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  • A robot hand holding a credit card over a blue backgroundAI

    Sorry, mom. The shopping bots suggested a bathrobe for Christmas

    By Spencer Soper, Matt Day, and others
  • Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks during an unveiling event in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon.com Inc. announced a new, rebuilt Alexa voice assistant, known as Alexa+, which will have generative artificial intelligence (AI) features. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Amazon’s Jassy says AI will reduce company’s corporate ranks

    By Matt Day, Spencer Soper, and others
  • man walking by Amazon headquarters signTech

    Amazon’s return-to-office mandate sparks disability complaints

    By Spencer Soper, Matt Day, and others
  • Workers moving boxesFinance

    Trump trade war sparks run on U.S. warehouses with tariff loophole

    By Spencer Soper, Cailley LaPara, and others
  • An US giant Amazon employee passes by its logo on the opening day of the new distribution center in Augny, eastern France, on September 23, 2021. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Amazon cancels some inventory orders from China after tariffs

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • HANGZHOU, CHINA – DECEMBER 05 2024: People visit the booth of Temu, the overseas platform of the Chinese e-commerce giant PDD, during an apparel trade show in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Thursday, Dec. 05, 2024. Vietnam has ordered Chinese online retailer Temu to suspend operations in the southeast Asian nation after it missed a business registration deadline. (Photo credit should read LONG WEI / Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images)Finance

    Trump tariffs target loophole used by Chinese online retailers

    By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Josh Wingrove, and others
  • A United Parcel Service truck searches for a house while driving along the coast of Cape CodFinance

    ‘Control of our destiny’: UPS braves blowback over Amazon break

    By Bloomberg, Cailley LaPara, and others
  • Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in 2022,Tech

    Amazon makes it harder for disabled employees to work from home

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • Amazon CEO Andrew JassySuccess

    Amazon employees gripe about their work culture on social media

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • The torso of an Amazon delivery driver is seen carrying packages.Retail

    Amazon unveils AI tool to help drivers find packages faster

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • The Temu logo is displayed on a smartphone screen and on a computer screen.Retail

    Temu targets Amazon Fire TV streaming gadgets with $4 remote

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • A close-up profile photo of Shopify founder and CEO Tobias LutkeRetail

    Target’s online marketplace pales in comparison to Walmart and Amazon, and now it’s betting on a shiny new deal with Shopify to woo customers

    By Bloomberg, Jaewon Kang, and others
  • Black man on phone with credit card companyFinance

    EBay will no longer take American Express cards, citing ‘unacceptably high fees’, in the latest shot in the credit-card fee wars

    By Paige Smith, Spencer Soper, and others
  • SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 22: A sign is posted in front of eBay headquarters on February 22, 2023 in San Jose, California. E-commerce company eBay will report fourth quarter earnings today. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Finance

    EBay is cutting 1,000 jobs—1 of every 11 employees—as it tries to be ‘more nimble’ in a ‘challenging’ economic environment

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 30: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. The New York Times held its first in person DealBook Summit since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with speakers from the worlds of financial services, technology, consumer goods, private investment, venture capital, banking, media, public relations, policy, government, and academia. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Retail

    Amazon sues alleged scammers who stole millions by bribing and hacking their way to refunds for products they never returned

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg