Amazon
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Grocers transforming as demands shift
Ramping up delivery options, acquiring meal kit companies and adding in-store eateries
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U.S. agency probing bear spray leak that sickened Amazon workers
Two dozen warehouse workers hospitalized due to bear spray exposure
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Amazon opening Calgary area fulfillment centre
Facility located in greater Calgary region’s Rocky View community will employ 750
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Wholefoods shareholders vote on Amazon takeover
Wholefoods shareholders are expected to approve the acquisition, and barring any last minute complications, their vote will change the future of global food retail
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Amazon going solar on DC rooftops
Plans to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020; 15 installations planned for completion by the end of 2017
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Amazon DC proliferation continues
First fulfillment centre for Colorado, ninth for Texas
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New DC in Maryland for Amazon
700 new jobs to be created
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New Florida DC for Amazon
Second fulfillment centre in Jacksonville will add more than 1,000 full-time jobs
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Amazon to open two DCs in Illinois
The company’s presence grows to eight facilities and more than 7,000 full-time jobs in the state
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Amazon launches air cargo planes
Amazon has entered into agreements to lease 40 dedicated cargo airplanes to serve customers; its first branded airplane to be revealed as part of inaugural flight in Seattle
