Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has officially opened its new Fulfillment Center in West Columbia.

Amazon.com Opens New Fulfillment Center

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced that it has opened a new Amazon Fulfillment Center in West Columbia.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has already hired more than 500 hundred individuals to work there and will continue with hirings moving forward.

The center will handle single shipments and smaller items such as DVDs and books.

John Petta, general manager of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) new facility, said that, “There are many local businesses that sell their product through Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), and we stock their product here and sell their product all over the country”.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares are currently standing at 216.93.

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American Express (NYSE:AXP) has listed the best books of 2012 so far on their website.

Amazon.com Boosting Book Sales For Summer

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced its “Best Books of the Year So Far” list.

The list is compiled by Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Book editors, and the top three released in 2012 between January 1st and June 1st are, respectively, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” by Katherine Boo; “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn; and “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green.

Sara Nelson, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Editorial Director for Books, said that, “The variety of books on the list reflects the broad range of titles published in 2012 so far… To us, ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’ is a masterpiece in nonfiction writing. But Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) rounded out the top three with a thriller and a young adult novel – there really is something for everyone on this list. Helping customers find and discover outstanding books is an important role for us at Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), and we look forward to discovering new and innovative ways of bringing our customers in contact with books we think they’ll love”.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) stocks were at 225.62 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a 12.2% movement in the stock price over the past 3 months.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Analyst Advice
Consensus Opinion: Moderate Buy
Mean recommendation: Error
(1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
3 Months Ago: Error
Zack’s Rank: 5 out of 20 in the industry

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has scheduled the opening of an international app store later this year.

Amazon.com International App Store Coming Soon

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced that it will open its international app store later this year.

Developers can now submit apps for distribution this summer in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

Developers will earn 70 percent of list price on each paid app sale.

Jim Adkins, vice president of the Amazon Appstore, said that, “Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is excited to open the door to even more opportunity by expanding app sales outside the U.S. We see tremendous potential for current developers in our distribution program to grow with the international expansion”.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) company shares are currently standing at 224.03.

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has plans to hire more than 1,000 people for Seattle offices.

Amazon.com Planning Seattle Expansion

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced that it is planning to hire more than 1,000 new people for its Seattle offices.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is looking for technical developers to work on software engineering, management of software development, user interface and user experience design, and technical program management.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) will be competing with Microsoft, which is alo hiring more than 1,500 new tech workers in the same geographic area.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) company shares are currently standing at 222.93.

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has planned to launch three tech blogs, with reviews and news of new products and services.

Amazon.com To Launch Tech Blogs

Reports say that Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is about to launch a trio of blogs focused on the technology sector.

The first blog will focus on new gadgets and gear and will be populated with reviews that will link back to Amazon’s retail site.

The second blog will be an entertainment, which focuses on film, comics, TV and other entertainment topics peripherally related to technology.

The third Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) blog will follow digital photography and will focus in particular on the emerging market of mobile phone photography apps, such as Instagram and CameraBag.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares are currently standing at 226.69.

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has scheduled the addition of new distribution centers in CA.

Amazon.com To Expand Distribution

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced that it will occupy new fulfillment centers in San Bernardino and Patterson, CA.

The massive Internet retailer will occupy a facility of more than 950,000 square foot under development as part of the AllianceCalifornia project in San Bernardino, CA.

Dave Clark, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) vice president, global customer fulfillment, said that, “Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) will create “hundreds of full time jobs with benefits” in Patterson when the facility begins shipping to customers in 2013”.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares are currently standing at 223.90.

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has agreed to buy Kiva Systems for $775 million.

Amazon.com Buying Robot Company In $775m Deal

The online giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has acquired robot maker Kiva Systems for $775 million, in its second biggest takeover deal.

The company will use robots developed by Kiva to use in its fulfillment centers to pick items from shelves.

The company expects to close the deal in the second quarter.

Dave Clark, vice president of global customer fulfillment at Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), said, “Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has long used automation in its fulfillment centers, and Kiva’s technology is another way to improve productivity by bringing the products directly to employees to pick, pack and stow”.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares are currently standing at 185.52.

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12 Month Price Change %: 14.7%

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has signed a licensing agreement with Viacom.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Signs Viacom Deal

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has signed a licensing agreement with the entertainment giant Viacom that will bring TV shows from MTV, TV Land, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, BET, OMT, Logo and Spike to its Prime service.

This deal will increase its streaming videos to more than 15,000 and these new shows will be available from the coming months.

Brad Beale, director of video content acquisition for Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), said, “Over the last year we have received fantastic customer feedback about Prime Instant Video. We are constantly working to improve the service by adding the shows that our customers enjoy the most. This deal with Viacom brings Prime customers and Kindle Fire users thousands of comedies, kids’ shows, reality TV and much more from some of the best cable networks available”.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) stocks were at 185.48 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a -15.5% change in the stock price over the past 3 months.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Analyst Advice
Consensus Opinion: Moderate Buy
Mean recommendation: 1.67
(1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
3 Months Ago: 1.67
Zack’s Rank: 15 out of 18 in the industry