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U.K. Government Delivers Partnership Agreement To Amazon For 'Prime Air' Drone Trial
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 9:42am | 328Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s ambitions to deliver its products to clients via drones is one step closer toward becoming a reality. Amazon Prime Air represents the future of Amazon's delivery service in which the company can deliver a package weighing up to five pounds to a customer...
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Shutterfly Hired An Amazon Exec As Its New CEO; Good Move?
Friday, March 18, 2016 - 8:46am | 450Digital imaging company Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) has named Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) veteran Christopher North as president and chief executive officer, effective May 31, 2016. According to Shutterfly, North hails from Amazon UK, where he has worked since 2006, serving as the UK...
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Amazon Announces Expansion Of Operations In UK With New Fulfillment Center
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 10:07am | 223Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced on Thursday that it plans on opening a 1 million square foot fulfillment center in Coalville, Leicestershire. Amazon noted that its new fulfillment center will create 500 new permanent jobs over three years as part of the company's plans to create 2...
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Baseball Bat Sales Soar on Amazon UK Following London Riots
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 2:08pm | 225Sales of the Rucanor Aluminium Baseball Bat are up more than 5,600%. As if riots in London weren't scary enough, it has now come to our attention that UK residents looking to defend themselves (or join the fray?) are flooding Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) English store with orders for new baseball bats...