by Macarena Carrizosa | Dec 21, 2020
The tech giant’s record growth raises alarms of antitrust and data privacy violations. The numbers that describe Amazon’s role in the American economy are eye-opening. More than 197 million people shop online at Amazon and more than 112 subscribe to its $119-per-year...
by Macarena Carrizosa | Nov 14, 2020
Amazon has been successfully counteracting factory workers efforts to unionize for more than 20 years. Once the coronavirus hit the U.S. the media called attention to employees’ demands for better safety measures and exposed Amazon’s unethical practices when combating...
by Macarena Carrizosa | Nov 7, 2020
Amazon surpassed Wall Street’s revenue projections for Q3. Brian Olsavsky, CFO of Amazon emphasized that the company believes the high-volume demand will be sustained beyond the pandemic, and therefore the company is investing heavily in expanding. Investors, on the...
by Macarena Carrizosa | Oct 2, 2020
Amazon’s delayed annual Prime Day event will greet the holidays this year. The discount-shopping event is taking place from October 13 to 14 and analysts expect a lift in sales compared to last year’s event. Amazon’s sales were already up 34% during the first...
by Macarena Carrizosa | Sep 29, 2020
The commercial space industry, a market expected to become the next multi-trillion economy by research firms such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, is finally taking off and investors are hungry to buy-in. The problem is most companies focused on the new commercial...
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