[HN Gopher] Amazon Closes, Abandons Plans for Dozens of US Wareh...
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       Amazon Closes, Abandons Plans for Dozens of US Warehouses
        
       Author : vic-traill
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-09-02 20:48 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | egberts1 wrote:
       | Of course, this is following Amazon losing against hoisting a
       | union election.
       | 
       | Nothing to see here. Their loss.
       | 
       | https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/02/alu_victory_amazon_un...
        
         | hirundo wrote:
         | I don't find the surface explanation hard to accept. Amazon
         | expanded aggressively during the pandemic to meet huge demand.
         | Post-pandemic demand has contracted significantly and they are
         | responding to that. It would require an explanation to their
         | shareholders if they were not responding to events.
        
           | bsder wrote:
           | I would also add that Amazon seems to be losing ground to
           | competitors.
           | 
           | I mean, I actually have bought things from _Walmart_ online
           | recently. They were literally the only source I could buy the
           | stuff from online.
           | 
           | So, not only has Amazon lost to counterfeiters, now they're
           | even losing the battle on the "selection" front.
        
             | jet_32951 wrote:
             | Amazon's losing it, here and there, on price as well. Their
             | price for my cat's l-lysine supplement is 3/2 what it is
             | from a well-known pet stuff supply. The price for my new
             | sunglasses was matched by the manufacturer which also ships
             | faster.
        
         | shaburn wrote:
         | Or Could it by in addition to the recession "No Soft Landing
         | Ahead to Save Stocks, Goldman's Oppenheimer"
         | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-02/no-soft-l...
         | 
         | "Brace for 'Recession Shock' as Outflows Rock Equities, Bank of
         | America Says"
         | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-02/bofa-says...
        
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