As Amazon continued to send more and more shipments, it became obvious it needed new ways to package them. It developed a series of new packing strategies, including creating envelopes for smaller ...

Todd Grasser, an Amazon process assistant, using an automated device to package items in paper bags for shipping at a facility in Sumner, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) SUMNER, Wash. — At ...

This week, the Verge reported on the massive onslaught of Amazon’s cardboard boxes at recycling facilities everywhere—otherwise known as the “Amazon effect.” According to Sims Municipal Recycling, one ...

Sixteen teams of robotics researchers are traveling to Japan this week to help Amazon.com Inc. solve its warehouse problem. The company has a fleet of robots that drive around its facilities gathering ...