealth Logistics Center, Jacksonville Daily Record, August 5, 2024 Amazon Boosts Spending to Expand Warehouse, Data Center Networks, CoStar, August 1, 2024     Amazon Fights States on Defining Quotas in Warehouse Safety Laws, Bloomberg Law, July 24, 2024 Author Nicola Twilley on the Global Cold Rush, The Motley Fool, July 9, 2024     Amazon, Built by Retail, Invests in Its AI Future, The Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2024 The math is looking good for Walmart's automated warehouses, Business Insider, June 13, 2024     Amazon working on Commonwealth Logistics Center facility, Jacksonville Daily Record, June 28, 2024 Amazon Planning for 16M Square Feet of New Warehouse Spaces in 2024, Supply Chain Brain, March 28, 2024       Amazon Is Reviving Its Logistics Expansion and Reshaping Its U.S. Distributione, The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2024 Amazon.com to benefit from expanding of delivery stations, says DA Davidson, TipRanks, April 18, 2024 The Quebec exception delivers a union at Amazon, The Logic, May 21, 2024 DA Davidson maintains Amazon buy rating, $235 target, Investing.com, April 17, 2024   Amazon Poised for Margin Expansion and Profitability Growth: A Buy Rating Analysis, Business Insider, April 5, 2024     Industrial Real Estate’s Biggest Operators Add Space Despite Slowdown, Commercial Observer, March 26, 2024 Amazon is expanding in Tri-Cities area with two new facilities, The Seattle Times, March 19, 2024 Amazon’s rightsized and regionalized fulfillment strategy set to deliver more profits and more stock gains ahead, CNBC, March 7, 2024 Vacant Amazon warehouse in Everett put back on the market, Puget Sound Business Journal, March 14, 2024 Amazon plant in Elkhart remains idle, timeline for opening unclear, Inside Indiana Business, January 5, 2024 The Pilots Delivering Your Amazon Packages Are Ready to Strike, Wired Magazine, December 5, 2023   Amazon ramps up warehouse sublease listings, Supplychaindive, November 30, 2023 Down to Business: Schodack site another link in Amazon's upstate New York supply chain, The Daily Gazette, December 18, 2023     Amazon caught between retail troubles and the FTC, The Seattle Times, October 9, 2023 Alternate delivery model gains traction in US but has ways to go, Freightwaves, October 2, 2023   How Amazon Shipping could shake up the parcel delivery industry, Supplychaindive, August 30, 2023 Amazon lots in east Vancouver remain empty, The Columbian, September 5, 2023 Amazon Expands One-Day Delivery, Forbes, August 4, 2023       Niagara IDA extends Amazon tax breaks, Investigative Post, August 9, 2023 Amazon Grows Boxless Packaging, and the Industry is Watching, Multichannel Merchant, August 16, 2023 Stalled UPS Union Negotiations Threaten E-Commerce Deliveries, The Information, July 9, 2023 The Golden Age of Logistics, Puget Sound Business Journal, July 9, 2023   Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet, LaborNotes, July 17, 2023 How Amazon Fixed a National ‘Supply Chain Problem’, Sourcing Journal, August 1, 2023     Amazon Is Everywhere. That’s What Makes It So Vulnerable, New York Times, May 19, 2023 One year since Amazon Labor Union’s victory at Staten Island, wsws.org, April 28, 2023   Amazon tight-lipped about new warehouse in Schodack, Albany Business Review, June 22, 2023 Amazon Hub Delivery Gets Mostly Positive Marks from Experts, Multichannel Merchant, June 30, 2023 Amazon Tax Subsidies Are Inefficient Job Creators, Forbes, April 28, 2023   Amazon Made a Big Mistake (And It Could Hurt You), TheStreet, April 27, 2023 Jeff Bezos Himself Was Reportedly Behind Amazon’s Weirdly Aggressive Tweets, Vanity Fair, March 29, 2023   What's behind Amazon's new return fee, AXIOS, April 14, 2023     Amazon’s belt-tightening affects towns across the U.S., The Washington Post, March 7, 2023 Amazon Has Shut Down 99 Logistics Facilities in 30 States, Globest.com, March 3, 2023   Shopify Aims To Avoid Pitfalls Of Amazon As It Rolls Out 'Elastic Warehouse Capacity', Bisnow, March 16, 2023 Industrial Real Estate Market's New Demand Driver Changing Space Requirements, Bisnow, March 16, 2023   SPEEDY SERVICE Amazon makes major shopping change and customers will love what works ‘best for them’, The U.S. Sun, March 1, 2023 Amazon closes, cancels more warehouses as cost-cutting persists, Retaildive, March 1, 2023   Amazon pulls back from UPS as it builds out logistics empire, Supplychaindive, March 3, 2023 Amazon Scales Back Warehouse Portfolio — Again, Bisnow, March 2, 2023         Report: Amazon Opening More Ultrafast Delivery Sites, TotalRetail, February 27, 2023 Amazon Expands Same-Day Delivery, With Fees, While Battling Slow Growth, The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2022 How retailers are trying to save on rising fulfillment and warehousing costs, January 23, 2023       Amazon Expanding Same-Day Capabilities, Multichannel Merchant, February 28, 2023 WSJ: Amazon Expands ‘Ultrafast’ Delivery Options with Plans for More Specialized Warehouses, RetailTouchPoints, February 28, 2023 Amazon’s New Revenue Stream Could Also Solve Its Space Issues — If Retailers Buy In, Bisnow, March 2, 2023 UPS and the Package Wars, The New Yorker, January 9, 2023 Omni-channel of the future, Modern Materials Handling, January 9, 2023     Amazon will take years to recover from a warehouse overbuilding binge during the pandemic. In 2022, it still added a third of Walmart's total capacity., Business Insider, January 5, 2023 Amazon finds itself over-extended and over-staffed, itvNEWS UK, January 5, 2023 Expert Predicts It Could Take Years To Recalibrate Amazon's Warehouse Capacity, Bisnow, January 6, 2023 Amazon's cost-cutting measures continue, Insider Intelligence, January 6, 2023     ‘Zombie’ Amazon Grocery Stores Pile Up as Openings Grind to a Halt, The Information, December 21, 2022 Warehouse Space Demand Will Shrink in 2023, Multichannel Merchant, December 20, 2022 Amazon's Warehouse Space Cuts Centered On Smaller Buildings In Secondary Markets, Bisnow, November 15, 2022         Amazon debuts new warehouse robot that can do human jobs, The Financial Times, November 10, 2022 Amazon's cutbacks cost Oklahoma City one of its once-vaunted 'last-mile' delivery centers, The Oklahoman, November 1, 2022 Could vertical storage make online grocery fulfillment more efficient?, Grocery Dive, November 2, 2022   PODCAST: Behind Amazon's Expansion And Contraction With Logistics Expert Marc Wulfraat, Bisnow, October 30, 2022   As e-commerce sales cool down, retailers are pulling back warehouse costs, ModernRetail, October 25, 2022     E-commerce warehouses, commercial property hot spots, start to cool, The Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2022 The new blue-collar workplace reshaping America, for better or worse, yahoo! Finance, October 19, 2022   Online grocery sales fall 3% in September as delivery gains ground on pickupvertical storage make online grocery fulfillment more efficient?, Grocery Dive, October 12, 2022 Amazon Workers at California Warehouse Seek to Join Upstart Union, yahoo! Finance, October 12, 2022           Amazon tries to revive ecommerce business with additional Prime Day, The Financial Times, October 11, 2022 Amazon and UPS: Is the great split finally here?, Freightwaves, October 6, 2022   Here's where Amazon is hiring ahead of the holiday season, Delaware Online, October 10, 2022 Industry observers: Loveland Amazon facility not likely affected by slowdown, Daily Camera, September 20, 2022     Amazon pauses Canby center that was supposed to bring 500+ jobs, Portland Business Journal, September 15, 2022 Amazon Says Pender Delivery Station Still On The Way; No Timeline Given, WilmingtonBiz, September 15, 2022 Amazon delays opening of North Versailles warehouse, leaves Lawrenceville hanging, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 16, 2022 Amazon 'never finalized plans' for a fulfillment center in Greensboro, company say, News & Record, September 15, 2022     Amazon Closing Fulfillment Centers Nationwide, NEWSMAX, September 15, 2022 Amazon cancels, delays dozens of warehouses as it looks to rightsize capacity, Supplychaindive, September 14, 2022       Amazon Warehouse Closings 2022: Nearly 70 Locations Closed, Canceled, Or Delayed, International Business Times, September 15, 2022 This map shows where Amazon is closing warehouses across the country, CNBC, September 15, 2022       Amazon Is Refining Delivery Operations as It Resets Logistics Network, The Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2022 With 1,500 jobs at stake, Amazon warehouse projects delayed in two Iowa cities, Des Moines Register, September 13, 2022   Amazon's Logistics Pullback Grows To Affect 66 Warehouses, Bisnow, September 12, 2022 Amazon mulls opening distribution center in Israel, ynet news.com, September 9, 2022 Report: Amazon cuts back on warehouses, Chain Store Age, September 6, 2022       Report: Amazon Shuts, Delays Some Facilities as eCommerce Growth Slows, PYMNTS, September 9, 2022 Amazon Culls 53M SF From Warehouse Footprint, ALM Globest.com, September 7, 2022     Amazon Closing 2 Facilities & Scraps Plans For 42 Others, eSeller365, September 5, 2022 Amazon Shutting Down Dozens of Warehouses in US, Shares Fall Over 25 Percent, The Epoch Times, September 5, 2022     Amazon Slows Expansion Push, Nixes Dozens of New Facilities, Connect Commercial Real Estate, September 6, 2022 Amazon Putting Many New FC Openings on Hold, while Still Opening Dozens more, Supply Chain Digest, September 5, 2022   Amazon closes, abandons plans for dozens of US warehouses, The Business Times, September 5, 2022 Amazon closes or abandons plans for dozens of warehouses as it goes from expansion mode to belt-tightening, Fortune, September 2, 2022     Amazon reportedly shutting warehouses, discarding plans of building dozens of facilities due to slow sales, EconoTimes, September 5, 2022 Amazon Abandons Dozens of Warehouses as it Scales Back, ChannelNews, September 5, 2022   Amazon Closes, Abandons Plans for Dozens of US Warehouses, Bloomberg, September 2, 2022 Amazon shutters dozens of warehouses as consumers return to stores, Washington Examiner, September 2, 2022         Amazon Closing Two Baltimore-Area Warehouses in Wider Industrial Pullback, Commercial Observer, September 2, 2022 Amazon closes, abandons plans for dozens of U.S. warehouses, The Seattle Times, September 2, 2022 Amazon Warehousing & Distribution is company’s latest foray into logistics, Freightwaves, September 1, 2022   Empty Amazon hub on Wilson listed as on-hold, yahoo!news, August 26, 2022 Amazon.com cuts two planned distribution centers in SoCal, The Real Deal, August 22, 2022   Amazon Nixes or Delays Opening Almost 50 Warehouses, Commercial Observer, August 23, 2022 Amazon ups Number Of Postponed, Canceled Warehouses To 49, Bisnow, August 30, 2022   Delivery partners touted by Amazon received millions in U.S. financial aid, records show, Geekwire, August 23, 2022   Automated e-commerce fulfillment has become a tough sell for grocers. That may soon change, Grocery Dive, August 17, 2022 Amazon workers at an air-freight hub walked out in protest over pay and sweltering temperatures, Business Insider, August 16, 2022     Amazon workers walk off job at major West Coast air hub, The Washington Post, August 16, 2022 Amazon pauses 18 warehouses in 12 states, bringing total site changes to over 40, USA Today, August 1, 2022     Amazon Now Running Same-Day Delivery for Pacsun, Diesel, Sourcing Journal, August 1, 2022 Amazon is doubling down on its warehouse strategy, Freightwaves, July 29, 2022         Amazon’s Plans for Massive Warehouses Go Forward Amid Logistics Review, The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2022 E-Commerce Warehouses Are Springing Leaks, The Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2022 Amazon Ramps Up Land Buys As It Pulls Out Of Leased Spaces, Bisnow, July 26, 2022 Down to Business: Work continues at Amazon ‘middle mile’ facility in Rensselaer County, The Daily Gazette, July 20, 2022   Amazon Hub in Newark Is Canceled After Unions and Local Groups Object, New York Times, July 7, 2022 Amazon overbuilt warehouses and faces labor woes. But at new site in Clay, it’s prime time, Syracuse.com, June 24, 2022     Amazon cancels or delays plans for at least 16 warehouses this year, Freightwaves, July 3, 2022 Amazon cancels, delays wave of warehouse plans as e-commerce demand cools, SupplyChainDive, June 30, 2022     Amazon's consumer chief to jump to logistics startup Flexport as CEO, Euronews.next, June 26, 2022 Amazon Stock Has a Bright Future Despite Capacity Issues, Says Top Analyst, TipRanks, June 6, 2022   5 Years Later: Amazon’s Whole Foods Buy A Study In Hubris And Determination, Bisnow, June 15, 2022 Dave Clark to Co-Lead Flexport After Amazon, Multichannel Merchant, June 10, 2022 Amazon’s Largest Warehouse Ever Under Construction in Southern California, Planetizen, June 6, 2022 High fuel prices hurt – but not equally for Walmart and Target, Reuters, June 3, 2022 Amazon will build delivery facility in Anoka County, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, June 2, 2022   Loveland Amazon facility, No. 2 in size in network, not likely on chopping block, Loveland Reporter-Herald, June 6, 2022 4.1 million-square-foot warehouse in California will be Amazon’s biggest ever, The Seattle Times, June 5, 2022     Amazon Slowdown Sends Shivers Through Red-Hot Warehouse Sector, The Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2022 When Amazon Puts a Warehouse Next Door: ‘We Can’t Escape It, Bloomberg, May 17, 2022   Amazon Quietly Axed Millions of Square Feet of Warehouse Space, The Information, May 24, 2022 Amazon’s surprising new delivery partners: Rural mom-and-pop shops, Vox, May 9, 2022 Amazon disrupted retail; now it’s disrupting the construction industry, The Real Deal, April 26, 2022 Amazon Crushes Building Materials Supply Chain, Sends Shockwaves Through Construction Industry, Bisnow, April 24, 2022   Amazon Reports $3.8B Loss, Looks at Rocky Near Term, Multichannel Merchant, May 2, 2022 The Amazonification of the American workforce, Vox, April 21, 2022 Amazon Has 'Too Much Space' but Insiders Aren't Worried, Business Insider, April 30, 2022     Amazon Increases Costs For Sellers With 5%  Fuel and Inflation Surcharge, AmazingNews24, April 14, 2022 Amazon is UPS’s biggest customer - and biggest competitive threat, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 13, 2022   Two-Day Shipping and Its Impact on Amazon Employees and Affiliates, Allwork, April 21, 2022 Amazon wants to be near cities. But it doesn't want unions. It can't have both., The Business of Business, April 15, 2022 What happens when Amazon comes to town, The Economist, March 26, 2022       Amazon Staten Island Union Vote Sends Shockwaves, Multichannel Merchant, April 4, 2022 Should grocery chains bring transportation in-house? RetailWire, March 28, 2022 Churchill Westinghouse campus owner on Amazon pull out: "This is just a sucker punch right now.”, The Pittsburgh Business Times, March 18, 2022 Amazon is slowing its fulfillment center spend. What’s next? SuppluChainDive, March 18, 2022 Vulnerable Amazon, tED Magazine, February 1, 2022     Can Anyone Satisfy Amazon’s Craving for Electric Vans?, New York Times, January 18, 2022     Amazon Could Be a Late Holiday Bloomer, The Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2021 Need for speed - Developers race to build warehouses amid site shortage, Virginia Business, December 31, 2021     COVID, Hurricane Ida, Amazon: Here was some of Louisiana's biggest business news in 2021, The Advocate, December 28, 2021   5 tech losers that can’t wait for 2021 to end, Fortune, December 16, 2021       Anguish and gratitude as tornado slashed through Amazon warehouse, The Washington Post, December 15, 2021 Amazon is about to shake up grocery delivery, ModernShipper, December 13, 2021 OSHA opens investigation after Amazon warehouse collapses during tornado, killing 6, PBS News Hour, December 13, 2021 Amazon continues to expand its footprint locally and statewide, The Business Observer, Dec 11, 2021 When Amazon Expands, These Communities Pay the Price, The Guardian, December 9, 2021 Amazon's trucking ambitions bump up against driver shortage, competition, Reuters, December 8, 2021 Walmart gets its bite back, The Economist, November 20, 2021 Amazon Touts Drivers, Warehouses as Salve to Supply-Chain Woes, Bloomberg, October 25, 2021         Amazon Builds Out Network to Speed Delivery, Handle Holiday Crunch, The Wall Street Journal, November  29, 2021 Amazon growth hit by labour crunch and rising costs, The Financial Times, October 28, 2021   Amazon to Overtake UPS, FedEx as Largest Delivery Network, Sourcing Journal, November 30, 2021 Amazon Invests in Bypassing Retail Supply Chain Issues, The Street, November 29, 2021   California Senate Passes Bill Reining In Amazon Labor Model, New York Times, September 8, 2021 Insatiable: Amazon has more than doubled its space during pandemic, The Real Deal, November 23, 2021 Amazon Air arrives at Des Moines International Airport as company pushes toward same-day service, Des Moines Register, November 9, 2021   Ship out of luck? 2021 holiday season will put Amazon’s workforce strategy to the test, Geekwire, November 24, 2021 After Amazon: Mayor says more coming to west Montgomery, Montgomery Advertiser, November 22, 2021 Amazon's $100M Montgomery project: Three things you need to know, Montgomery Advertiser, November 14, 2021     As Amazon grows its Twin Cities logistics network, the e-commerce retailer reshapes, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, September 16, 2021 Amazon to open 100 more US facilities in September, The Real Deal, September 14, 2021     What external freight makes sense for Amazon’s network?, Freightwaves, September 10, 2021 Little doubt remains that Amazon is behind huge warehouse proposed in Woodward, Business Record, October 28, 2021   Amazon expands deliveries to serve unlikely clients: its rivals, Financial Times, August 3, 2021 Amazon faces more than slowing sales growth: it needs more warehouses, Reuters, July 30, 2021   Robots are replacing humans in warehouses amid a growing labour shortage, Financial Times, September 28, 2021 5 charts show Amazon's growing logistics network as it puts inventory closer to consumers, SupplyChainDive, August 2, 2021 Amazon’s Space Race: Delivery Hubs Near Cities, Airports Propel Warehouse Growth, The Information, August 18, 2021 Meet the typical Amazon customer, a college-educated married woman in the South earning $80,000, yahoo!News, August 8, 2021   Amazon’s latest Arkansas outpost: Yellville, Arkansas Times, August 23, 2021 Last-mile Delivery Attracts New Services, Providers, PracticalEcommerce, August 26, 2021 The Rebound Podcast: What’s Happening in Micro-Fulfillment. Listen in as Marc Wulfraat discusses why micro-fulfillment is taking off in grocery and e-commerce, Modern Materials Handling, July 13, 2021     The Empires Jeff Bezos Built, The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2021 Davenport officials confirm Amazon project, bringing company's Iowa facilities to at least seven, Des Moines Register, July 7, 2021         Amazon’s Labor Unrest May Show at the Margins, The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2021 Grocers Need Not Fear Amazon—for Now, The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2021 Is micro-fulfillment tech living up to the hype? Grocery Dive, June 28, 2021   Amazon to end COVID-19 testing program in its facilities, The Seattle Times, July 19, 2021 Amazon announces plans for 2.9-million-square-foot fulfillment center in Churchill, Pittsburgh Business Times, July 14, 2021 How COVID affected Chicago's largest out-of-town employers, Crains, July 10, 2021   Amazon warehouse workers suffer serious injuries at higher rates than other firms, The Washington Post, June 1, 2021 Ahold Delhaize's self-distribution network will be more than 85% complete in 2022, Grocery Dive, June 23, 2021     Instacart Bets on Robots to Shrink Ranks of 500,000 Gig Shoppers, Bloomberg, June 1, 2021 Pardon the Disruption: Amazon's push into self-distribution, Grocery Dive, June 9, 2021 Amazon insources logistics with a growing network of delivery stations, SupplyChainDive, April 27, 2021 Amazon will overtake Walmart as the largest U.S. retailer in 2022, JPMorgan predicts, CNBC, June 11, 2021         Amazon embarks on 75K hiring push to accommodate logistics growth, SupplyChainDive, May 14, 2021 Amazon to hire 75K workers for North American logistics, fulfillment, Freightwaves, May 13, 2021 At giant warehouse in Clay and across US, Amazon remakes how it ships millions of little things, Syracuse.com, May 30, 2021         Walmart vs Amazon: the battle to dominate grocery, The Financial Times, May 10, 2021 The Amazon effect: Could company's arrival in Shreveport bring more business to area? Shreveport Times, May 10, 2021 It's Still Early for Amazon Logistics, The Motley Fool, May 7, 2021 Amazon to open first fulfillment center in Savannah, Freightwaves, May 8, 2021 Amazon’s Ugly Alabama Union Fight Could Be The Struggle That Alters The Great Disruptor Forever, Forbes, April 1, 2021   Amazon Workers Petition Company to Address Its Pollution in Communities of Color, WebProNews, May 27, 2021 Amazon delivery station expected to bring over 100 jobs: What we know now., Staunton News Leader, May 25, 2021 Amazon workers demand end to pollution hitting people of color hardest, NBC News, May 24, 2021     Some companies are blaming stimulus benefits for their hiring struggles, saying workers can earn more money on unemployment, Markets Insider, April 21, 2021 Amazon Prime Adoption Accelerated in 2020, The Motley Fool, April 17, 2021         There's a simple solution for companies struggling to hire: Pay workers more, Markets Insider, April 25, 2021 Amazon Logistics’ historic growth spurt in context, Freightwaves, April 22, 2021 Amazon is the New Walmart of the Workplace, WallStreetWindow.com, April 9, 2021   Contentious Union Vote at Amazon Heads to a Count, New York Times, March 29, 2021 Amazon triples Southern California delivery hubs to get packages out faster, The San Bernardino Sun, March 26, 2021 As the Hard-Fought Amazon Union Vote Ends, a Movement Begins, Wired Magazine, March 29, 2021 Some Amazon Drivers Have Had Enough. Can They Unionize?, Wired Magazine, March 19, 2021 Target is following Amazon’s footsteps with a major leap forward in e-commerce logistics - here’s how, Business Insider, March 3, 2021 Amazon, E-Commerce Drive Boom in Warehouse Construction, Cheddar, March 18, 2021     Record-breaking demand for warehouse and DC development, Logistics Management, February 8, 2021 California eclipses Washington as Amazon’s biggest state for jobs, with 153k employees and counting, Geekwire, February 18, 2021 Deal to sell Cortana Mall to Amazon developer finalized. How many jobs could it create? The Advocate, March 4, 2021   Why rezoning for the potential Amazon center at Cortana Mall has been deferred, The Advocate, February 24, 2021 Could an Amazon union form in Iowa? The Teamsters say they're organizing employees, Des Moines Register, February 26, 2021 Amazon paid at least $17.25 million for Cortana Mall. See what it has planned, The Advocate, March 8, 2021   Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to step aside as chief executive this year, The Financial Times, February 2, 2021 Amazon arrives in rural America: Tech giant delivers hope and concern to California town, Geekwire, February 4, 2021       Lore leaves unfinished business at Walmart, Freightwaves, January 21, 2021 Jeff Bezos’ logistics legacy, Freightwaves, February 3, 2021 Chances and challenges facing Amazon’s new boss, The Sunday Times, February 7, 2021   REQ: Amazon’s quest to build ‘their own UPS, Pittsburgh Business Times, December 30, 2020 6 stages grocers can follow to level up in online fulfillment, Grocery Dive, January 13, 2021   Is Amazon done building in south Louisiana? These are the pieces to the puzzle, The Advocate, January 16, 2021       Amazon Closes New Jersey Warehouse After Rise in Covid Cases, Bloomberg, December 21, 2020 Sources: Amazon commits to take entire 330,000-square-foot former Sears Outlet building in Lawrenceville for last-mile facility, Pittsburgh Business Times, December 9, 2020   What to expect when an Amazon 'building out its own UPS' comes into the city with a new last-mile delivery facility, Pittsburgh Business Times, December 11, 2020 Amazon confirms it is building second Bondurant warehouse, will employ 100, Des Moines Register, November 4, 2020       To keep up with pandemic boom in online shopping, Amazon hired 427,300 employees in 10 months, New York Times, November 28, 2020 Amazon’s big holiday shopping advantage: An in-house shipping network swollen by pandemic-fueled growth, The Washington Post, November 27, 2020   That big new center in Nampa? It’s just a tiny piece of Amazon’s historic hiring spree, Idaho Statesman, November 29, 2020 Amazon’s Massive Chicago-Area Expansion Was Fueled By $741 Million From Taxpayers, WBEZ Chicago’s npr News Source, October 26, 2020       Nevada wins eight more Amazon facilities, Freightwaves, December 2, 2020 Walmart to place pop-up e-commerce DCs inside regional facilities, Freightwaves, November 15, 2020 Amazon confirms it is building second Bondurant warehouse, will employ 100, Des Moines Register, November 4, 2020 All Hail Amazon: Why E-Commerce is All Powerful in CRE, Commercial Observer, November 2, 2020     Amazon’s warehouses have more costly workplace injury claims than meatpacking or logging, Washington state says, The Seattle Times, October 21, 2020 MFCs promise to revolutionize grocery e-commerce. That doesn't mean they're right for everyone. Grocery Dive, October 24, 2020     Prime Day, early holiday sales create new potential for USPS ballot delivery tie-ups, The Washington Post, October 14, 2020 Amazon's Quickly Catching Up to the Only Advantage of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers, The Motley Fool, October 12, 2020         Amazon Ramps Up Hiring Plans, Adds 100,000 New Jobs, The Wall Street Journal, September  15, 2020 Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods, Bloomberg, September 16, 2020 Sources: Amazon scouting for distribution space in the Parkway West corridor, Pittsburgh Business Times, October 2, 2020       Amazon Is Quickly Replacing USPS With Its Own Delivery Network, Cheddar, September 23, 2020 Amazon Opens New Fulfillment Center in California in Time for Peak Shopping Season, eCommerce Bytes, September 13, 2020 Amazon to lease newly built Northeast Philly warehouse amid North American hiring binge, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 16, 2020   Catching Amazon in a lie, Reveal, September 26, 2020     Amazon to blanket the ’burbs with delivery stations, Freightwaves, September 17, 2020   RBC: Amazon Logistics' planned 2020 growth exceeds previous 3 years combined, Supply Chain Dive, September 21, 2020 Supply Chain News: Coming to Mall Area Near You – a Amazon Mini-Fulfillment Center, Supply Chain Digest, September 22, 2020         Amazon’s Massive Spike in Delivery Stations Poses Threat to USPS, The Information, August 24, 2020 Amazon crosses 1,000 hires at its new Nashville office, CNBC, April 11, 2020 Amazon to build massive DC at old Michigan state fair site, Freightwaves, August 11, 2020 Mr. Bezos goes to the mall (maybe), Freightwaves, August 10, 2020 Amazon Expands while U.S. Postal Service Goes Deeper In Debt, Forbes, August 31, 2020     Walmart to build $220M distribution center near Charleston, create 1,000 jobs, boost port, The Post and Courier, July 20, 2020 Latest hub seen key in Amazon shift, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, August 29, 2020 Amazon to open fulfillment center in Tampa area, Freightwaves, August 5, 2020 Many Companies Won't Survive the Pandemic. Amazon Will Emerge Stronger Than Ever, Time Magazine, August 3, 2020 ERP expands alongside WMS, Modern Materials Handling, May 14, 2020 Amazon is the fourth‑largest US delivery service and growing fast, Digital Commerce 360, May 26, 2020 Amazon staff take off work to raise safety concerns in pandemic: activists, Reuters, April 21, 2020 Amazon Warehouse Workers Speak Out During Coronavirus (Youtube Documentary), CNBC, April 22, 2020 Amazon Warehouse Warned Staff Not to Touch Shipments for 24 Hours, Yahoo! Finance, April 8, 2020   Amazon to hire 75,000 more workers to cope with demand, The Financial Times, April 13, 2020     Amazon offering speedy grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market in West Des Moines, Des Moines Register, April 1, 2020 Amazon opens delivery stations in Grimes and Iowa City, Des Moines Register, April 6, 2020 What does the Amazon fulfillment center means for Des Moines shoppers? More selection, next-day delivery, Des Moines Register, March 27, 2020 Amazon auditions to be ‘the new Red Cross’ in Covid-19 crisis, The Financial Times, March 31, 2020       ‘We’re all going to get sick eventually’: Amazon workers are struggling to provide for a nation in quarantine, The Verge, March 20, 2020 Amazon Temp Shift to Essential Items for Coronavirus Rocking FBA Sellers, Multichannel Merchant, March 18, 2020     Amazon delivery facility confirmed to open in Bremerton in 2020, Kitsap Sun, February 13, 2020 Amazon Said That During The Pandemic, Sales Are Soaring. Workers Say They Feel Unsafe. BuzzFeed News, March 16, 2020 Amazon announces it's behind 'Project Bluejay,' will hire 1,000 for new fulfillment center, Des Moines Register, February 6, 2020     Meet Your New Amazon Robotic Everything Store, Coming to a Neighborhood Near You, HNGRY, February 19, 2020 Sources: Amazon developer pursuing Churchill Crossing property on Parkway East for potential last mile facility, Pittsburgh Business Times, February 14, 2020   This map shows how Amazon’s warehouses are rapidly expanding across the country, CNBC, January 19, 2020 Amazon Powers Ahead With Robust Profit, New York Times, January 30, 2020 Amazon's need for speed creating safety risks, delivery drivers say, CBC, January 30, 2020 The Changing Metrics of Retail Success, Modern Materials Handling, January 22, 2020   How Amazon Could Upend the Luxury Fashion Sector, Business of Fashion, January 17, 2020   Large distribution center proposed in DeWitt ‘is 100 percent Amazon,' expert says, Syracuse.com, January 9, 2020 The Man Who Built Amazon’s Delivery Machine, Bloomberg, December 17, 2019 FedEx’s Q2 Earnings Tumble, Even More Than Wall Street Expected, Transport Topics, December 17, 2019     Prime Mover: How Amazon Wove Itself Into the Life of an American City, New York Times, November 30, 2019 How robots are transforming Amazon warehouse jobs — for better and worse, Vox Recode, December 11, 2019 Ruthless Quotas at Amazon Are Maiming Employees, The Atlantic, November 25, 2019   Amazon's rising air shipments fly in the face of climate plan, Reuters, November 6, 2019 Amazon posts job ads for 30 Iowa City-area positions, Iowa City Press-Citizen, November 15, 2019 Bondurant approves tax incentives for 'Project Bluejay,' the likely Amazon fulfillment center, Des Moines Register, November 12, 2019 Fulfillment strategies get local, DC Velocity, October 30, 2019 Sources: Amazon is pursuing another facility in Findlay Township , Pittsburgh Business Times, November 22, 2019     Canadian Courier Purolator Resets for E-Commerce Growth, The Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2019     $25M Amazon delivery station in Tonawanda already well under way, The Buffalo News, October 25, 2019 Job ads provide more evidence of Amazon's big plans in metro Des Moines, Des Moines Register, November 1, 2019 Amazon plans to hire 500 for new fulfillment center near Joliet, Chicago Tribune, July 8, 2019 60 Seconds With… Marc Wulfraat, MWPVL International, Modern Materials Handling, October 9, 2019 What to expect when you're expecting (an Amazon fulfillment center), Des Moines Register, October 4, 2019 The Most Important Thing in Online Retail, The Motley Fool, September 1, 2019     How Amazon’s Shipping Empire Is Challenging UPS and Fed, The Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2019 Distribution center near Liverpool would be 2nd biggest in world; is it Amazon?, Syracuse.com, September 5, 2019 The pilots who fly your Amazon Prime packages just suffered a major loss in their 3-year quest for a new work contract, Business Insider, August 27, 2019 FedEx Is Breaking Up With Amazon, Ending Ground-Shipping Contract, NPR Radio, August 7, 2019     Infographic: Amazon's Worldwide Distribution Network In 2019, International Business Times, July 4, 2019         Amazon adds two more fulfillment centers in Ohio, Freightwaves, July 22, 2019 Amazon Workers Threaten To Strike On 1st Day Of Retailer's Summer Sale, Public Radio East, July 9, 2019 Amazon workers in Minnesota planning to strike on Prime Day, Chicago Tribune, July 8, 2019   Amazon in Tonawanda? Good for Amazon shoppers, bad for WNY, The Buffalo News, June 9, 2019 Supply Chain News: Will the Direct Store Delivery Model Survive? Supply Chain Digest, June 4, 2019 Carrot prices have jumped 30% since February. Here’s why. Global News, July 18, 2019   Amazon, in Need of Drivers, Turns to Its Employees, The Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2019 Exclusive: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs, Reuters, May 13, 2019     FedEx no longer will fly your Amazon packages — and now pressure is mounting on the company as it gears up its in-house air-freight network, Business Insider, June 11, 2019   Bentonville vs. Bezos: Walmart fires return salvo in delivery war with Amazon, Freightwaves, May 12, 2019 Amazon Eyes Village of Colonie Delivery Station Site, Spectrum News, May 22, 2019 BAD PACKAGE Amazon Air pilots are protesting poor working conditions and pay TODAY sparking delivery chaos, The Sun, April 11, 2019 Trump panel wants to give USPS right to hike prices for Amazon, others, Reuters, December 4, 2018 Is Amazon a Logistics Company? All Signs Point to That, Transport Topics, April 8, 2019     Amazon ‘sneezes’ one-day delivery, and a chill envelops retail, logistics landscape, Freightwaves, April 26, 2019 Pilots who fly for Amazon Air earn 33% less than their colleagues at UPS and FedEx for flying the exact same planes, Business Insider, March 21, 2019   Amazon.com 'Insourcing' Roils Freight Industry, Analysts Say, Transport Topics, February 21, 2019 Downstate Amazon warehouse gets more thorough review, TimesUnion, March 10, 2019     Rossford Planning Commission OKs site plan for warehouse, The Blade December 13, 2018 Amazon center headed to Rossford's crossroads area, experts predict, The Blade December 11, 2018   Supply Chain Digest, Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2019, Supply Chain Digest, February 8, 2019 Watch how Amazon spread across the US, CNN Business, October 4, 2018 Amazon raises minimum wage to $15, urges rivals to follow, Reuters, October 2, 2018 Here’s how Canada’s new tariffs on U.S. imports could impact your weekly shopping bill, Global News, July 6, 2018 Amazon expanding Northern Virginia distribution presence, Washington Business Journal, September 18, 2018   The rural New York town fighting to keep Amazon – and its promised jobs – out, The Guardian, October 9, 2018 Amazon’s $15 minimum wage doesn’t end debate over whether it’s creating good jobs, The Washington Post, October 5, 2018   At Amazon's Monee warehouse, robot co-workers are the new normal, The Chicago Tribune, March 29, 2018 Even Amazon's feeling the strain from insatiable delivery demand, The Business Times, July 3, 2018   Weighing inland against port-centric logistics, PortStrategy, June 21, 2018 Buying Canadian: How to do it right – and why there will be drawbacks, Global News, June 28, 2018     What Amazon Does to Poor Cities. The debate over Amazon’s HQ2 obscures the company’s rapid expansion of warehouses in low-income areas, The Atlantic, February 01, 2018   Amazon takes on delivery challenge for Australian merchants, Reuters, February 26, 2018 Amazon has started its delivery service in Australia, a country with ‘tyranny of distance’, CNBC, February 26, 2018 Acquiring Shipt Is A Smart Move. But Will It Be Enough To Help Target Catch Up With Amazon?, Forbes, January 4, 2018   Supply Chain Digest, Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2018, Supply Chain Digest, February 02, 2018     Amazon’s HQ2 Losers Hold Out Hope for Consolation Prize, The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2018 Here's why Amazon may not buy Target, CNBC, January 3, 2018 Why the explosive growth of e-commerce could mean more jobs, South Florida  Times, October 24, 2017 Amazon delivery station operating in North Jacksonville, Jacksonville Daily Record, October 24, 2017 Amazon plans 120,000 seasonal hires — flat from a year ago, but masking retailer’s growth, The Seattle Times, October 12, 2017 Amazon seeking tax relief for toehold in Memphis that would bring 575 distribution jobs , The Commercial Appeal, October 16, 2017   Exclusive: Amazon plans mega-warehouse for Mexico growth spurt, Reuters, September 13, 2017   Whole Foods must digest discounted prices as Amazon takes control, The Loadstar U.K., September 6, 2017 Monster warehouses and hyperlocal logistics: How Amazon is doubling down on delivery in India, Factor Daily, September 26, 2017 Amazon contract delivery trucks eat up parking, sidewalks, hurt shops, The Villager (New York City), August 17, 2017 Amazon confirms it’s opening a giant warehouse in Staten Island, New York Post, September 6, 2017   Next Leap for Robots: Picking Out and Boxing Your Online Order, The Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2017   Tax breaks for Amazon's Salem operation worth the investment, experts say, Statesman Journal, August 29, 2017 Robots are the future: Amazon machines are just the beginning, Newsweek, July 23, 2017   Amazon recruiting event in Romeoville draws hundreds of job-seekers: 'I go where the money's at, The Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2017 Amazon prepares to open first Australian fulfillment centre, Business Day New Zealand, August 3, 2017 In Towns Already Hit by Steel Mill Closings, a New Casualty: Retail Jobs, New York Times, June 25, 2017   MWPVL International: A specialized consulting firm for warehousing and distribution, American Journal of Transportation, June 26, 2017   Amazon to buy Whole Foods in $13.7B deal, New York Post, June 16, 2017 Amazon Bought Whole Foods Because Distributing Broccoli Is Harder Than Books, Observer, June 16, 2017 Amazon is finally opening one of its mega-warehouses in New York, New York Post, June 19, 2017 Will We Have '5-Minute Delivery' With The Amazon-Whole Foods Deal?, Gothamist, June 17, 2017   Amazon plans more than 200 daily flights from new cargo hub, Reuters, February 1, 2017 Amazon Fulfills Kentucky’s Goal to Be World’s Logistics Leader, The Lane Report, April 7, 2017     How Modcloth deal brings Walmart, Amazon into close proximity in Pittsburgh, Pittsburg Business Times, March 20, 2017 Supply-chain changes drive results at Target, Whole Food, Supermarket News, March 3, 2017 Here’s How Amazon Is Flexing Its Muscle in Air Cargo, Fortune, December 23, 2016 Something else Amazon delivers, Crains, January 14, 2017 Amazon touts job-creation plans, patching up rift with Trump, Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2017 An egg-handling robot touches a delicate question about jobs of the future, CNBC, November 2, 2016   Robots in warehouses: Job killers or indispensable?, The Globe and Mail, November 30, 2016 Will Amazon Kill FedEx?, Bloomberg Businessweek, August 31, 2016     How Amazon is secretly building its superfast delivery empire, Quartz, March 11, 2016 Amazon to tackle high delivery costs with air cargo network, MarketWatch, March 11, 2016 Supply Chain Digest, Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2016, January 28, 2016 The United States of Amazon: Interactive map shows tech giant’s growing national footprint, Geekwire, February 25, 2016 Amazon using Lehigh Valley airport for secret pilot program, philly.com, December 28, 2015     Amazon’s instant gratification service aims to disrupt delivery, The Financial Times, December 11, 2015 Why Home Depot Is One of the Only Big Retailers That’s Succeeding O, TheStreet, December 16, 2015 How the “Wal-Mart effect” squeezes workers in the vast infrastructure behind your groceries, Washington Post, October 16, 2015 How to make your omnichannel operations more profitable, DC Velocity, November, 2015 Meet The Robot Armies That Are Transforming Amazon's Warehouses, Forbes Magazine, March 20, 2015 It’s Amazon’s World. The USPS Just Delivers in It, Bloomberg Businessweek, July 30, 2015 Voice Recognition Expands Beyond Order Picking, Food Logistics, January, 2015 5 Power Initiatives to Boost Efficiency, WERCSheet, January-February, 2015 (Pages 8 - 9) Supply Chain Digest, Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2015, February 2, 2015 Target Corp’s Spectacular Canada Flop: A Gold Standard Case Study for What Retailers Shouldn’t Do, The Financial Post, January 15, 2015 Why Amazon is Quietly Investing in a Massive Land Grab, Time Magazine, November 5, 2014 Amazon Takes a Big Step Toward Finally Making Its Own Deliveries, Wired Magazine, September 25, 2014 Canadian Report  on Distribution, Pages 17- 22, September, 2014 Are Same-day Delivery Services a Threat to Trucking?, Truck News, October 15, 2014 Relentless.com, The Economist, June, 2014 Warehouse Automation: A Critical Cog In the Evolving Food And Beverage Supply Chain, Food Logistics, July, 2014 Amazon Should Make the Postal Service Its Own Personal Courier, Wired Magazine, May, 2014 Five Ways to Cut DC Costs, DC Velocity, August 2014 Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries, Wall  Street Journal, April 24, 2014 With Mail Dying, Canada Post Bets Its Future on e-commerce, The Globe and Mail, August 28, 2014 Apple Tries to Lift Online Sales by Cutting Refund Times in Half, Reuters, May 12, 2014 Exclusive: Target Canada's Supply Chain Gridlock, Reuters, May 21, 2014 Shelf Stable, Why Target’s Canadian Distribution Infrastructure Has Faced Challenges Over the Past Year, Canadian Grocer, April, 2014 Making the Most of an Integrator - WERCSheet, March-April, 2014 Supply Chain Digest, Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2014, February 3, 2014 DC Experts Offer Management Tips for 2014 The Amazon Guide to Tax-Dodging (and what to do when government catches up), New Republic, October 31, 2013 The Baltimore Sun, February 19, 2014 Distribution Center Management, Three Common Practices at Leading Distribution Centers, October, 2013 Amazon Ramps Up $13.9B Warehouse Building Spree, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, August 20, 2013 ZDNet, Wal-Mart's Q2: 16 technology, operations and e-commerce takeaways, August 15, 2013 Washington Business Journal, August 26, 2013 The Baltimore Sun, October 23, 2013 San Francisco Chronicle, September 2, 2013 Pittsburgh Business Times, June 21, 2013 Tax in Cyberspace, The Economist, May, 2013 Inside Sobey’s High-Tech Warehouse, Canadian Grocer, February, 2013 Supply Chain Digest, Logistics News: Different Perspectives on ROI Drive More Aggressive Adoption of Distribution Automation in Europe than US, Expert Says, March 11, 2013 Supply Chain Digest, Logistics News: Distribution Thought Leader Marc Wulfraat Joins Supply Chain Digest as New Expert Columnist, March 19, 2013 Supply Chain Digest, Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2013, Part 2, February, 2013 Inbound Logistics, 2013 Logistics Planner, Take Your Pick, Voice-Directed or Pick to Light, The Right Choice is Often a Combination of Both, January, 2013 Distribution Center Design Concepts Explained, Materials Management & Distribution, Canada’s Supply Chain Magazine, September, 2012 Inventory Management 2013, - WERCSheet, January-February, 2013 (Pages 6 - 9) Supply Chain Digest On-Target E-Magazine, Amazon to Add 18 New Distribution Centers Worldwide in 2012 as it Keeps on Investing in Logistics, August 7, 2012 Options to Keep in Mind When Designing Your Warehouse, Supply Chain Brain Newsletter, August 27, 2012 Supply Chain Brain, 2012 Supply Chain Management Resource Guide, E-Commerce Causes Major Distribution Challenges, February, 2012 Canadian Manufacturing, Sales of Automatic Guided Vehicles on the Rise, May 29, 2012 Supply Chain Management Quarterly Review,Supply Chain Best Practices, Boost Productivity and Cut Costs, December, 2011 Supply Chain Digest, Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2012, Part 2, February, 2012 Centres built in Cornwall, serve Quebec. “Thousands of jobs that are being created there are jobs we’re losing here. 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