2024-12-05
Amazon is beefing up its same-day delivery services throughout the country. I wanted to figure out how they do it. So I ordered an Emotional Support Pickle. Read more to see the path(s) it had to take to reach me in Brooklyn https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A look at the fulfillment networks of Amazon, Walmart, and Target for same-day or next-day delivery; Walmart says it now offers same-day to 86% of US households
Retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target have figured out that if they get you your online order today, you will probably spend more tomorrow.
2024-04-22
TikTok has changed us. From shopping to cooking to self-diagnosing ourselves with ADHD. It's also facing increasing pressure from the U.S. govt. My @nytimes colleagues and I look at the myriad of ways the app has already integrated itself in our lives https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
How TikTok has influenced US culture and shaped Hollywood, privacy, fashion, shopping, news, music, trends, cooking, mental health, national security, and more
I'm loving every section of @nytimes' TikTok package. The examples are specific. The quotes are perfect. Here, I chuckled https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
New York Times
How TikTok has influenced US culture and shaped Hollywood, privacy, fashion, shopping, news, music, trends, cooking, mental health, national security, and more
TikTok has changed us. From shopping to cooking to self-diagnosing ourselves with ADHD. It's also facing increasing pressure from the U.S. govt. My @nytimes colleagues and I look at the myriad of ways the app has already integrated itself in our lives https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bloomberg
Memo to US staff: TikTok vows a legal battle if the US' divestment bill becomes law, saying the bill is “a clear violation” of its users' First Amendment rights
TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app …
I'm loving every section of @nytimes' TikTok package. The examples are specific. The quotes are perfect. Here, I chuckled https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
Memo to US staff: TikTok vows a legal battle if the US' divestment bill becomes law, saying the bill is “a clear violation” of its users' First Amendment rights
TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app …
2024-04-21
I'm loving every section of @nytimes' TikTok package. The examples are specific. The quotes are perfect. Here, I chuckled https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
The Verge
The House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel aid bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it …
TikTok has changed us. From shopping to cooking to self-diagnosing ourselves with ADHD. It's also facing increasing pressure from the U.S. govt. My @nytimes colleagues and I look at the myriad of ways the app has already integrated itself in our lives https://www.nytimes.com/...
The Verge
The House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel aid bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it …
2023-12-22
“Buy Now, Pay Later” loans are helping to fuel a record-setting holiday shopping season. Economists worry they could also be masking and exacerbating cracks in Americans' financial well-being. @bencasselman and I looked at this growing trend https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
US consumer groups and lawmakers say Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay, and other BNPL services may encourage younger and lower-income Americans to take on too much debt
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2023-08-25
Shein is partnering with Forever 21 to expand its reach into Americans' closets. F21 will give Shein in its stores and F21 gets access to Shein's hundreds of millions of e-commerce customers. This is definitely a fast fashion partnership to watch https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Shein acquires ~33% of Forever 21 parent company Sparc and Sparc takes a Shein minority stake, letting Shein sell Forever 21 items and operate inside its stores
the deal is a win for fast fashion, but a loss for the environment PYMNTS.com : Shein's Forever 21 Returns Deal Spotlights Key Omnichannel Strategy Wajeeh Khan / Invezz : Shein jus...
2023-05-11
Livestream shopping seems to finally be making its way over to the U.S. @KalleyHuang and I took a look at this emerging trend and the various ways companies like Poshmark, TikTok and Amazon are trying to make it a thing for US shoppers https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Coresight: US livestream shopping sales could hit $32B in 2023; PitchBook: investors poured $380M+ into US live shopping companies in 2022, up from $36M in 2020
New York Times :
2023-05-07
https://layoffs.fyi/ has become such an essential data set that it's shocking to be reminded that it's only been around for three years. Great profile by @loracorkelley on the founder of this go-to site https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A profile of Roger Lee, who runs Layoffs.fyi, which has catalogued nearly 450,000 tech cuts, and Comprehensive.io, which tracks compensation in tech job posts
and https://layoffs.fyi/ has been an important part of that. This is a great profile by @loracorkelley of its founder https://www.nytimes.com/...
2023-05-06
https://layoffs.fyi/ has become such an essential data set that it's shocking to be reminded that it's only been around for three years. Great profile by @loracorkelley on the founder of this go-to site https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A profile of Roger Lee, who runs Layoffs.fyi that has catalogued ~450,000 tech job cuts and Comprehensive.io that tracks compensation in tech job postings
Roger Lee has cataloged hundreds of thousands of tech job cuts on his site Layoffs.fyi. He still believes the industry will “100 percent” bounce back. Tweets: @loracorkelley , @pk...
2021-04-10
Read the latest from my colleague @josheidelson on the defeat of the Amazon union in Alabama: “The bigger challenges were the structural disadvantages that face workers trying to organize at any major nonunion company in the U.S.” https://twitter.com/...
About Amazon
Amazon thanks workers for voting against unionizing, says less than 16% voted to join the union and counters the union's claims that Amazon won by intimidation
Thank you to employees at our BHM1 fulfillment center in Alabama for participating in the election.
Read the latest from my colleague @josheidelson on the defeat of the Amazon union in Alabama: “The bigger challenges were the structural disadvantages that face workers trying to organize at any major nonunion company in the U.S.” https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
The union election signaled a big shift in Amazon's labor relations, but Amazon will now cite its outcome as vindication for its employment policies
Labor leaders & progressive activists say they intend to escalate both the ground war & air war against Amazon after the failed union election More than 1,000 Amazon workers across...
2021-03-02
In Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers are deciding if they'll unionize their warehouse. Lots of eyes are on them. But after spending time in the town and talking to several workers, it's clear that the union is still a tough sell https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Interviews with 16 Amazon workers offer an inside look at the unionization vote in Bessemer, Al, where $15/hour is double the minimum wage for entry-level jobs
On a rainy Saturday afternoon in early February, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union held a rally in a grassy lot …
In Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers are deciding if they'll unionize their warehouse. Lots of eyes are on them. But after spending time in the town and talking to several workers, it's clear that the union is still a tough sell https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in Alabama
but the workers? They're not so sure https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mike Elk / @mikeelk : This piece does a good job capturing the mix of pro & anti-union views held by workers at A...
2020-10-22
ThredUp, the online retailer, filed for an IPO. In the past year, it's landed key partnerships with Macy's and Walmart and it sees the the digital resale market getting to $9 billion in 2020. The latest with @crystalttc https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg