Amazon Germany strikes! Prime Day 2.0 delivery may be blocked

On October 10, local time, Amazon warehouse workers in many locations in Germany suddenly went on strike, and the union Verdi asked Amazon to recognize the collective agreement in the retail sector, just as Amazon Prime Day 2.0 was approaching. Strikes have already taken place in Augsburg, Leipzig, Koblenz, Rheinberg, Werner and Bad Hessfeld as early as the first PrimeDay in July 2022. In addition to demanding a collective agreement, Amazon workers are protesting the increased workload and associated health hazards. Worker workloads are further increasing due to events such as membership days, the report said.

Amazon plans to invest more than 1 billion euros in Europe and expand electric vans to 10,000

Recently, e-commerce giant Amazon (Amazon) said on its official website that it will invest more than 1 billion euros in the next five years to build electric vans, trucks and low-emission package centers in Europe to accelerate the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. The company is expected to more than triple the number of electric vans in Europe to more than 10,000 by 2025.

Bank of England to roll out new measures to stabilize financial markets

On the 10th local time, in order to stabilize the financial market, the Bank of England announced that it will introduce new measures to stabilize the local financial market. It is expected to purchase government bonds of up to 10 billion pounds (about 80 billion yuan) on the same day. The fiscal plan is expected to detail how Britain will reduce its government debt burden, among other things. The fiscal plan was originally due to be announced on November 23, but the violent turmoil in financial markets forced the British government to announce it earlier.

eBay app to be removed from Shopify store

Five years after launching its app on the Shopify App Store, eBay is reportedly planning to pull it out of the Shopify App Store. Some users have noticed that the app has failed to sync product listings between the two platforms, seemingly for months. It's unclear whether eBay or Shopify proactively notified sellers of the change.

Back-to-school season sparks online shopping boom! UK e-commerce sales up 12% in September

UK retail sales fell 20% year-on-year in September amid a challenging economy, but online sales surged 12% due to the back-to-school season, according to the Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) monthly survey report. . The back-to-school period prompted a 12% increase in UK online sales. The back-to-school season is the third-largest retail event in 2022, after Christmas and Easter.

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