Amazon Builds Out Network to Speed Delivery, Handle Holiday Crunch

The Wall Street Journal2021-11-29

In the past two years,Amazon.com Inc. has added workers at an unprecedented clip to keep up with a pandemic-induced surge in demand. As it has done so, an even bigger expansion drew less attention: ...

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