By Veronika Bondarenko Amazon has delayed or scrapped a number of warehouse plans across the country. For several decades, Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com Inc. Report operated on a model of unfettered growth. Since coming onto the scene in 1994, the e-commerce giant has continued expanding to not only push out many independent retailers but singlehandedly take up 45% of the American e-commerce market. Periods of skyrocketing growth are very often followed with, if not a crash, then at least a slowdown. Over the last year, Amazon has struggled with things like retaining employees and a growing p…