Winning Amazon’s New Headquarters Could Come With Hidden Costs

Over the last few weeks officials in dozens of American cities have been working overtime to prove that they are prime for Amazon. The Kansas City, Mo.,mayor’s office ordered 1,000 items from the Seattle-based behemoth—ranging from a hot-dog costume to wind chimes—and then wrote reviews for each product. The city of Birmingham, Ala., built [f500link]Amazon[/f500link] boxes the size of bread trucks and displayed them around town.