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Amazon Prime Day spending expected to rise 9% this year, to $26.3B

June 22, 2026

Amazon will capture about 60% of all U.S. online spending during Prime Day, its highest market share since 2019, according to estimates from EMarketer Inc.

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Amazon plans new same-day delivery facility in Boone County

April 2, 2026

IBJ Staff

Amazon said the 248,000-square foot facility would create hundreds of jobs and allow it to offer one-hour and three-hour deliveries across the Indianapolis area.

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Amazon offering 1-hour and 3-hour deliveries for customers willing to pay extra

March 17, 2026 | Associated Press

The e-commerce colossus said customers in more than 2,000 cities, towns and suburban areas can now choose to have orders from its inventory of 90,000 items delivered in three hours.

Amazon scraps partnership with surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash

February 13, 2026 | Associated Press

Ring and Flock said last year they were planning on working together to give Ring camera owners the option to share their video footage in response to law enforcement requests.

Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in latest round of layoffs

January 28, 2026 | Associated Press

The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during the pandemic.

Hobart reaches agreement with Amazon for next-gen data center

November 25, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Mayor Josh Huddlestun said the project will create thousands of construction jobs for local workers and “close to a thousand” long-term jobs.

Amazon plans $15B data center investment in northern Indiana

November 24, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Amazon said the new investment will add 2.4 gigawatts of data center capacity in the region.

Amazon data center tally tops 900 amid AI frenzy, documents show

November 24, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Amazon’s cloud unit produced $33 billion in revenue in the third quarter and remains the company’s most-profitable division.

Ford taps Amazon to let shoppers buy its used cars online

November 17, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Ford joins Hyundai on the Amazon Autos portal, which allows car buyers to browse, finance and purchase a used car by clicking on the familiar “add to cart” icon.

OpenAI and Amazon sign $38B deal for AI computing power

November 3, 2025 | Associated Press

OpenAI will be able to power its AI tools using “hundreds of thousands” of Nvidia’s specialized AI chips through Amazon Web Services as part of the deal announced Monday.

Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates

October 28, 2025 | Associated Press

The cuts announced Tuesday suggests Amazon is still trying to get the size of its workforce right, and it may not be over.

Amazon launches new AI shopping tool for US users

October 23, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Initially, the Help Me Decide tool will be available to “millions” of U.S. consumers picked randomly, suggesting a limited test to see how it performs and whether shoppers use it.

What to know about the Amazon cloud outage that exposed the internet’s vulnerable backbone

October 21, 2025 | Associated Press

Monday’s outage showed how many people rely on the corporate behemoth’s computational infrastructure everyday—and laid bare the vulnerabilities of an increasingly concentrated system.

Job searches for holiday season soar with full-time roles scarce

October 20, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Overall, seasonal jobseekers face a low-energy holiday season, with only a 2.7% pickup in seasonal job postings from employers.

Amazon delivery firms are bailing amid rising costs, meager profit

October 20, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Amazon launched its Delivery Service Partner program in 2018, offering aspiring entrepreneurs an opportunity to run their own businesses.

Amazon says outage has subsided after major internet disruption

October 20, 2025 | The Washington Post

By 6:35 a.m. Eastern time, the company said the issue had been “fully mitigated,” but later said some of its services are “still experiencing elevated errors.”

Amazon adding 8,500 holiday jobs in Indiana

October 14, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Amazon announced Tuesday that it’s looking to fill 250,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal positions nationwide ahead of the holiday shopping season.

Amazon to add fulfillment center, hundreds of jobs in Greenfield

September 30, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

The 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center is planned for a speculative building north of Interstate 70 constructed in 2022.

Amazon to pay $2.5B to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime

September 25, 2025 | Associated Press

The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties—the largest fine in FTC history, and $1.5 billion will be paid to consumers who were unintentionally enrolled in Prime, or were deterred from canceling their subscriptions, the agency said Thursday.

Jury to look at whether Amazon tricked customers into joining Prime—and made it hard to leave

September 22, 2025 | Associated Press

The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon in U.S. District Court in Seattle two years ago and has alleged more than a decade of legal violations. A trial begin this week.

Amazon spending $1B to increase pay, lower health care costs for workers

September 17, 2025 | Associated Press

The company said full-time employees, on average, will see their pay increase by $1,600 per year.

Amazon expands its perishable delivery service, putting pressure on traditional grocers

August 13, 2025 | Associated Press

The move marks one of the most significant grocery expansions for the online retailer as Amazon introduces thousands of perishable food items into its existing logistics network.

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