Amazon.com, Inc. reports developments across its online retail marketplace, third-party seller services, Amazon Web Services, advertising, logistics, pharmacy, and digital media businesses. Company news commonly covers financial results, retail and international activity, AWS cloud and generative AI services such as Amazon Bedrock and Graviton processors, and enterprise partnerships that use AWS infrastructure.
Updates also address consumer and business-customer services, including Amazon Business, Amazon Supply Chain Services, prescription delivery through Amazon Pharmacy, and Audible audio storytelling. Other recurring themes include delivery speed, fulfillment and distribution capabilities, seller services, sports and media partnerships, and sustainability-related technology used in Amazon facilities and operations.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is hiring over 300,000 people for seasonal, part-time and full-time U.S. core operations roles this holiday season. The company recently announced more than $1.5 billion in higher pay for that workforce. Seasonal employees average $20 an hour; full-time core operations employees start at a minimum of $20 an hour, with average hourly pay nearly $24 and average total compensation exceeding $32 an hour including benefits.
Beginning January 1, 2027, seasonal employees working at least 30 hours weekly become eligible for healthcare coverage, with plans starting at $5 a week and $5 copays. Eligible employees hired before that date gain access then; later hires gain access on their first day. New roles will be posted weekly from October through December. Amazon is also adding employee shopping discounts and banking access, with banking rolling out in late 2026 and becoming broadly available in 2027.
X-energy (Nasdaq: XE) signed a Joint Development Agreement with American Electric Power to advance feasibility work for a proposed 960 MW nuclear project.
The partners will evaluate a 12-unit Xe-100 small modular reactor plant near the former Breed Generating Station in Sullivan County, Indiana. The proposal would redevelop an AEP-owned brownfield site. Amazon will provide certain project development funding through milestone-based capital.
X-energy and Amazon’s broader collaboration aims to bring more than 5 GW of new nuclear capacity to the U.S. grid by 2039. The Indiana proposal is X-energy’s third announced U.S. commercial project and fourth worldwide, within an approximate 11.5 GW commercial pipeline. Separately, its first Xe-100 deployment, a proposed four-unit plant serving a Dow site in Texas, is in the final phases of Nuclear Regulatory Commission review of its construction permit application.
Amazon.com (AMZN) will hold a conference call on October 29, 2026, to discuss its third quarter 2026 financial results.
The call begins at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET and will be webcast live. Audio and associated slides will remain available for at least three months afterward at www.amazon.com/ir.
Constellation (CEG) and Amazon signed a 20-year power purchase agreement supporting the expansion of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant. The agreement covers 690 megawatts, including approximately 190 megawatts of new capacity scheduled to come online between 2030 and 2032.
The companies said the agreement will enable more than $3 billion in Maryland infrastructure investment, including improvements across the 1,790-megawatt plant. A related retail supply agreement will support Amazon operations in the 13-state PJM market. Constellation expects Amazon’s commitment to provide revenue certainty for another 20 years of plant licensing and progress toward new clean energy plants at the site. All Calvert Cliffs electricity will continue flowing to the PJM regional grid.
Whole Foods Market (AMZN) selected 10 brands for its 2026 LEAP Early Growth cohort on September 24, 2026.
The brands were chosen from more than 2,000 applications for a 12-week program offering mentorship and industry connections. None of their products are currently sold in Whole Foods Market stores. Their products will be evaluated for shelf placement after the program, and participants may qualify for a $25,000 equity investment.
Amazon (AMZN) launched Prime delivery for merchants’ websites and a fulfillment discount program on September 24, 2026.
New and existing Multichannel Fulfillment (MCF) merchants can add the Prime badge and fast, free delivery to their websites without charges beyond standard MCF fees. They keep their existing payment processing, order management, returns and customer service. Prime membership is verified after checkout. Among early adopters, more than 40% of eligible orders on average shipped with Prime delivery.
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) sellers can save 15% to 25% on fulfillment fees for the first six months through MCF discounts and per-unit FBA credits. The program covers orders placed through their websites, marketplaces and social media channels, with no contracts or long-term commitments.
Amazon (AMZN) and partners launched The Climate Pledge Fashion Coalition, co-founded with Stella McCartney and Canopy, with convening support from the World Economic Forum, to accelerate climate innovation across the fashion industry.
The coalition connects more than 60 Climate Pledge signatories, including fashion brands, innovators, manufacturers, and retailers, all working toward net-zero carbon by 2040. It aims to scale lower-carbon materials and supply chains by aligning collective demand, developing blended financing mechanisms, and deploying tools such as the new Fashion Coalition Lever Library, which catalogs 100+ proven and emerging solutions and a directory of innovators.
The coalition focuses on production-stage innovation—such as organic, recycled, and next‑generation fibers from waste feedstocks, and manufacturing technologies that cut water, chemicals, and emissions—to help make lower‑impact options the industry standard.
Amazon (AMZN) will invest another $1.9 billion in its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program in 2027 to support DSP owners and help raise Delivery Associate (DA) pay to a national average of nearly $24 per hour.
Across the eight-year history of the program, Amazon has invested $21.7 billion to support DSPs and their drivers. Since 2022, it has spent more than $543 million on safety initiatives and technology, contributing to a reduction of serious vehicle crashes by more than 23% across the delivery network last year. Over the past three years, program investments are expected to have helped increase DA pay by an average of 16% nationwide.
Amazon is also committing $70 million over the next five years to community impact initiatives led by DSPs, and is expanding AI-powered tools such as Wellspring mapping, dynamic routing, and over 20,000 Smart Delivery Glasses devices expected in the field by the end of 2027.
Better Home & Finance (Nasdaq: BETR) founder and former CEO Vishal Garg, a significant shareholder, launched a consent solicitation to remove five current directors and support three new independent candidates for the Board.
The slate comprises Bing Gordon, a veteran consumer technology and product executive; David Heidecorn, a finance and risk-management specialist; and Steve Sarracino, founder of Activant Capital and a former Better director. The Garg Group is urging shareholders to return the GREEN CONSENT CARD by an updated target date of October 2, 2026. The candidates have only expressed willingness to serve; any appointment would still require nomination by Mr. Garg and approval by a Board majority at that time.
Amazon (AMZN) and No Kid Hungry report that their Summer Meals for Kids pilot delivered more than 2 million free meals to families in rural U.S. communities from May through August 2026.
Operating under the USDA Summer Food Service Program, the pilot worked with 18 local food bank and school district partners across 13 states, using Amazon’s rural delivery network to bring meals directly to families’ doorsteps. Eligible families self-enrolled online to receive shelf-stable breakfasts and lunches for children ages 1–18, typically delivered within 24 to 72 hours at no cost. The initiative builds on Amazon’s broader effort, which has delivered more than 60 million meals from food banks to homes in the U.S. and UK since 2020 and includes a commitment to provide free home delivery services for food bank partners through 2028.