Roy Perticucci has stepped down as vice president of Amazon’s European operations, responsible for 12 member countries of the European Union. Based in Luxembourg, he was hired for the job in 2013, having held executive posts at Unieuro, Dixons Stores Group, Ground Control, Dixon Stores, Unieuro and Ahold. The reasons for his departure could not be learnt. Meanwhile, a report indicates that Amazon has asked some German suppliers not to deliver goods that it had previously ordered. Should the ordered items still be delivered, Amazon reserves the right to return them at the manufacturer’s expense. Also, a court in France has ordered Amazon to limit deliveries to essential goods in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic. The company is planning to close its six warehouses in France for at least one week as it reviews safety measures for their staff of 10,000 people. The situation is different in the U.S., hwere Amazon is hired 100,000 more warehouse workers and developing its own tests to check whether they are infected?

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