Amazon suspends all nonessential shipments to warehouses - Business Insider

[yaesu]

So, is this a hint that transportation services are at a breaking point?

[PoliticAverse]

1. It's the realization that people are buying products like food and sanitizers at a rate much higher

than normal at the current time and shipments of those products are more important than the latest phone release.

[Laelth]

6. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[Flaleftist]

2. They can deliver essentials to people in quarantine so they don't have to crowd the stores.

There are a lot of people going from store to store to find what they need. It's impossible to make your way through without getting close to a lot of people and having to touch things they have touched.

[Sogo]

4. Two words: vinyl gloves.

And they work on the touch screens at the self-checkout. I picked up a box of them at Walmart in the paint department.

[uponit7771]

9. +1, this is what happened in China

[Mike 03]

3. Somewhat strange. 95% of what Amazon sells is actually

non-essential, and the percentage maybe even higher. Very few things are "essential." Not sure what it even means.

[blogslut]

5. Here is the link to the story

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-amazon-suspends-all-non-essential-shipments-to-warehouses-2020-3

Amazon is suspending all shipments other than medical supplies and household staples to its warehouses amid coronavirus crisis — read the memo it just sent sellers

Amazon told sellers and vendors on Tuesday that it was suspending shipments of all nonessential products to its warehouses to deal with the increased workloads following the coronavirus outbreak.

Amazon is now prioritizing medical supplies, household staples, and other high-demand products to its warehouses until April 5.

The change only affects shipments to Amazon's warehouses, not the last-mile deliveries to consumers.

"We are temporarily prioritizing household staples, medical supplies, and other high-demand products coming into our fulfillment centers so that we can more quickly receive, restock, and deliver these products to customers," the message read...

[RobinA]

7. So Does This Mean

they actually have sanitizer in stock?

[Nonhlanhla]

8. Good move

A lot of folks, myself included, now shop exclusively on Amazon. I've bought some staples on Amazon Pantry, and am having fresh goods delivered from Amazon Fresh.

[WyattKansas]

10. I seen on one of the networks this morning that they were adding 100,000 jobs..

To handle increased business. Maybe it's because they are getting swamped with orders and need to slow down.