Under the double blow of riots and epidemic, are sellers’ sales still good?

It is really difficult for Amazon sellers this year. First, due to the impact of the epidemic, orders have declined, logistics have been obstructed, and FBA has restricted shipments. Now they are facing the most serious anti-racial discrimination movement in the nearly 300 years since the founding of the United States.

In recent days, protests triggered by the violent law enforcement of a white American policeman that resulted in the death of an African American man have continued to escalate, and the protests have spread to more than 30 cities including Minneapolis, New York, Washington, and Atlanta. Currently, 25 cities in 16 states have implemented curfews.

In Detroit, a 19-year-old was shot and killed;

In Oakland, a federal security agent was shot and killed, and several others were injured;

Large-scale looting occurred in Los Angeles, Portland, and other places;

In Atlanta, CNN headquarters was also attacked, and Georgia declared a state of emergency;

Jacksonville, a police officer had his throat slit and more.

UPS and FEDEX express trucks were also robbed during the chaos. One man was run over and killed by a FEDEX truck. Currently, FedEx has begun issuing notices of "delivery delays due to emergency situations"!

Sellers whose goods arrive in the United States in the next two days, please keep an eye on logistics updates!

In addition to the logistics companies being attacked, major brand stores also suffered heavy losses! According to incomplete statistics, LV, Dior, Apple, Rolex, Nike, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and other stores have been looted! Some domestic netizens sarcastically said: It was a sudden parade that made the originally not wealthy families even more miserable!

Not only in the United States, riots also began to occur in the United Kingdom.

According to British media BBC, on May 31st local time, thousands of protesters gathered and marched from Trafalgar Square in London to the US Embassy in the UK.

After gathering at Trafalgar Square in London, protesters passed the Houses of Parliament and headed for the U.S. Embassy, ​​blocking the road to the embassy. Protesters eventually gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy. Some protesters linked arms in front of the embassy to show solidarity, while others held up banners to question the U.S. government.

On the same day, the Metropolitan Police Department in London, UK, arrested five demonstrators who participated in the anti-racism march, saying that three of them violated the government's epidemic prevention rules of maintaining social distance, and two were suspected of assaulting police officers. The arrested persons are aged between 17 and 25 and are currently in police custody.

Under this situation, many Amazon sellers said that their orders were affected and their sales volume dropped:

“Sales are terrible”

"I opened it today and couldn't believe my eyes"

"Sales were strong yesterday, but today they were cut in half."

"We also fell a lot, it feels like a 30% drop"

One seller joked: "Foreigners just go to the streets to grab whatever they want. Maybe that's why we saw a drop in sales this morning."

Some sellers are worried about whether such a large-scale demonstration will have an impact on Amazon warehouses? Amazon has the same consideration and has closed some of its operations in the United States!

An Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg News, "We are closely monitoring the situation, and in a few cities we have adjusted our routes or scaled back our usual operations to ensure the safety of our team members."

Amazon's move shows that in addition to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the new protests and riots across the United States are also having an adverse impact on the operations of the e-commerce giant.

In Chicago, delivery drivers received a message from Amazon on Saturday evening saying, "If you are currently delivering, stop and go home immediately. If your delivery task has not been completed, please return and return the undelivered package to the pickup location."

The notice stated that Amazon is "in close contact with local government officials and will continue to monitor the ongoing protests," and that Amazon's delivery operations will only resume operations when it is safe. In addition, the notice also stated that Amazon is replanning delivery routes based on the demonstrations in each postal area.

Sellers on the US site, have your sales been affected? Please leave a message in the comments section.

(Source: Seller Growth Academy)