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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I do mergers & acquisitions in retail/consumer and write about trends. Once upon a time, Amazon tried to build a physical-store ...

As the second-largest employer in America, Amazon currently employs around 1.5 million workers. (1, 2) Between 2018 and today, Amazon has onboarded hundreds of thousands of workers, effectively ...