As Amazon orders surge, coronavirus delays deliveries and threatens to put sellers out of business

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The rapid spread of COVID-19 is keeping people indoors, causing a surge in online shopping that's delaying Amazon deliveries and hurting business for third-party sellers.

"For anybody who's getting products out of China, there will continue to be this problem and quite frankly, unless companies are able to find secondary sources of supply very quickly, which is quite unrealistic, I think you're going to see some companies that have a very, very hard time keeping things going," said James Thomson, the former business head of Amazon Services.

Amazon also faces uncharted territory as it attempts to police its huge network of listings and sellers that's changing more rapidly than ever before, with profiteers attempting to

 

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Just leave it to JeffBezos to profit from a pandemic, while donating peanuts and firing employees over their attempt to protect their rights through Unionization. Shame on YOU Jeff! VoteBlue2020 LaborUnion

Screw Amazon

'Necessity is the mother of invention'....

We overreacted to this, which is good. But we need to restart the economy after the 15 days, on 4-1. The greater good requires this, although it will stress medical infrastructure for a short time.

这个时候了还考虑损失!一切依人民需求为前题吧!

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Critical Infrastructure Workers should get an immediate pay raise for the extreme risk of being around others with the possibility of taking the Virus back home amongst family.

My advice, try going directly to store websites. Example, my order from Ulta came in 2 days, no issues. If I ordered same products on Amazon, would have recd next week.

No.the virus isn't keeping people indoors at all. One is dead in Arizona( Chinese returnee) and five have it. so Arizona is locked down, the whole of Arizona. Give me break!

Out of BUISNESS!!!!!!

That's expected. Some businesses will suffer more than others, and while it's a shame, it's better than widespread death.

Do you mean Wuhan Virus!

i work for fedex its so busy right now also pls stop ordering mattresses

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