Jennifer Peltz and Matthew Barakat, Associated Press Updated 3:09 am PST, Monday, November 12, 2018 This Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, photo shows a view of Washington from a revolving restaurant in Crystal City, Va. If any place in the U.S. is well positioned to absorb 25,000 Amazon jobs, it may well be Crystal City which has lost nearly that many jobs over the last 15 years. less This Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, photo shows a view of Washington from a revolving restaurant in Crystal City, Va. If any place in the U.S. is well positioned to absorb 25,000 Amazon jobs, it may well be Crystal City ... more Photo: Susan Walsh, AP In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, photo, the Long Island City waterfront and skyline are shown in the Queens borough of New York. One of the areas that Amazon is considering for a headquarters is Long Island City. An old manufacturing area, it's cultivating a new image as a hub for 21st-century … [Read more...] about Amazon HQ favorites: Similar basics, different vibes
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Alibaba’s Singles Day sales dwarf Amazon’s biggest day
Alibaba’s 10th annual Singles Day sale, which took place yesterday on 11/11, racked up $30.8 billion in sales and set a new record for the platform, reports CNBC. The figure represents a 27 percent year-on-year rise over 2017’s total of $25.3 billion, and was helped in part by the e-commerce giant’s expansion into in-store retail, combined with China’s large and tech-savvy middle class. The figure dwarfs the revenue taken during similar major shopping days of US retailers. Amazon’s Prime Day sale in July, the retailer’s biggest day of the year, is estimated to have generated around $4 billion in sales (although Amazon doesn’t report exact numbers), selling 100 million items across the 17 countries. Meanwhile the Black Friday weekend is estimated to have generated a total of $14.05 billion in online sales for 4,500 US retail websites over the course of four days, with $6.59 billion of those sales taking place as part of Cyber Monday. Although … [Read more...] about Alibaba’s Singles Day sales dwarf Amazon’s biggest day
Amazon’s New Neighbor: The Nation’s Largest Housing Project
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index New York Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Supported by ByCorey Kilgannon Nov. 12, 2018 Until recently, the most important thing to know about Amazon for residents of the Queensbridge Houses, the country’s largest public housing project, was that any packages left in a lobby would likely be stolen. But Amazon may soon be a far larger presence in their New York City neighborhood. The company owned by Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, seems set to establish a major headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, where Queensbridge’s 26 aging buildings are home to a mostly black and Hispanic population with a median household income of $15,843, well below the federal poverty line for a family of four. Here, where livings are eked out on meager paychecks, or social service assistance, with nearly 60 percent of its households relying on food stamps, the new … [Read more...] about Amazon’s New Neighbor: The Nation’s Largest Housing Project
Unlocked LG V30+ with two-year warranty drops to $400 in Amazon ‘deal of the day’
LG may have released more high-end smartphone models this year than any other reputable Android mobile device vendor, but that doesn’t mean the company’s 2017 flagships should be altogether ignored. Not yet, at least, and certainly not around the holidays, when new and old gadgets tend to become cheaper than ever before. That’s already the case of the unlocked LG V30 +, which is available today (and only today) on Amazon for an all-time low price of $399.99. Granted, we did see the LG V30 priced at an even lower $374.99 on eBay recently , but that was the non-Plus version accommodating just 64 gigs of data internally. It also came without a valid US warranty, unlike the $400 V30+ you can get on Amazon right now, which includes standard 12-month coverage while qualifying for a free second year “promise” (with registration) as well. … [Read more...] about Unlocked LG V30+ with two-year warranty drops to $400 in Amazon ‘deal of the day’
Apple to boost its Amazon presence with listings for iPhones, iPads, and more
Apple and Amazon are cozying up in a deal that will see the tech giant significantly expand the availability of its hardware on the shopping site. The agreement covers Apple’s latest devices, including the iPhone XS and XR, the iPad Pro, and the Apple Watch Series 4, Cnet reported. Notably, Apple’s HomePod smart speaker will not appear on the site, a move designed to prevent the HomePod competing directly with Amazon’s Echo alternative. Up to now, Apple offers very few of its products on Amazon, with most items sold by third-party sellers instead. Apple gear will land on Amazon’s site in the coming weeks for online shoppers in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and India, and will also include its range of Beats headphones. While those intent on purchasing Apple kit can simply head straight to Apple’s online store, adding its products to Amazon’s site could help the company bag even more sales as shoppers without any … [Read more...] about Apple to boost its Amazon presence with listings for iPhones, iPads, and more