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Amazon Suspending Non-Essential Deliveries Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Multichannel Merchant

In addition, Amazon had its first report of five workers diagnosed with COVID-19 , in Spain and Italy. The Seattle Times reported that surges in demand for online deliveries appeared to threw Amazon’s grocery system into disarray over this past weekend, hampering its ability to deliver grocery orders from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market.

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Responses to Pandemic Ills That Slow the Recovery

MIT Supply Chain

The article argues, for instance, that the per-mile cost of a new tunnel in Seattle is more than three times the cost of a recent tunnel project in Paris, France, and more than seven times that of one in Madrid, Spain. An opinion piece in the Washington Post argues that the country’s performance in this area is notoriously poor.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

Crew changes on ships arriving from countries where there have been “severe” outbreaks of COVID-19, such as South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan, France, Spain, Germany, the US, and the United Kingdom, are forbidden at Chinese ports except under strict quarantine conditions.

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Is this the Last Holiday Shopping Season as We Know It?

BlueYonder

The big news this week is the announcement by Amazon that it will open a physical grocery store called Amazon Go in Seattle. Here’s a quick roundup of some industry news to help you navigate this busy holiday shopping season and beyond. Amazon set to disrupt grocery shopping.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Across twenty additional countries, Amazon’s other centers are predominantly focused on fulfillment and delivery stations while some countries, like Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, and Japan also have Prime delivery facilities. About half of these jobs are in the US, and half of them based out of their Seattle headquarters.

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What is cross-border eCommerce – Understanding the benefits and challenges!

Vinculum

Since 1994, Bezos founded Amazon in Seattle, Washington, USA, companies like PayPal, Alibaba, Taobao, Facebook along with the launching of Google AdWords and Facebook Ads paved the path at each pivotal points of this transformation. 100% of eCommerce payments in Spain are done by either Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

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Amazon Go and the Future of Sentient Buildings: An Analysis

Supply Chain Brain

I visited the Amazon Go store while I was in Seattle recently. The Amazon Go store in Seattle is about 1,800 square feet. That is currently the only Amazon Go store in the world, although some sources say Amazon is planning to open as many as six new Go stores this year.