According to Amazon:
Today, the company announced that it plans to create an additional 100,000 full-time, full-benefit jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months. These new job opportunities are for people all across the country and with all types of experience, education and skill levels—from engineers and software developers to those seeking entry-level positions and on-the-job training. Many of the roles will be in new fulfillment centers that have been announced over the past several months and are currently under construction in Texas, California, Florida, New Jersey and many other states across the country.
According to the Seattle Times, also channeling Amazon's self-reporting:
The world’s largest e-commerce retailer said it employed 45,000 robots in some 20 fulfillment centers. That’s a cool 50 percent increase from last year’s holiday season, when the company had some 30,000 robots working alongside 230,000 humans.
Especially in contrast with the recent pull-backs by Macy's, Sears, and to a lesser extent Walmart, the transformation of retail toward e-commerce is accelerating. It is worth remembering that as recently as 2010 e-commerce constituted barely four percent of the overall retail market. It is now comfortably over eight percent... with plenty of room for growth.
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