Amazon's Planned 2nd Headquarters Spurs Unique Bidding War

Amazon is shopping around for a location for a second North American headquarters, and the offers are pouring in. Philadelphia, Atlanta, Austin, Chicago and Phoenix are just a few of the contenders — all offering come-ons from the practical to the unusual.

Sep 29th, 2017

Amazon is shopping around for a location for a second North American headquarters, and the offers are pouring in. Philadelphia, Atlanta, Austin, Chicago and Phoenix are just a few of the contenders — all offering come-ons from the practical to the unusual.

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Amazon distribution center, Las Vegas, July 2017.

Departing Amazon Executive to Head Logistics Startup

The e-commerce giant is looking to make changes to its troubled consumer division.

Tahsha Sydnor sorts packages at an Amazon warehouse, Goodyear, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2019.

Legislation Targets Amazon Productivity Quotas

Critics have blamed the company's "time off task" tool for its warehouse injury rates.

Amazon executive Dave Clark at a media event in Seattle, June 27, 2018.

Amazon's Consumer Business Chief Resigns

He oversaw a mass expansion of the company's logistics footprint amid the pandemic.

A person holds six electric candles symbolizing the six workers who died while working at the Edwardsville Amazon site in the background, during a vigil, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Edwardsville, Ill., after part of the building collapsed due to a tornado the previous week before. Democratic members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform are accusing Amazon of “obstructing” their investigation into the company's labor practices during severe weather events. Amazon's policies have been under more scrutiny since the deadly collapse of a company warehouse last year in Edwardsville.

Amazon Said to Be Impeding Probe of Warehouse Collapse

The company's policies during extreme weather events have been under scrutiny after six died during a tornado strike.

A person holds six electric candles symbolizing the six workers who died while working at the Edwardsville Amazon site in the background, during a vigil, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Edwardsville, Ill., after part of the building collapsed due to a tornado the previous week before.

Amazon 'Obstructing' Probe into Warehouse Collapse

The company has failed to produce materials requested more than two months ago.

Amazon offices in New York, Feb. 14, 2019.

Amazon Shareholders Nix Warehouse Audit

The proposal called for an independent audit of working conditions at the e-commerce behemoth's warehouses.

New Hub 'Organizes the World's Components'

The founders of Volition believe a dedicated marketplace is what the industry is missing.

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Amazon's Third-Party Sellers Need a Hand

How Congress can help.

A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility on the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Amazon is planning to sublease some of its warehouse space because the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping has slowed.

Amazon Is Subleasing Warehouse Space

Amazon may have overbought during lockdowns.

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Agency Files Discrimination Complaint Against Amazon

The e-commerce giant allegedly denied “reasonable accommodations” and forced workers to take unpaid leave.

Amazon office, San Francisco, Aug. 2019.

Two Plead Guilty in Amazon Marketplace Scheme

The conspiracy used confidential data to give certain sellers an advantage.