In Brief Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina voted against unionizing in election results announced today.According to Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (CAUSE), the worker group seeking to form the union, 3,276 ballots were cast in the election, with 25.3% of votes in favor of unionizing and 74.7% against. The results still need to be certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In a statement provided to CNBC, CAUSE blamed the results on “Amazon’s w ...

File: The Amazon distribution center in Garner, N.C. opened in August 2020. Across four floors, the warehouse covers 2 million square feet.Amazon workers at a facility near Raleigh, North Carolina, overwhelmingly voted against unionizing on Saturday.Of the 3,276 ballots cast, there were 2,447 votes opposing the union and 829 in favor, according to Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (CAUSE), the group seeking to represent workers. The results still need to be certified by the National ...

Amazon (AMZN -0.73%) is expanding its margins as it learns how to serve customers more effectively.*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 12, 2025. The video was published on Feb. 14, 2025. ...

In this articleAMZNWorkers picket in front of an Amazon Logistic Station on December 19, 2024 in Skokie Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesItalo Medelius-Marsano was a law student at North Carolina Central University in 2022, when he took a job at an Amazon warehouse near the city of Raleigh to earn some extra cash.The past month has been unlike any other during his three-year tenure at the company. Now, when he shows up for his shift at the shipping dock, Medelius-Marsano says he's met with flyers and moun ...

The United States will be showered with love as 56% of its adults are planning to celebrate this Valentine’s Day. About 28% of the population will observe the occasion. Spending would be a total of $27.5 billion (an average of $188.81 per person, up from $185.81 in 2024), per NRF. The amount is up from last year’s $25.8 billion and slightly above the previous record of $27.4 billion set in 2020. Naturally, the day of love will translate into a great day for business. But exchanging chocolates, greeting card ...

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Amazon (AMZN 0.63%) ranks among the greatest growth stories in the stock market. Jeff Bezos founded the company in his garage in 1994 as an online bookseller. It's now the leader in e-commerce and cloud services. Amazon's share price has skyrocketed an astounding 234,700%, giving it a market cap of $2.4 trillion.This remarkable growth story isn't over, either, thanks partly to a technology that has swept the corporate world over the last couple of years. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence (A ...

Moving past the holiday shopping season, which is capped by Christmas and New Year's, several retailers will be able to gain or keep their momentum going with Valentine's Day.Keeping this in mind, here are three retail stocks that could benefit from Valentine’s Day shopping and may be in store for more upside in the coming weeks. Amazon’s Ultimate Brand SaleZacks Rank #3 (Hold)Amazon’s (AMZN)  online presence and frequent sales events can lead to an advantage over competitors like Walmart (WMT)  and Target ...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) beat top and bottom line expectations for its fourth fiscal quarter due to strong growth in e-Commerce and Cloud. The holiday season especially created a lever for significant earnings growth for Amazon in its core e-CommerceAnalyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of AMZN, META, GOOG either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other ...

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