Amazon plans to hire 150,000 workers for holiday season
Amazon.com plans about the same number of seasonal workers as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.
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Amazon to raise average hourly pay by $1 to $19 in October
Beginning in October, warehouse and transportation workers would earn between $16 and $26 an hour, depending on their position and location in the U.S.
Company finds niche in co-warehousing for growing small businesses
Indianapolis-based Rise Commercial District is part of a co-warehousing movement that provides small companies with flexible space as they grow, much like office co-working space does.
Fashion retailer Shein already expanding in Boone County
The China-based company said it plans to construct a second, 550,000-square-foot warehouse on its Boone County campus, doubling employment to about 1,400 by the end of 2025.
FedEx to close 90-plus stores, put off hiring as demand slumps
The company warned it will likely miss Wall Street’s profit target for its fiscal first quarter that ended Aug. 31. And it said it expects business conditions to further weaken in the current quarter amid weaker global volume.
Pressure mounts on U.S. railroads, unions to reach deal
Freight railroads and their unions face a looming strike deadline on Friday, and business groups say a stoppage halting deliveries of raw materials and finished products that so many companies rely on would be an economic disaster.
As deadline looms, railroads say strike would cost $2B a day
The railroad trade group said a strike would idle some 7,000 freight trains a day run by CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern and other railroads and disrupt passenger operations nationwide.
UPS to hire more than 100,000 workers for holidays
In the Indianapolis area, UPS said it expects to hire more than 3,000 seasonal employees ahead of the holiday rush.
Amazon closes, abandons plans for dozens of U.S. warehouses
During the second quarter, Amazon’s workforce shrank by roughly 100,000 jobs, to 1.52 million, the biggest quarter-to-quarter contraction in the company’s history.
Nevada-based logistics firm plans $28M Midwest HQ expansion in Whitestown
ITS Logistics LLC plans to expand its Midwest headquarters in Whitestown by 1.4 million square feet, growing its campus to more than 2 million square feet with 350 employees by 2024.
FedEx reduces U.S. Sunday deliveries as e-commerce cools
FedEx accelerated the rollout of Sunday service in 2020 to handle an historic increase of residential deliveries after COVID-19 spurred lockdowns to stem the spread of the virus.
Sky-high diesel prices squeeze truckers, farmers, consumers
For months, motorists have felt the pain of high gasoline prices. Many might not know that they’re also absorbing the impact of much costlier diesel in the form of higher priced goods.
Spot Freight adding 240 employees in Indianapolis
Spot has been on IBJ’s Fast 25 list of growing companies four times, including from 2015 to 2017 and in 2021.
Q&A with Cathy Langham about growing cold-storage demand
Indianapolis-based Langham Logistics is set to open a 150,000-square-foot warehouse in Whitestown to serve pharmaceutical and biotech companies—and their suppliers—who need cold storage, meaning anything from chilled space to ultra-low-temperature freezers.
Amazon to sublease warehouses as online shopping slows
Seattle-based Amazon doubled the size of its operations during the pandemic, adding more warehouses and employees. But as the worst of the pandemic eased, it found itself with too much warehouse space and too many workers.
Duke Realty rejects $24B Prologis acquisition bid, deeming it ‘insufficient’
Prologis, one of the world’s largest real estate investment trusts, said it has been trying to acquire Indianapolis-based Duke since November. Duke said in a written statement issued Wednesday that those buyout efforts simply haven’t been good enough.
Prologis offers to acquire Duke Realty for nearly $24 billion
In a public letter, Prologis CEO and co-founder Hamid Moghadam said his San Francisco-based company has been trying to acquire Indianapolis-based Duke quietly without luck since late November and decided to make the effort public.
Pablo Svirsky: Shipping times for some supplies may never return to old levels
It should come as no surprise that pandemic-related supply chain challenges have also had a major impact on the life sciences industry.
Distribution company plans 100 jobs at new Lebanon facility
New York City-based PCA Group’s clients include beauty brands such as Rebecca Minkoff, Derek Lam, Monique Lhuillier, Rachel Zoe, and FILA.
Walmart: Burned fulfillment center where 2,089 worked to remain closed
Walmart said 957 of the people employed at the facility have accepted new jobs with the company, while 1,132 “have not accepted alternative positions.”