Amazon faces global protests as Black Friday sales kick off Retail Eloise Keating 27 November 2020 Australians will be among tens of thousands of others staging protests against Amazon today, to coincide with the start of Black Friday.
Amazon’s latest cashier-less supermarket is basically a giant vending machine Retail Matthew Elmas 14 December 2018 Amazon has opened a tiny cashier-less supermarket that looks more vending machine than grocery store in the United States.
Dark side of Black Friday: Amazon workers protest “inhumane conditions” on shopping holiday Industrial Relations Matthew Elmas 26 November 2018 Amazon workers have walked off the job in Europe to protest pay and conditions on one of the busiest days on the retail calendar.
Should retailers be worried? Amazon’s new fashion store has local designers excited Retail Matthew Elmas 14 November 2018 Amazon has launched a local fashion offer and designers are singing its praises amid a broader shift in the local fashion market that should have legacy retailers worried.
An economic standpoint: Amazon has lifted minimum wage, but the implications aren’t as good as you might think Economy The Conversation 12 October 2018 Amazon has just voluntarily raised its employees’ minimum wage to US$15 an hour — and given the US federal minimum wage is US$7.25 it is a big shift.
“We listened to our critics”: Amazon to increase the pay of its lowest paid workers in the US and UK Retail Matthew Elmas 4 October 2018 Responding to widespread scrutiny, Amazon has lifted its minimum wage for US and UK workers in a move that will benefit more than 250,000 employees.
