Amazon News Updates

Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Sales Curbs in France Stay as Judges Put Safety First

Amazon .com Inc. lost its fight to be able to sell the whole range of its products in France after failing to convince judges it had taken measures to protect workers from the coronavirus.

April 24, 2020
Business, Logistics

Amazon Nudges Customers Away From Nonessential Items

The pandemic has many of us acting in unusual ways, and the world’s largest e-commerce company is no exception: Amazon.com has begun discouraging users from buying things they don’t need.

April 17, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

Amazon May Stop French Deliveries After Court Order

Amazon .com Inc. threatened to stop activity at its fulfillment centers in France after a court order banned the sale of non-essential goods, concluding the retailer isn’t doing enough to protect staff from the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 15, 2020
Business, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Vows to Fight French Court Ban on Nonessential Sales

Amazon.com was handed a French ban on sales of nonessential items after losing the first round of a court fight with labor unions that said the company wasn’t doing enough to protect staff from the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 14, 2020
Business, Logistics

Amazon Moves to Stock More Nonessential Items in Warehouses

Amazon .com Inc. will slowly increase the assortment of products that can be shipped to its warehouses this week, easing restrictions instituted in March that prioritized essential goods such as medical supplies, groceries and pet food amid the pandemic.

April 13, 2020
Business, Logistics

Amazon to Suspend Test Service for Outside Deliveries

Amazon .com Inc. is suspending a pilot program that was geared toward delivering packages for third-party vendors that sell goods on its website but that do not ship through one of its fulfillment centers.

April 9, 2020
Business, Safety

Amazon Stock Stability Turns Perceptions of Investor Safety Upside Down

Investors are redefining what constitutes safety in the stock market as the unprecedented lockdown of the U.S. economy takes hold.

April 8, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Amazon to Donate 8,200 Laptops to Seattle Students

Amazon .com Inc. is donating 8,200 laptops to families of elementary school students in Seattle Public Schools who don’t have access to a device needed for remote learning while schools are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company and school district announced April 6.

April 6, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Amazon Diverts Masks to Hospitals, Pledges Warehouse Safety

Amazon .com Inc. said it will divert sales of masks and other medical supplies to hospitals and government entities.

April 2, 2020
Business, Safety

Some Instacart, Amazon Workers Strike as Jobs Get Riskier

Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job March 30 demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders.

March 30, 2020