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How many Amazon Flex Drivers are there?
A rough estimate based on counting cars
Mar 4
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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The Apotheosis of Point of Sale Data
The new frontier of parcel delivery speed is quickly growing
Feb 26
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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Amazon’s 2025 Annual Report
Everything’s growing and Wall Street hates it
Feb 18
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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Amazon in NYC
A first, but hopefully not last, analysis of Amazon package label data, thanks to Urban Omnibus
Feb 5
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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A Brief Primer on Amazon's Inbound Network
Drilling down on an important segment of Amazon's distribution network
Jan 26
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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Overexpectations in E-commerce?
Poking holes in a common argument using the example of the corporate behemoths of our day
Jan 23
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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2025 Was Predictably a Bad Year for NLRB Elections
But let's look at the data regardless
Jan 9
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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New Column for Phenomenal World
More logistics cluster analysis with more data!
Dec 20, 2025
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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Robot Sobriety: The Case of Amazon
The projected employment apocalypse at the company is greatly overstated
Dec 10, 2025
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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A Brief Primer on Albertsons's Distribution Network
The proposed merger with Kroger is dead, but Albertsons is still a giant employer
Dec 8, 2025
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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Send Me Photos of Your Amazon Package Labels!
An attempt to crowdsource an understanding of the company's outbound network
Dec 4, 2025
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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Amazon Imports, Q3 2025
More analysis of bill of lading data
Nov 24, 2025
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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Amazon and H-1B's
The recent round of Amazon corporate layoffs is probably not about AI. It's an expression of the company's brutal corporate culture, which is enabled by…
Nov 12, 2025
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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A Brief Primer on Dollar General's Distribution Network
The modern-day five and dime has been expanding its distribution capacity since 2022
Nov 6, 2025
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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