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Amazon was one of 400 companies that signed on to support LGBTQ legislation rights in the U.S.Photo: Jeff Chiu (AP)After flaunting rainbow-colored products throughout the month of June as part of its ‘Pride Out Loud’ campaign, Amazon is now restricting items and search results related to LGBTQ people on its website in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The company reportedly received pressure from the government to remove products and keywords from its website, according to documents viewed by The New York Times.Amazon…

Photo: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP (Getty Images)Amazon is starting to sound like a used car salesman shouting “deals, sales, shop now” from the top of its lungs on the curb of a busy freeway. The company is hinting to sellers it could stage another big shopping holiday later this year to mirror its summer Prime Day in an effort to draw customers back for more online shopping in an effort to shore up slumping sales.Insider first reported that the company had issued notices to sellers about a so-called “Prime Fall Deal Event.”…

Amazon, the company notorious for its awful labor practices, is grinding through its potential workforce too fast, according to an internal company research memo leaked to and first reported on by Vox. “If we continue business as usual, Amazon will deplete the available labor supply in the US network by 2024,” said the document, according to Vox.The memo indicated that things were looking particularly grim for Amazon’s labor pool in a few specific locations. Amazon reportedly based their calculations on factors like local…

Photo: Ina Fassbender (Getty Images)Amazon’s burgeoning ad business is already raking in tens of billions of dollars for the company annually, and it looks like that number’s about to get bigger. The e-commerce giant has begun quietly hiring for roles in a newly created Local Ads team, a move that will likely rankle some of its biggest competitors (read: Facebook and Google), Insider reported Wednesday.Like the name implies, Amazon is tasking this team with working alongside smaller, city-specificad companies—the kind…

Amazon workers and community allies demonstrate during a protest organized by New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York in front of Jeff Bezos’ Manhattan residence in New York on December 2, 2020Photo: Kena Bentancur (Getty Images)Amazon—a trillion dollar multinational corporation repeatedly sued by labor groups for unfair working conditions at its facilities—wants you to know it’s being treated unfairly.In a blog post on Wednesday Amazon lashed out at antitrust legislation currently making its way…