Big event of the week! Amazon extends the submission period for Prime Day promotion

Amazon stopped accepting new promotions submitted by sellers, except for Prime Day promotions. After Amazon's Prime Day event was postponed to July, further news on how major brands should prepare for the shopping event was highly anticipated.

The deadline for Amazon Prime Day promotion submissions has been extended to June 5.

Prime Day 2020 will likely take place in late August, but a final date has yet to be announced.

On May 7, according to the latest reports, another Amazon employee died of COVID-19. The 50-year-old employee was a picker at Amazon's warehouse in northwestern Illinois. He died on April 18, leaving behind a wife and five children.

The announcement of the employee's death comes a day after Amazon announced that another employee working at a warehouse on Staten Island, New York, had died from the coronavirus.

It is worth mentioning that Amazon often lags behind the time of employee deaths by more than half a month. Amazon only announced the news half a month after the first employee passed away. The latest announcement of the 50-year-old employee was also made half a month after his death.

On May 8, Amazon said on Thursday that it plans to extend the closure of its French warehouses until May 13 (inclusive) and will appeal to the French Supreme Court.

Prior to this, a French court ruling required Amazon to only sell necessities such as food and medical supplies in France during the epidemic, otherwise it would face huge fines. For this reason, Amazon's six warehouses in France have been closed since April 16.

Previously, Amazon said it would continue to close its six warehouses in France until May 5, and on Thursday the company extended the closure period again to May 13.

Britain could ease its coronavirus lockdown restrictions as early as Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. Britain now has the highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe, surpassing Italy and Spain to become one of the worst-affected countries in the world, according to the latest official figures.

A third of Brits say they will be more willing to travel than ever before once coronavirus restrictions are lifted, according to a new poll. However, 25% of respondents said they would be more cautious when travelling in future, with 23% adding that they would choose more domestic travel. The poll of UK adults also showed that 75% are now more looking forward to being able to travel freely.

It is reported that the Ministry of Commerce has decided that the 127th Canton Fair will waive exhibition fees for enterprises.

It is understood that the 127th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair for short) will be held online from June 15 to 24.

In order to actively respond to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and help foreign trade companies expand markets and overcome difficulties together, the Ministry of Commerce has decided not to charge companies any exhibition fees during the online 127th Canton Fair, nor will it charge any fees to cross-border e-commerce platforms participating in simultaneous activities.

On May 6, according to cnBeta, Amazon Vice President Tim Bray has "resigned in disappointment" because Amazon has been firing whistleblowers who protested over concerns about the new coronavirus.

It is reported that Bray has worked at Amazon for nearly six years. He published an open letter on the website saying that Amazon's practice of firing and belittling employees who organized protests was "cowardly" behavior, and that Amazon's firing of employees was aimed at creating an atmosphere of fear.