The e-commerce giant planned to build an airport cargo center, hire 1,000 workers and invest hundreds of millions of dollars over 20 years. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “E-Commerce”
New York Files Landmark Lawsuits Against a Flood of ‘Ghost Guns’
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2022
The legal complaints are the first to be brought under a new state law intended to hold gun manufacturers accountable for gun violence. Source: New York Times
Warehouses Transform N.Y.C. Neighborhoods as E-Commerce Booms
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
The region is home to the largest concentration of online shoppers in the country. The facilities, key to delivering packages on time, are reshaping neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
A 15-Minute Grocery Delivery That Took 21 Minutes
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2021
Source: New York Times
15-Minute Grocery Delivery Has Come to N.Y.C. Not Everyone Is Happy.
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2021
A half-dozen grocery services offer speed and convenience, but critics worry about their effect on neighborhood stores and crowded city streets. Source: New York Times
SoHo Reels Economically As Shoppers Vanish in the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
No commercial district in Manhattan may have been hit harder by the financial havoc caused by the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Fending Off the Package Pirates
By Gotham Rex on April 20, 2021
Are you tired of deliveries being stolen before you have the chance to retrieve them? Outdoor package bins offer a solution. Source: New York Times
Amazon Went on a New York Buying Spree as Online Shopping Surged
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2021
The e-commerce giant added at least nine new warehouses in the city over the past year as 2.4 million packages a day strained the nation’s largest urban delivery system. Source: New York Times
Ticket Brokers Agree to Pay Millions in Scalping Settlements
By Gotham Rex on January 22, 2021
The settlements are the first enforcement actions brought under the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, which was designed to prevent brokers from buying large numbers of tickets. Source: New York Times
What 2020 Was Like for People in the Retail Industry
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2020
The industry employs millions, and the upheaval it experienced played out in the lives of many Americans. Source: New York Times
How Neighbors Are Coming Together to Buy Local for the Holidays
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2020
“I’m not buying anything from freaking Jeff Bezos,” says a member of a Red Hook business group. Source: New York Times
Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2020
The company has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, bringing its global work force to more than 1.2 million. Source: New York Times
As Customers Move Online, So Does the Holiday Shopping Season
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2020
Empty stores are turning into fulfillment centers and the market for warehouse space is booming, as the pandemic rockets the retail industry into its e-commerce future. Source: New York Times
Manhattan Emptied Out During the Pandemic. But Big Tech Is Moving In.
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2020
The four companies known as Big Tech — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — now have more than 22,000 employees in the city, with thousands added just this year. Source: New York Times