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Amazon To Offer Permanent Roles To 70% Of 175,000 New US Hires

Amazon.com Inc plans to offer permanent jobs to about 70% of the US workforce it has hired temporarily to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus pande...

HelloFresh Shares At Record High On Virus Sales Boost

Shares in meal-kit delivery firm HelloFresh jumped to a record high on Tuesday after it said it expected strong first-quarter sales and profit du...

Walmart Ups Minimum Wage In E-Commerce Warehouses As Orders Surge

Walmart Inc said on Monday it has temporarily raised entry wages for workers in its e-commerce warehouses by $2, following similar moves by rivals, as...

Coronavirus Brings No-Contact Food Delivery To The United States

Leaving bags of food on doorsteps or texting your delivery driver a picture of where you want your meal dropped off - these are new methods for US consumer...

Amazon Expands Physical Footprint With Bigger Cashier-Less Grocery Shop

Amazon.com Inc is bringing its cashier-less store technology to a larger stage. The world's biggest online retailer is set to open 'Amazon Go Groce...

Ahold Delhaize USA To Close Peapod's Midwest Division

Ahold Delhaize USA has announced plans to close the Midwest division of its Peapod online grocery sales business. The move will help the retailer to foc...

HelloFresh Shares Jump On Stronger Than Expected 2019

Shares in HelloFresh jumped 13% on Thursday after the German meal-kit delivery company said it expects to beat its guidance for sales and profits...

Walmart Favours 'Reasonable Controls' Over Collection And Use Of Personal Data

Walmart Inc for the first time on Wednesday (4 December) revealed the breadth of customer information it collects as it came out in favour of consumers hav...