PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
On Thursday, an Amazon spokesperson told Forbes the company does not engage in surge pricing, nor does it allow product prices to fluctuate based on region or delivery location. Forbes reported the eCommerce giant expects to outgrow what its Seattle headquarters can support. Start the bidding war!
PYMNTS
JUNE 29, 2018
NBC News reported that national, regional and local merchants are testing Google Shopping Express with big-name retailers including Target and Walgreens. Amazon would provide the business with uniforms, fuel and insurance plans for fleet operations and provide training on everything from taxes, payroll, and other small business topics.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Amazon says HQ2 will be a “ full equal ” to HQ1 in Seattle. Others are offering standard fare such as tax credits — although even that can’t be viewed as “standard” in this race. New Jersey, for instance, is offering more than the price of Amazon’s investment in tax credits, to the tune of $7 billion, if the company puts HQ2 in Newark.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an urban area in North Virginia near Washington, D.C., billion refundable tax credit is reportedly based on the “percentage of salaries Amazon expects to pay employees over the next decade, or $48K per job for 25K jobs.”
CB Insights
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Notably, the company embraces remote work: in May 2019, it announced its fifth remote engineering hub, accommodating the vast majority of available engineer talent living outside its other hubs in San Francisco, Seattle, Dublin, and Singapore. This is particularly useful for businesses operating in regions outside of the US.
CB Insights
JUNE 14, 2018
Vulcan Capital, the private equity arm of Vulcan, made early bets in Seattle on downtown commercial real estate now largely occupied by Amazon. Given the abundance of lumber in Canada, timber activity has been largely concentrated in the region, but increasingly it is gaining traction in the US. Reimagining city living.
CB Insights
OCTOBER 31, 2017
We then adjusted that to say it’s nine to 12 months … We hope to see IoT embraced by manufacturing and ag in the state and in the region. Here are a few at the top of my list: Drive market awareness/dominance regionally: Seattle, NW, West Coast…. But it’s not going to be because of us. Product: Sonitus Medical.
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