The stat: Roughly 1 in 10 Amazon shoppers (9%) intends to participate in a week-long boycott of the retailer, according to a Numerator survey. Zoom out: That’s not an insignificant number, considering that 69.8% of the US population are Prime users. But the boycott’s effectiveness is ...
Amazon Boycott Starts Today; Includes Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods A grassroots movement called the People's Union USA is asking consumers to stop spending money at Amazon and its subsidiaries for a week. Amanda Kooser March 7, 2025 4:00 a.m. PT 3 min read If you participate in an Am...
Amazon,with its reputation as an “everything store,”is proving a particularly hard habit for dissidents to break. One 77-year-old Hingham resident is trying to swear off the e-commerce website, but her arthritis, which makes it difficult to read physical books, means she is loathto part...
After a 24-houreconomic boycotton Feb. 28, the organizers are aiming at bigger targets. A new action from People's Union USA is asking supporters not to buy anything from retail giant Amazon for one week. The proposed boycott of Amazon started yesterday, March 7. ...
This 40-day Target boycott is only the beginning. Also underway is a week-long boycott ofAmazonwhich is set to end onMarch 17th. Protestors are also encouraging consumers to avoid shopping atWalmartstores the week ofApril 7- 13, 2025as well as participating in the next scheduled economic bl...
A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period kicked off this week.
Media Justice campaign strategy director Myaisha Hayes said, “We cannot ignore the facts about ‘Ring Nation’: this is an Amazon-owned studio producing a comedy show about Amazon’s own dangerous surveillance product.” Director of the Athena Coalition Ryan Gerety called the series an “insidio...
Some, but not all coalition members—who began last week refusing to do business with Amazon, including direct sponsorships and use of the e-commerce titan's storefront—were associated with that partnership initiative. As a group of TikTok creators calls on Amazon to support labor unions at ...
The week ahead Monday It’s a day to honor American abolitionist and freedom fighterHarriet Tubman, who died on March 10, 1913. Her bravery helped many people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad. A weeklong boycotttargeting Amazoncontinues as part of a grassroots advocacy group’s “e...
A grassroots movement’s call for Americans not to shop at major chains for 24 hours in an “economic blackout” last week went viral — and now, its organizer is launching a weeklong boycott against Amazon that starts Friday. John Schwarz, the 57-year-old founder of The People’s Union ...