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Welcome to Amazon Town

Stu Woo, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 20, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Behind the piles of smiley-faced Amazon.com Inc. boxes arriving on doorsteps this holiday season are workers like Ray and Sarann Williams.

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Amazon Defends Warehouse Safety, Again

Peter Kafka in Commerce on October 23, 2011 at 5:15 pm PT

Amazon has posted a statement defending its worker safety record at a Breinigsville, Pa., warehouse, as well as its other warehouses, arguing that “it’s safer to work in the Amazon fulfillment network than in a department store.” It’s the company’s second public response to a month-old newspaper story about unsafe working conditions at the Breinigsville outpost.

News Byte

Amazon Responds to Warehouse Safety Story

Peter Kafka in Commerce on September 23, 2011 at 12:09 am PT

In the wake of a news story about potentially unsafe working conditions at an Amazon distribution center, the retail giant has issued a public statement. Amazon doesn’t directly acknowledge reports that workers in a Pennsylvania warehouse worked in “brutal” heat that sent some of them to the hospital this summer. But it does say it recently spent $2.4 million installing air conditioning at four warehouses, including the one that sparked the detailed report in the Allentown Morning Call. “Those who know us well don’t doubt our intent or our focus on employee safety,” the statement concludes.

Who Says There’s a Bubble? Quidsi Launches Pets.com Copycat.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 6, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Pets.com serves as the symbol for the height of the bubble, as one of the most memorable flameouts of its time. But that isn’t deterring Quidsi from giving the online pets business another try.

Pets.com Puppet: "Oh no, is there another bubble? Hide!"

Overstock Says No Shortage of Inventory in the World That's Ripe for Discounting

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 15, 2011 at 1:25 pm PT

In so many ways, Overstock may be considered the original flash sales site. Now, it too is experimenting with daily emails that offer steep discounts on select merchandise.

Gilt Groupe Leans on Mixture of Equity and Debt to Fund Growth

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 15, 2010 at 3:55 pm PT

Gilt Groupe has secured about $15 million in a line of credit, which we’ve learned was primarily used for building out a new warehouse in Louisville, Ky.

Exclusive: Chegg Raises $75 Million in Additional Funding from Asian Firm

Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2010 at 8:55 pm PT

Chegg, the online textbook rental service, has raised another $75 million from Asia-based Ace Limited, according to sources. Ace seems to be nonexistent on the Internet, although sources said it is a Hong Kong-based investment firm. The round comes after a huge Series D investment in late 2009, which already brought Chegg’s funding to a whopping $144 million.

Chegg's Dan Rosensweig Talks About the Next Wave of Online Textbook Rentals and More!

Kara Swisher in News on August 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm PT

Earlier this week, BoomTown went down to Santa Clara, Calif. to the offices of Chegg, the online textbook rental leader, to pay a visit on longtime Silicon Valley exec Dan Rosensweig. Today, in a bid to expand its offerings beyond books, Chegg said it had acquired Courserank, a Mountain View, Calif. start-up that helps students “share their course schedule, take classes with their friends, read and write reviews on classes and professors as well as find out how professors grade.” Here’s the video.

Sam's Club to Use Wi-Fi to Push TVs

Ann Zimmerman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 10, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

This holiday season, Sam’s Club is making a big bet on Internet-connected television sets—and hopes that providing free Wi-Fi in its stores will help draw customers to the new technology. The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. membership warehouse chain’s more than 500 clubs will be outfitted with Wi-Fi by November.

Almost Famous: Mehdi Maghsoodnia of BookRenter

Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on March 5, 2010 at 1:35 am PT

This week: We took a coffee break with Mehdi Maghsoodnia, CEO over at Bookrenter.com. In Web 1.0 style, they do what their name suggests–rent textbooks to students and try to compete with school bookstores, Amazon, and a certain egg-themed competitor. Chegg it out.

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