Amazon is delivering nearly two-thirds of its own packages at CNBC. "Amazon shipped 415 million packages in July, topping its three-month average between April and June. Amazon delivered 66% of its own packages in July, compared with 54% in July 2019." Read more   US retail sales regain pre-virus level but slowdown likely at AP. "Americans increased their retail purchases by 1.2% in July, with solid gains in appliances and clothing helping restore sales to their level before the viral pandemic erupted in March." Read more   Walmart corporate employees will continue working remote until January 2021 at Talk [...]

  REI looks to sell brand new Seattle-area HQ at GeekWire. "The dramatic events of 2020 have challenged us to reexamine and rethink every aspect of our business and many of the assumptions of the past. That includes where and how we work,” REI President and CEO Eric Artz told employees in a video..." Read more   Amazon cuts more than 1,200 delivery contract jobs, even as that part of its business booms at CNBC. "While Amazon continues to cull poor-performing delivery partners, the program has grown quickly since it launched two years ago. There are now more than 1,300 [...]

  Amazon Wins Loyal Walmart Shoppers as Americans Stampede Online at Bloomberg. "Walmart Inc. shoppers are a pretty loyal bunch. But when virus-spooked Americans began avoiding stores earlier this year and shifting spending online, far more Walmart customers went to Amazon.com Inc. than Walmart.com...In the first week of February, for every dollar shoppers spent with the two rivals, 66 cents went to Walmart and 34 cents to Amazon, according to Facteus, which tracks credit and debit-card spending for millions of shoppers. In the first week of August, that gap narrowed to 55 cents to Walmart and 45 cents to Amazon." [...]