Davenport Amazon fulfillment center fully operational with 1,500 employees, company says

E-commerce giant Amazon's robotics fulfillment center in Davenport is up and rolling. Local and federal elected officials, community members and reporters on Thursday toured the six-floor facility ... Read More

Amazon Invests in Tech to Uplift Workers: New Robotics and AI Create Jobs and Improve Efficiency Across Europe

Amazon.Com Inc’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) leadership, through Stefano La Rovere, the Director of Global Robotics, Mechatronics, and Sustainable Packaging, debunked the common belief that robots and advanced ... Read More

Top Amazon exec says it's a ‘myth' robots steal jobs

Stefano La Rovere, director of global robotics, mechatronics, and sustainable packaging at Amazon, said that rather than replacing jobs ... European fulfillment center network over the last ... Read More

Amazon Fulfillment Center shatters goals. It's now eligible for this much in tax incentives

After six months of operation, Amazon's new Fulfillment Center has surpassed ... to create 1,000 jobs and spend $200 million in capital investment. According to county agenda items, Amazon created ... Read More

Jobs Report

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said more than 300,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March. The highest number of new jobs in nearly a year. America’s employers delivered another ... Read More

Amazon Fulfillment Center in Henrico officially opens with ribbon-cutting ceremony

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Several elected officials, including Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to mark the official opening of a new Amazon ... Read More

Amazon Plans to Build Six Fulfillment Facilities in Florida

The jobs will feature benefits and opportunities "to engage with advanced robotics," the company said. Amazon said the new fulfillment centers will ... came in at $113.1 billion, up 27% from ... Read More

Amazon's Northern Virginia Dream Fades, Job Promises Pushed to 2038 Amid HQ2 Delays

Amazon faces delays in workforce expansion at its Virginia headquarters. Despite challenges, it remains committed to creating 25,000 jobs by 2038. Read More

Amazon exec: robots and automation will enhance, not replace, human jobs

Serving tech enthusiasts for over ... centers over the last five years, "enhancing" more than 50,000 jobs across the continent. Amazon is at the forefront when it comes to using robotics in ... Read More

When Is the Next Jobs Report?

But in the upside-down world of the post-pandemic recovery, bad news on the jobs front ... and you can see why the jobs report has always been front and center. For those wondering "when is ... Read More