“We have worked extremely hard for the past seven years to get Quidsi to be profitable, and unfortunately we have not been able to do so,” an Amazon spokesperson told GeekWire. “Quidsi has great brand expertise and they will continue to offer selection on Amazon.com; the software development team will focus on building technology for AmazonFresh.”
“We’ve got a celebrity on the team,” Roth said. “The episode is what, 22 minutes? So it’s not her 15 minutes of fame, she’s getting her 22 minutes.”
“They will be the next targets after China if they follow the US’s mistaken stance,” Wei said. The US has begun to attack China’s high-tech manufacturing because it thinks that will damage the Chinese economy, said Dong Yan, director of the International Trade Office at Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
“UD Trucks (introduced) a fully automated truck aimed at use in confined areas such as ports and factories. UD Trucks aims to start trials (in) 2019 and commercialize in 2020, hoping to solve driver-shortage issues in the logistics industry,” Nakano told China Daily.
“With Summify you had to wait for your summaries to be delivered at certain times per day after processing,” he said. “In addition, we also let users scan through their whole story feed for the day, not possible with Summify.”
“We love being next to Amazon,” says Trussel. “They are to South Lake Union and Seattle what Microsoft was to Redmond and the Eastside in the 90s. They attract a lot of talent. Talent begets talent.”
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“The ultimate result is these product providers, these websites, the service providers are all going to be subject to strict liability and substantial costs,” Micheli said. “There’s going to be a diminution in opportunities for consumers to purchase products and those that they do (will be) at a higher rate.”
“While we continue to believe the assessment was without merit, in April 2012, we entered into a settlement with the State of Texas that included an agreement to collect sales taxes on applicable sales transactions for our US-focused internet retailers beginning July?1, 2012, resolution of Texas sales taxes up to that date, certain commitments related to capital investment and job creation in the state, and an immaterial payment to the state.”
“We are contributing to this election because we care deeply about the future of Seattle,” said Amazon spokesperson Aaron Toso said in a statement. “We believe it is critical that our hometown has a city council that is focused on pragmatic solutions to our shared challenges in transportation, homelessness, climate change and public safety.”
“We are excited to allow Prime members to share more benefits within their household,” an Amazon spokesperson said at the time. “This was always our intention.”