NEW YORK: Amazon.com is postponing its major summer shopping event, Prime Day, until at least August and expects a potential US$100 million hit from excess devices it might now sell at a discount, according to internal meeting notes seen by Reuters.
Prime Day, a marketing event Amazon started in 2015 to drum up sales during the summer shopping lull, has previously occurred in July, though the company never publishes the date far in advance.The decision to delay it means Amazon will have 5 million extra devices it would have expected to sell sooner, items like its suite of voice-controlled Echo speakers that have been popular orders during the event.
Unions and some elected officials have said Amazon has not done enough to protect workers; some are risking infection by staffing warehouses where colleagues have fallen ill, while others could be exposed from handling deliveries. A walkout was planned for Friday at a delivery station in Chicago, according to a labor and activist coalition, the latest in several protests by employees in small numbers.
"We’re looking at lower performing sites for social distancing and taking action to hold them accountable," the notes said."Two strikes and you’re out."
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