Amazon has begun restricting the types of sellers on its third-party Marketplace platform that can sell health and sanitation products like face masks, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and sprays, and isopropyl alcohol, among other products. The decision, revealed in a note sent t...
CNBC previously reported Amazon,Walmartand other e-commerce companies have struggled to curb third-party sellers who are overcharging for products that have spiked in demand amid the spread of the coronavirus. Last week,eBayintroduceda blanket ban of sales of face masks and hand sanitizer to preve...
The price gouging activity was first picked up on last month as COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, began spreading worldwide. It’s hitting popular health and safety products like 3M-produced face masks and sanitization items like Purell hand sani...
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Amazon employees themselves have to wait for "millions of facemasks" to arrive to their facilities, according to a March 21 notice from Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, as warehouse workers test positive for COVID-19 in New York, Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky. An Amazon Prime truck passes...
"... We’ve placed purchase orders for millions of face masks we want to give to our employees and contractors who cannot work from home, but very few of those orders have been filled. Masks remain in short supply globally and are at this point being directed by governments to the ...
supplied them with face masks. In the company's latest earnings report, Amazon said it would invest its expected $4 billion second-quarter profit in coronavirus-related efforts, such as purchasing additional safety gear for workers and building out its coronavirus testing capabilities, among other ...
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos wrote on Saturday that the company has struggled get enough masks for its workers because of overwhelming global demand for the items. "We've placed purchase orders for millions of face masks we want to give to our employees and contractors who cannot work fr...
Rhode Island turned to Amazon Web Services for help in April when its old computer systems and outdated call center became overwhelmed by the number of individuals seeking unemployment assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. The state's labor department drew on some of the federal dollars awarded...
William Mattox, an electrician whose day-to-day duties involving making necessary repairs in people's homes, has taken precautions for his own health to continue helping people. "We're wearing latex gloves. We're wearing face masks. We are also wearing shoe covers, which is part of our...