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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New Amazon facility coming to Davenport
Amazon is expanding in Davenport with a new facility. Growing customer demand led to a second facility in Davenport, a 114,000 square-foot last-mile delivery station near the current Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center at 2022 Research Parkway. This type of facility typically creates over 100 direct and indirect job opportunities, including driving opportunities through the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) and Amazon Flex programs as the company serves thousands of customers in Scott County and beyond. Construction just started on the facility, which is expected to be completed in late 2025. Employees in Amazon's U.S. customer fulfillment and transportation earn an average of over $22 per hour.'The City is happy to see Amazon grow its footprint in Davenport's Eastern Iowa Industrial Center,' said Davenport Mayor Mike Matson. 'We're grateful Amazon chose to do business here, and we're proud of the Davenport community for supporting this expansion.' This new last-mile facility will be the final stage of Amazon's fulfillment process and ensure fast, everyday delivery to customers' doorsteps. The facility will bring even faster delivery for customers throughout the region, including neighboring rural communities. 'Opening our second Davenport site in three years and our sixth in the past two years across Iowa is a testament to expanding the great communities we serve and the new jobs we're bringing across the region,' said Jason Vangalis, Amazon economic development manager. 'Davenport's strategic Midwest location with direct access to major highways and talented workforce also played a key role in this area's expansion.' 'We are thrilled that Amazon has chosen to expand at their current campus in Davenport,' said Peter Tokar III, Quad Cities President & CEO. 'The expansion will bring new jobs as Amazon continues to serve the Quad Cities area and beyond.' Amazon's Robotics Fulfillment Center, also in Davenport, opened in October 2023 and employs about 2,000 people. The facility features the latest generation of Amazon robotics, including over 5,000 robots helping move products through the 2.3 million-square-foot building while fulfilling about 130,000 customer orders daily. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Epoch Times
01-05-2025
- Business
- Epoch Times
Amazon Announces $4 Billion Rural Delivery Network, Estimates 100,000 New Jobs
Amazon will invest $4 billion by 2026 to expand its network in rural America for delivering packages faster in densely populated areas, the company said in an April 30 'This investment will also grow our rural delivery network's footprint to over 200 delivery stations, and we estimate it will create over 100,000 new jobs and driving opportunities through a wide range of full-time, part-time, and flexible positions in our buildings and on the roads,' the company said. 'Once this expansion is complete, our network will be able to deliver over a billion more packages each year to customers living in over 13,000 zip codes spanning 1,200,000 square miles—an area the size of Alaska, California, and Texas combined.' The effort focuses on small towns in the United States. Amazon plans on expanding at a time when many logistics providers 'have backed away from investing in rural customers and communities.' Amazon estimates that by the end of next year, its rural delivery network will triple in size, with average delivery times being cut in half. For each new facility opened as part of expansion, an estimated 170 new jobs on average shall be created at the delivery station level, Amazon said, adding that other job opportunities would be extra, such as those created via the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) and Amazon Flex programs. Related Stories 4/29/2025 4/29/2025 DSP is a program in which small businesses set up delivery services to transport Amazon goods. Flex is aimed at individuals who want to make some extra money delivering Amazon packages using their own vehicles. The flex program has been caught up in legal conflicts involving driver contracts. In June last year, lawyers representing thousands of Amazon Flex drivers announced they 'As Amazon exerts considerable control over the Flex drivers in their deliveries and the deliveries are part of Amazon's usual business, the drivers qualify as Amazon employees, not independent contractors, and should be paid accordingly,' Joseph Sellers, partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and attorney for the drivers, said at the time. In an emailed statement to The Epoch Times, an Amazon spokesperson said the Flex program enables individuals to make 'competitive pay' while setting their own schedules and being their own boss. 'We hear from most of the Amazon Flex delivery partners that they love the flexibility of the program, and we're proud of the work they do on behalf of customers every day,' the spokesperson said. In its April 30 statement, Amazon said it is the leading job creator in the United States, having created more than 500,000 jobs over the past five years. The company cited a UPS Delivery Cut, Tariff Rumor Amazon's decision to expand rural delivery comes as the United Parcel Service (UPS) recently said it was aiming to cut half of its Amazon business by the second half of the year. During a Jan. 30 earnings call, UPS CEO Carol Tome 'Our contract with Amazon came up this year, and so we said it's time to step back for a moment and reassess our relationship because if we take no action, it will likely result in diminishing returns,' she said. In an April 29 conference call with Wall Street analysts, Tome 'This volume is not a healthy fit for our network. The Amazon volume we plan to keep is profitable and is a healthy volume,' she said, adding that Amazon currently makes up 11.7 percent of UPS revenue. Meanwhile, Amazon recently The report had triggered comments from the White House, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying on April 29 that such a move would amount to a 'hostile and political act.' 'Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?' she said. Amazon denied that it would be carrying out the plan, saying it never considered displaying tariff information on its website. 'The team that runs our ultra-low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products. This was never approved and is not going to happen,' Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times. Katabella Roberts and Andrew Moran contributed to the report.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon packages could be slower to your house, here's why
(WHTM) — Amazon and UPS have worked together for years, delivering packages faster than ever, but a slowdown is coming. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you may recall a few years ago when almost everything was one or two-day shipping. That time is no more, and a change this month by UPS could slow down deliveries even more. Do you like the sight of brown UPS trucks pulling up to your door? You'll see fewer in the future now that UPS has announced it is cutting its Amazon deliveries by 50% to help its bottom line. This comes as some Prime members were already complaining about slower delivery times. 'I started noticing that the packages were not coming when they stated they would come,' said Latosha Wright, one of many people who've noticed fewer two-day shipping options for some Amazon orders since COVID. 'I get an email stating the package would be delayed, like gift cards I ordered,' said Wright. 'Gift cards!' Now the issue is that Amazon will be losing another delivery option this year, with UPS cutting back. That means Amazon will have to rely more on Amazon Flex drivers, contract drivers who often handle deliveries in unmarked personal cars. A recent report by Vox found other Amazon Prime customers are complaining that they don't have two day shipping anymore. In a screenshot provided by Vox, a ring video doorbell had a 6-day delivery estimate, but in most cases the slowdown is with third-party sellers that now dominate the site. Amazon explained to Insider that 'Prime two-day shipping refers to the amount of time it takes for your item to arrive once its been processed and shipped.' Need it quickly? Look for items that say 'Get it tomorrow,' which typically means it is already in an Amazon warehouse. 'I thought two days shipping meant I would receive the package in two days,' said Wright. If your order is delayed, the easiest way to contact Amazon is through web chat, not calling. A chat agent may even rush it out from another seller, so you get it sooner and don't waste your money. Find more stories on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Washington Post
07-02-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Amazon agrees to pay D.C. $3.95 million over stolen driver tips
Amazon settled a lawsuit with D.C. over stolen tips on Friday, with the e-commerce behemoth agreeing to pay $3.95 million to the District, including $2.4 million in penalties. The ligation, filed in 2022 by then-D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine, was related to Amazon Flex, a quick-delivery program launched in 2015. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Amazon misled customers between late 2016 and August 2019 over its tip policy. The company encouraged customers to tip drivers and assured them 100 percent of those tips went to the driver, according to the lawsuit.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
OAG: Amazon to pay $3.95M to DC in settlement over misleading customers about tips
WASHINGTON () — Amazon settled a lawsuit with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), which alleged it misled customers in the District by assuring them that 100% of tips would go to Amazon Flex delivery drivers. Rather, much of the tips were diverted to reduce Amazon's labor costs and increase profits, Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced Friday. As part of the $3.95 million settlement, Amazon is required to pay financial penalties, cover the cost of the OAG's litigation and change its business practices to disclose how exactly tips are being used. Amazon drivers have already been reimbursed for the wages they were denied as part of a previous restitution-only settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the OAG noted in a . DC Attorney sues Amazon, claims residents were excluded from Prime delivery benefits despite paying for it Amazon Flex was launched in 2015, offering fast delivery of Amazon products. During the checkout process, Amazon encouraged customers to tip their delivery drivers, offering a default tip amount and claiming 100% of tips would go to the drivers. In 2016, the OAG said Amazon changed its payment model so that a large portion of tips did not go to increasing drivers' compensation, but instead were used to cover a portion of the base wages Amazon had promised to pay them. It continued to do so until August 2019, according to the . Amazon hid this change and continued assuring customers that all tips went to the drivers, the OAG added. In 2022, the OAG filed suit, alleging Amazong violated D.C.'s consumer protection laws by falsely leading customers to believe their tips were increasing workers' pay by the amount they tip. Restaurant workers rally in DC, alleging workplace harassment, mistreatment Though Amazon already compensated its drivers as part of its previous settlement, 'it is not enough for a company to repay stolen funds—significant fines are necessary to disincentivize unlawful behavior,' the OAG wrote. Under the terms of the settlement, Amazon was ordered to pay $3.95 million to the District, including $2.45 million in penalties and $1.5 million in costs. It was also ordered to maintain transparent tipping practices. To report unfair business practices, scams or fraud you can: Submit a consumer complaint Call the OAG Consumer hotline at (202) 442-9828 Email Workers who believe their rights have been violated or have experienced wage theft or other wage and hour violations can contact the OAG at (202) 724-7730 or email workers@ or trabajadores@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
