LONDON – Activists from Extinction Rebellion blockaded more than a dozen distribution centres of online retail giant Amazon in Britain in what they called coordinated global Black Friday sales protests. Dozens of demonstrators from the environmental movement — known as XR — blocked the company’s largest UK warehouse, in Dunfermline in Scotland, as well as … Read more
Senior executives at Amazon’s business in India have been charged after two individuals reportedly utilized the website as part of a marijuana smuggling operation. Two men were arrested last week in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly trafficking 20kg of the narcotic to other Indian states. According to police the males allegedly … Read more
Amazon is taking dramatic steps to prioritize orders in areas hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The online retailer, Amazon told Reuters in a statement that it would temporarily stop taking orders for “some non-essential products” in France and Italy to help its warehouses focus on more vital deliveries. The company didn’t say just what it … Read more
As Americans retreat to their homes to suffer the coronavirus pandemic, they are increasingly turning to Amazon to get basic necessities such as groceries, medicines and cleaning supplies. To keep up with a “significant increase in demand”, Amazon is hiring an additional 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the US. This unexpected surge in demand … Read more
