Italy’s pioneering digital bank goes ‘all in’ running their technology infrastructure on AWS cloud to speed up innovation, improve customer experience, and enhance security

Amazon is further expanding its fulfillment center network in Italy to respond to growing customer demand, expand the product selection and better support small independent businesses selling at Amazon

Athens, February 3, 2020 – Today, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of State and Digital Governance, for the nation of Greece, and cloud computing pioneer, Amazon Web Services (AWS), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce a number of programs to the country to drive innovation across the economy. By cooperating in the areas of digital governance, digital infrastructure, and cloud skills education, this MoU provides the foundation on which to build a modern and digital Greece, powered by cloud computing. As part of the MoU, programs such as AWS Cloudstart will support the Greek Government in improving and modernizing its IT infrastructure in order to lower IT costs, increase innovation, and drive more efficiency within the public sector. In order to support the development of the next generation of cloud builders, the Government of Greece and AWS will empower higher education institutions with access to AWS Educate, a program to introduce students and educators to cloud computing technologies. In addition to supporting the next generation of IT and cloud professionals, the MoU will also support the burgeoning Greek startup community through the AWS Activate program, giving startups access to the resources they need to quickly launch and grow their businesses in the cloud – including AWS credits, training, and support.

New Amazon Original shows announced today will feature leading Italian talent including Carlo Verdone, Tiziano Ferro and Carlo Cracco

Rugby’s greatest championship will leverage AWS machine learning, deep learning, and data analytics to further evolve the 2020 Championship experience for viewers

Germany’s premier football league to use AWS machine learning and analytics to enhance the fan experience and deliver new game and player statistics during the 2019-20 season and beyond

Seller Central now open for selling partners to register their businesses for Amazon.nl

Amazon’s local Italian-based workforce grew more than 25% in 2019, from 5,500 permanent employees at the end of 2018 to over 6,900 today.

Amazon offers industry-leading benefits such as private medical and life assurance, pension plan and funding for adult education.

Amazon’s first large-scale renewable energy project in Spain will provide 149 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity for the company’s fulfillment network and Amazon Web Services data centers.

Amazon Customers Worldwide Order Hundreds of Millions of Items Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. Record-breaking Black Friday for Amazon this year – the best-ever Black Friday in the company’s history.

Amazon continues increasing its investments in Poland – at the beginning of this month the company officially opened 2 new Fulfillment Centers in Okmiany near Boleslawiec and Pawlikowice near Łódź and today announced a new site in Gliwice. The new center will be the biggest site in Poland, equipped with advanced Amazon Robotics technology. It will help meet growing customer demand, further increase product selection and support more third-party sellers under Fulfillment by Amazon. Recruitment for professional roles in HR, IT, finance, engineering and operations has just begun.

Since the move to the new building two years ago, the corporate employees working in the Milanese head office rose from 400 to more than 800. Fully designed according to the criteria of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, the building achieved Leed Platinum Certification, the maximum obtainable, awarded by the US Green Building Council. The mix of design, setting, new collaboration and relax spaces, trainings and workshops dedicated areas offers to Amazon employees the right environment and tools to innovate on behalf our customers, Italian SMBs, authors and developers. Since the launch in 2010, Amazon has invested more than €1.6 billon in Italy and has created over 6,500 permanent jobs

New AWS Europe (Spain) Region will arrive in next several years, enabling customers to run workloads and store data in Spain and serve end-users with even lower latency

Paris, September 27, 2019 - Audible, world’s leading producer and distributor of audiobooks and other spoken-word content, opened its new studios in Paris on September 27, 2019. Located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Audible Studios will host recordings of Audible Originals titles and Audible productions.

New research shows the UK needs 21,000 more computer science graduates every year, or the economy faces losing up to £33bn a year by 2030 Programme includes support for over 200 careers specialists and 50 computer science teachers, free robotics workshops for 10,000 primary school children and a free online coding lesson.

Amazon and Grundig introduced the world's first Fire TV Edition smart TV with far-field voice control and the first Fire TV Edition smart TV with OLED technology // Amazon and MediaMarktSaturn announce plans for a Fire TV Edition smart TV line-up // Amazon and Anker Innovations announced the Nebula Soundbar - Fire TV Edition, offering cinematic entertainment with integrated Fire TV experience.

Prime members in Rome continue to enjoy ultra-fast delivery, now on an even wider complementary grocery selection. Best of Amazon products in many categories, including the popular Echo Devices, available from today.

Delivery to your doorstep in a two-hour window of your choice on over 7,000 products from pam panorama

Milan tops the reading charts for the seventh consecutive year: it has won the prize of the city whose inhabitants buy the most books and eBooks on Amazon.it. Padua gained second place by overthrowing Turin, while Pisa has entered the top ten for the first time, reaching the third place on the podium.

Amazon’s second renewable energy project in the Republic of Ireland and seventh in the Commonwealth of Virginia are expected to produce approximately 168,000 MWh of clean energy annually to support Amazon’s goal to power 100% of its global operations with renewable energy.

The new Amazon CloudFront location will offer all organizations in the country faster content delivery and added cybersecurity protection. Launch follows opening of Lisbon office in 2018.

Members worldwide purchased more than 175 million items, from devices to groceries and more, throughout Prime Day. Prime Day was the biggest event ever for Amazon devices – top-selling deals worldwide were Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, and Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote. Millions of people around the world streamed Prime Day events including the Prime Day Concert presented by Amazon Music and headlined by 10-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist Taylor Swift

New facility will have more than 230 permanent associates in three years. The site will be the first one in Europe equipped with pioneering ‘Pegasus’ technology. The new Barberá del Vallés site – the seventh Amazon facility in Barcelona – will start operations this fall

By the end of the year, the number of employees will grow nationwide to more than 20,000 based across more than 35 locations

Hundreds of Amazon.es Prime customers enjoyed an evening of music and surprises for the very first time in Spain. Alongside the New York concert featuring Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Becky G and SZA; Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain joined the Prime Day celebrations for the first time, with free and exclusive concerts for Prime customers.

Wide range of roles available across the UK including head office, R&D, AWS and Operations. Amazon this year took the #1 position in LinkedIn’s list of Britain’s Top Companies and has invested over £9.3 billion in its UK operations since 2010.

Amazon today announces that the company plans to create 1,800 new full time jobs in France in 2019, increasing its workforce from 7,500 to over 9,300 by the end of the year.

Finalists of the UK Kindle Storyteller Award will compete with those from Kindle’s literary awards around the world. The UK Kindle Storyteller Award is open for entries until 31st August, with the winning author receiving a £20,000 cash prize and a marketing campaign to support the book on Amazon.co.uk

Amazon plans to grow its Italian-based workforce from 5,500 today to over 6,500 by the end of the year. These new jobs will be created across the over 20 sites operating in Italy.

Prime Day 2019 will feature more than one million deals globally, including the biggest Prime Day deals ever on Alexa-enabled devices

This new site will help Amazon strengthen its delivery service on behalf of its customers and sellers

More than 100 small online brands given the opportunity to reach customers on the high street for the first time in Clicks and Mortar pop-up shops, in partnership between small business support group Enterprise Nation, Amazon, Direct Line for Business and Square

UAE customers who previously shopped on Souq can now shop on Amazon.ae by using the Amazon App or by visiting the Amazon.ae website. Amazon.ae features millions of local and international products, great prices, fast delivery, and world class customer service

Available from today in the UK and Italy, Counter enables quick and easy collection of parcels from popular retail outlets and convenience stores. Launch partners for Counter include British retailer NEXT, Italian bookstore chain Giunti and the network of Fermopoint and SisalPay stores across Italy. Amazon is looking to bring onboard businesses both small and large as it expands the Counter network across Europe.

A year after the inauguration, the digital Library donated by Amazon to Amatrice has grown and found a permanent location at the Centro di Formazione Professionale.

New memorandum brings ITA and Amazon together to help further empower small and medium enterprises and help them export, reach new customers, and grow their businesses through Amazon Made in Italy

An increase in export figures by almost a fifth within one year is a great success for German SMEs selling via Amazon Stores. It shows how much they benefit from the opportunities given in e-commerce,” said Dr. Markus Schöberl, Director Amazon Seller Services Germany.

Amazon tripled its Spanish workforce in 2018, from 1,600 permanent employees at the end of 2017 to over 4,800 now.

Half of all sales on Amazon's global sites come from independent businesses, with SMEs exporting products to customers across Europe, North America, Japan and India.

Half of all sales on Amazon's global sites come from independent businesses, with SMEs exporting products to customers across Europe, North America, Japan and India.

New wind farm in Bäckhammar is part of three new wind farm projects announced today that will support AWS’s goal to power its global infrastructure with 100% renewable energy

New wind farm in Donegal is part of three new wind farm projects announced today that will support AWS’s goal to power its global infrastructure with 100% renewable energy Irish wind farm will be built without subsidies, the first of its kind in Ireland

Three new wind farms in Ireland, Sweden, and the United States will produce more than 670,000 MWh annually and support AWS’s goal to power 100% of its global infrastructure with renewable energy

Amazon will create over 1,000 permanent jobs in its sixth fulfillment center in Poland within a year of openingAmazon’s new fulfillment center will help meet increasing customer demands, expand product selection, and fulfill more third-party seller productsRecruitment also taking place for professional roles in HR, IT, finance, engineering and operationsAll Amazon employees receive attractive salary, benefits package and career progression opportunities

New ‘Amazon Amplify’ programme includes a series of initiatives, designed to further increase the number of women in technology and innovation roles across its UK business.

New AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region expands cloud pioneer’s global footprint and enables Nordic customers to run applications and store their content in data centers in Sweden

Amazon’s local Italian-based workforce grew more than 50% in 2018, from 3,500 permanent employees at the end of 2017 to over 5,500 today. In addition to creating jobs, Amazon has invested over €800 million in Italy in 2018 and over €1.6 billion since 2010. Amazon’s jobs and investment support customers and also local Italian producers and entrepreneurs, who use services like Amazon’s Made in Italy store and Fulfillment by Amazon to grow their businesses and export Italian products around the world. Milan – December 12, 2018 – Amazon today announced it has created over 2,000 permanent jobs in Italy this year: more than 50% increase from the end of 2017. The company exceeded the plan announced in July to create 1,700 new jobs this year. Amazon now has more than 5,500 permanent employees across Italy.

This year, 1,700 holiday positions led to regular, permanent roles with the company Amazon has created thousands of new full-time jobs this year across its Spanish fulfillment network that offer highly competitive wages and benefits

New AWS Infrastructure Region will arrive in early 2020, enabling customers to run workloads and store data in Italy and serve end-users with even lower latency

Ed Sheeran’s X, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and The Da Vinci Code have been voted the best album, film and book respectively of the last 20 years.

Over the last 16 years Amazon has invested heavily in innovation across Europe and continues to grow.

New Amazon office in Manchester’s iconic Hanover Building will be home to at least 600 new corporate and research and development (R&D) roles.

Amazon to install up to 20MW of solar plus storage systems on fulfilment centre rooftops across the UK over the coming 18 months.

Amazon in Germany is turning 20. On 15 October 1998 it clicked on Amazon.de for the first time.

New office includes Floor28 and AWS Builders Space to support the growth of Israeli startups, enterprises, and government customers through technology-focused events and educational activities.

Italian startups can now bring innovative products to millions of Amazon customers worldwide.

Cloud computing pioneer opens office in Lisbon as it continues to work closely with customers around the world

Customers in Turkey can now enjoy millions of products across 15 categories, low prices, reliable free delivery for orders above 50 TRY, great customer service and a trustworthy online shopping experience on www.amazon.com.tr

Amazon opens “Amazon Storefronts,” a new store with products exclusively from German small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) selling on Amazon.

Amazon Prime Video secures rights from 2019/20 season in 3-year deal. Every Premier League club will be featured across two full rounds of 20 matches per season, including Bank Holiday fixtures, plus weekly highlights throughout the season.

Amazon plans to grow its Italian-based workforce from 3,500 today to over 5,200 during the year of 2018. Amazon has invested over 1.6 billion Euros in its Italian operations since 2010 Milan.

Company opens new Seller Support and Tech Hubs in Barcelona in addition to its Tech Hub in Madrid, hiring hundreds of software engineers, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning scientists.

New marketplace brings Amazon’s selection, convenience and value to buyers of all types – businesses, universities, governments and non-profit social organizations.

New marketplace brings Amazon’s selection, convenience and value to buyers of all types – businesses, universities, governments and non-profit social organizations.

Prime members are now able to read from hundreds of top Kindle books, including novels, travel guides, children's books, and more - all at no additional cost Members can start reading now by downloading the free Kindle app for iOS and Android or using any Kindle or Fire tablet

1,000 Amazon Lockers to be installed at train stations throughout France, serving travelers and commuters as well as local communities across the country.

Amazon is set to have 650 highly skilled roles in Gdansk Development Center with an addition of 200 new roles this year. Amazon continues to create thousands of permanent full-time roles at its Polish Fulfilment Centers bringing its total workforce to over 14,000.

Ranging from support staff to researchers to software engineers, Amazon invests in local communities to create full-time jobs across Ireland.

Customers can now buy guaranteed, professional assembly and installation services alongside millions of products from Amazon.co.uk.

Company hiring up and down the country in head office, research and development, AWS and operations roles Amazon Web Services (AWS) and UK Development Centres to add over 650 jobs this year bringing total UK head office, development centre and AWS roles to over 6,500.

Alexa, the brain that powers the Echo family of devices, is coming to France, along with three Alexa-enabled devices: Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Spot. Customers can pre-order devices beginning today. Echo and Echo Dot will begin shipping the week of 11 June, with Echo Spot to follow next month.

With Prime Music, Prime members enjoy their favorite ad-free music offline and online on mobile devices, tablets, Fire TV, web browsers and on Alexa-enabled devices including the Amazon Echo.

Developers are using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) and Alexa Voice Service (AVS) to bring new skills and Alexa-enabled devices to customers in France

The best Sicilian handcrafts are now available for customers on all European stores. The Made in Italy store, which launched in 2015, had a 300% increase in sales in the past 12 months, and now has 72,000 items including fashion, home accessories, artwork and local delicacies from over 700 local artisans and small businesses.

The Corporate Office and Technology Development Centre will continue to focus on developing new and innovative features, including helping to build the speech and language solutions behind Alexa.

Including the new permanent positions, Amazon will employ over 18,000 people in Germany by the end of 2018.