Amazon

There Is Too Much Stuff

The human brain can’t contend with the vastness of online shopping.

• Amanda Mull
• May 24, 2019

Amazon Got Exactly What It Deserved—And So Did New York

Trillion-dollar companies going shopping for billion-dollar subsidies should be publicly shamed.

• Derek Thompson
• February 14, 2019

When Amazon Went From Big to Unbelievably Big

The data on the company’s real-estate holdings reveal a remarkable inflection point.

• Alexis C. Madrigal
• February 7, 2019

Amazon Ruined Online Shopping

America’s largest internet store is so big, and so bewildering, that buyers often have no idea what they’re going to get.

• Ian Bogost
• January 17, 2019

How to Lose Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Amazon

A growing number of self-proclaimed experts promise they can teach anyone how to make a passive income selling cheap Chinese goods in the internet's largest store. Not everyone’s getting rich quick.

• Alana Semuels
• January 2, 2019

I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.

There’s a certain novelty, after decades at a legacy media company, in playing for the team that’s winning big.

• Austin Murphy
• December 25, 2018

Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal

Each year, local governments spend nearly $100 billion to move headquarters and factories between states. It’s a wasteful exercise that requires a national solution.

• Derek Thompson
• November 12, 2018

The Amazon Selling Machine

The e-commerce company has so much information about us that it’s become expert at shilling us things we didn’t even know we needed. No wonder its advertising business is booming.

• Alana Semuels
• October 25, 2018

I Delivered Packages for Amazon and It Was a Nightmare

Amazon Flex allows drivers to get paid to deliver packages from their own vehicles. But is it a good deal for workers?

• Alana Semuels
• June 25, 2018

Amazon May Have a Counterfeit Problem

The company is facing multiple lawsuits from brands who say it does not do enough to prevent fakes from being listed on its website.

• Alana Semuels
• April 20, 2018

A Small Town Kept Walmart Out. Now It Faces Amazon.

How can local businesses compete with a company so local it lets people shop from their couches?

• Alana Semuels
• March 2, 2018

The Amazon-ification of Whole Foods

There’s a broader strategy behind two-hour delivery for heirloom tomatoes.

• Derek Thompson
• February 8, 2018

What Amazon Does to Poor Cities

The debate over Amazon’s HQ2 obscures the company’s rapid expansion of warehouses in low-income areas.

• Alana Semuels
• February 1, 2018

The History of Sears Predicts Nearly Everything Amazon Is Doing

One hundred years ago, a retail giant that shipped millions of products by mail moved swiftly into the brick-and-mortar business, changing it forever. Is that happening again?

• Derek Thompson
• September 25, 2017

Amazon Is Making It Easier for Companies to Track You

In a letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos wrote about how the company is making machine-learning tools widely available.

• Adrienne LaFrance
• April 14, 2017