Pandemic brings fortunes to Amazon - and headaches too
4 years, 8 months ago

Pandemic brings fortunes to Amazon - and headaches too

Associated Press  

Amazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products to doorsteps around the world. And workers are scared.” The most dramatic fallout came in France when a court ordered Amazon last week to stop delivering non-essential products for a month while it works out better worker safety measures. It’s unclear how many of Amazon’s workers are staying home without pay or how many have been put into isolation because of contact with infected workers. “That’s the only place you can shop for most everything you need,” said Marlina Fol, a caregiver in Manhattan, who said she was able to buy masks and hand sanitizer from Amazon in early March but now struggles to get a window for grocery delivery from Whole Foods, which Amazon acquired two years ago. “It’s helped me cover all overhead without freaking out.” Craig Johnson, president of retail consultancy Customer Growth Partners, says Amazon has a “high class problem” considering how many other stores have gone dark.

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