Amazon warehouses will be unsealed on the 25th! European stations will be open soon

In mid-April, the French government suddenly issued a ban, forcing Amazon to close its FBA warehouses and await government review, and during this period it was not allowed to sell any products except food and medical supplies. Failure to comply with the ban would result in a fine of one million euros per day.

Overnight, a large number of products were shown as out of stock and unsaleable. Even the six essential product categories that were previously allowed to be sold were no exception. The sellers in our group also exclaimed that "the French site is completely dead."

Closing warehouses and suspending sales would cause huge losses, so Amazon would definitely not just give in. So Amazon did as it was told, but also appealed to a higher court, stating that its warehouses met epidemic prevention standards and demanding the ban be lifted.

In a written statement released by Amazon yesterday, it was mentioned that the policy of closing the French FBA warehouse will last until the 25th. Amazon's previous appeal against the ban will also be heard on the 24th, which means that Amazon is very confident about this trial and has expected to open the warehouse and sell necessities after the 25th.

Amazon is so confident because the epidemic in France has eased in the past two days. As of the 21st, the number of severe cases in France has dropped for 13 consecutive days. And just yesterday, the French Minister of Education announced the timetable for France to return to school, planning to allow schools to return to school after May 11th.

Not only the French station, but also Germany and Italy have gradually reached the turning point of the epidemic and are ready to start the resumption of work plan.

As the first Western country to be hit by the epidemic, Italy was also the first to reach the turning point of the epidemic. Yesterday, the Italian President announced that Italy’s most difficult time has passed. From May 4, Italy will enter the next stage and begin to gradually restart national economic activities.

According to the Associated Press, some companies in Italy's northern region, where the epidemic is most severe, have obtained approval to resume work. They can resume production under the conditions of strictly controlling the number of people on duty and epidemic prevention measures.

Germany, another pillar of the European station, has allowed small and medium-sized stores with an area of ​​no more than 800 square meters to resume business yesterday because the epidemic is relatively well controlled. Although the time and conditions for unblocking vary slightly from state to state, facilities such as cars, bicycles, bookstores and zoos are gradually being unblocked. Some schools in Germany have even allowed graduating students to return to school to complete graduation exams.

Currently, the only one of the five European sites that has not shown any signs of improvement is the United Kingdom. The number of newly confirmed cases in the UK is still increasing daily, and more than half of the nursing homes have been confirmed. It is the hardest hit area in the UK, but these deaths that occurred outside hospitals have not been included in the British government's statistics.

According to the current situation, France, Germany, Italy and Spain have already begun to resume production in May, when the sales restrictions on the Amazon platform will be gradually lifted. Although epidemic prevention materials will still be popular products, other epidemic-derived products will also have opportunities.

The UK and the US are still in dire straits. Even if they are forced to resume work, it will only lead to a second or third outbreak of the epidemic. Therefore, there is no possibility of resumption of work for these two companies in the short term (Trump's trouble cannot be ruled out). Sellers can look for opportunities to open up new markets from the sites that have improved and resumed work.