Who gets amazon? by Emily Seaton https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh en-us 2018-05-03 18:08:36 UTC 2018-05-23 14:40:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Toronto https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263041462
  • Two major airports: easy shipping
  • Major highway (403): easy shipping
  • Lake Ontario: power source
  • Large population: potential employees and customers
  • 10 growing cities around it: customers and employees
  • Schools able to get supplies easily because they are close
  • Existing office: a solid place to start from
  • Close to the border: convenient international transportation
  • Amazon Toronto Office. (2018). Amazon Toronto Office. Retrieved 23 May 2018, from https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Amazon+Toronto+Office/@43.6430877,-79.3851588,17.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x882b34d4f5fb4311:0x82658834fd23545f!8m2!3d43.6430416!4d-79.3831205 
    • ]]>     2018-05-23 14:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263041462     Ottawa https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263042236 Major airports
    Lots of major highways: easy to ship
    bilingual: more people can get jobs.
    Capital of Canada
    Large population: more people will visit
    lost of energy plants near.

    ]]>     2018-05-23 14:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263042236     Sault Ste. Marie schmc5137 https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263043195 -Right Beside water, Easy to ship anywhere.
    -lots of people there so there can be a lot of employees
    -opens up 15000 jobs
    -no hurricanes so the store won't get destroyed]]>     2018-05-23 14:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263043195     Edmonton https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263043962 - multiple direct flights from Edmonton to Seattle
    - easy access to Edmonton central subway
    -Very affordable downtown real estate
    -50 000 new paying jobs with a $90 000 paying salary
    -Energy costs third lowest pricefor per 1000 kilowatt hours and is just over $100 but in places like Halifax $150
    -The average people in Edmonton make $57 261 a year but if Amazon comes to Edmonton that will offer more jobs and a better economic range
    -The transportation money wise will be much easier and less expensive
    -]]>     2018-05-23 14:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263043962     Vancouver https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263044031 - Easy access to highways with three running through the city
    - Has the second largest airport in Canada providing easy transportation
    - Vancouver has lots of colleges and universities providing a large workforce of graduates
    - The Vancouver government provides support to businesses in the area
    - Vancouver citizens have a great work ethic 
    - Highway 99 in Vancouver connects to highway 5 in the us which goes straight to Seattle
    - Vancouver is a coastal city so cheaper shipping by boat is  available ]]>     2018-05-23 14:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263044031     Montreal https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263045440 -Distance to market- highways, drones, etc. 
    Montreal is not far from the border for easier shipping to the U.S. and Canada  
    -Government incentives - what will they benefit from that location
    Amazon can be come by lingual 
    -Labour force- population available to work
    Montreal has a high population for lots of workers
    -Energy costs
    Montreal has many self sustaining buildings  so they could help amazon to create a self sustainable 

    ]]>     2018-05-23 14:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263045440     Calgary https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263045510 -Alberta has 22 percent of the major roads in Canada making it easy to ship goods
    - Calgary has an international airport to ship goods over seas
    - Lots of people in the area are striving towards commercial jobs like manufacturing. This would be helpful because there would be many people willing to help build the new amazon headquarters. 
    - There are railways which make it helpful to get supplies moved in and out.
    -Calgary is one of Canada’s fasting growing cities.
    - Calgary has a well established oil and gas industry that allows them to be able to power large buildings with ease
    - Calgary has one of the lowest unemployed ratings in Canada meaning that there are many educated people that know what they are doing and can help.
    ]]>     2018-05-23 14:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263045510     Halifax https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263046440 Distance to market- highways, drones, etc. Alex: about 403,131 live in halifax and 19.8% of that population lives in rural halifax which often does not have internet which means they get quick service and since there is not to many people there they have more time to do other deliveries around canada.

    Government incentives - what will they benefit from that location Alex: the government might be biased in some ways by promoting it or giving them less taxes or providing them with money to help upgrade drones their batteries, and othe rtransportation

    Energy costs ? Alex for every hour jet fuel costs about 1,292 per hour. It takes about 8 hours to get from halifax to vancouver so that's over 10000$
    For drones batteries cost about 80$ and drones can fly for 10-20 minutes


    Availability of Resources
    Halifax offers many goods and services. Halifax has a growing technology hub that offers technology services, so the machines and robots (that are used in the production process) can be made locally with less shipping costs. Amazon has proposed a new online grocery store, and Halifax has food resources including potatoes, lobster, and other seafood, by doing local online grocery stores, this reduces shipping levels, better economically and environmentally. 

    Transportation costs
    Halifax have lots of goods and services locally. This reduces greenhouse gases and shipping costs. Since Halifax has a growing technology rate, halifax’s tech hub can design new environmentally friendly vehicles for transportation that reduces shipping costs and greenhouse gases. 

    Labour Force
    As of April 2018, there is around 14,000 people in Halifax that are unemployed. By moving in Amazon’s new HQ2, this can be reduced by the thousands, supporting the local infrastructure and providing local work to the locals. By doing this the locals won’t have to be transported for long so Amazon pays them less to have less transportation rates. 



    ]]>     2018-05-23 14:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263046440     Winnipeg https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263046552 Having Winnipeg relatively central in Canada, with great access to highways, and air travel, this location would be a perfect to house the amazon HQ2. Winnipeg has the largest population in Manitoba, making for a large, skilled workforce's available, with one of the top seven most intelligent communities in the world. The energy rate only being 3.448¢/kWh creating opportunities for relatively cheap energy bills and electric heating. With one of the most diversified economies in all of North America, it makes for cheaper in and outs of the product. Winnipeg would be a great location to put the new amazon HQ2!

    ]]>     2018-05-23 14:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263046552     Windor https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263046788 Amazon should build its second headquarters in Windsor because of markets, availability of freshwater, transportation, and labour supply. Amazon sells most of its products to the United States (75%) and Canada, so it would make sense for them to be located in Windsor since it shares an international border with Detroit. Windsor is located between Lake Erie and Lake St. Claire so there is a large supply of freshwater located very close by. This goes along with transportation since the waterways can be used to ship products, not to mention that shipping by boat is the cheapest way to transport goods. There are also two airports nearby, one in Windsor and one just across the border in Detroit. In addition there are also many highways in the area, to ensure easy and quick transportation of products. Again Windsor shares a border with Detroit, which draws in workers from both countries. Both Canada and the United States are highly developed in technology, so they would bring that development to Amazon.    

    ]]>     2018-05-23 14:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263046788     HAMILTON https://padlet.com/emily_seaton/ebmkaacobqnh/wish/263047383 We think that the second Amazon headquarters should be in Hamilton because it will bring in over 50 000 jobs in the next ten years, which will save many people from starving and losing their homes. This will also give students a chance to train in technology and science. Murray said that effort will help Hamilton. 

    • Hamilton will spend $500,000 on its amizon bid although taxpayers will only fund half.
    • There was 500 places in north america that were contending.
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