Wednesday, April 3, 2019

"Amazon recently closed its 87 pop-up stores and introduced an “Amazon Day” service"

"Amazon recently closed its 87 pop-up stores and introduced an “Amazon Day” service, which reduces Amazon's shipping costs
by encouraging customers to bundle their orders throughout the week and ship them on a specific day during the week."
From PopSugar:

This Woman Saved ALL Her Amazon Boxes to Prank Her Husband, and Damn It, She's Brilliant

The intro quote is from Izabella Kaminska at FT Alphaville:
Amazon (sub)prime - Part II
We linked to Part I with the headline: "Just How Big Is Izabella Kaminska's Family?" because...this:
There are 69 comments on the last post penned by Ms Kaminska.
Here are some of the comments, newest first:
Izabella Kaminska's insight, research and thought is excellent. Probably the single biggest reason I read the FT. Her Alphachat podscasts are impressive as well.
TT 2 hours ago

Excellent article. I’m worried about the public health implications of this as well....
Andreas 7 hours ago

Now this is the type of material I expect from the FT.
Losing Patience 7 hours ago

Excellent piece. Should be a Big Read in the main FT.
Crazyglobalizer 10 hours ago

Fantastic and informative article, thank you. In my naivety I had no inkling that this was going on
Trubloff 15 hours ago

Such a good read! And equally interesting comments and discussion.
Anu 16 hours ago

One of the best pieces of investigative journalism I’ve seen in ages...
Old timer 17 hours ago 
I was so annoyed with the gushing I felt compelled to offer as an example of non-fanboi acknowledgement: our roundup of opinion on Ms. K from June 20, 2018.

P.S.
The picture at the top of the post is "fāke " news in this context. It was actually an April Fools Day joke played on hubby, not an example of 'Amazon Day.'
If interested here's the PopSugar story along with the reaction.