Delivery people in Amazon-clad vests outside the Astor Place USPS. This was area designed as a temporary parking spot—but Amazon turned it without approval into an outdoor shipping and receiving warehouse. The area coned off is three times the length of the truck.
Amazon and third-party delivery services have setup a “warehouse” outside the Astor Place USPS office. This is not a truck parking for five minutes. This a day-long, everyday occurrence. I’ve seen this same scene on a daily basis all around the city for the last three years.
This hurts local retailers. While the local businesses pay extra taxes to operate a store in southern Manhattan, it costs Amazon much less to park a delivery ...
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Amazon shipping companies often setup up cones, take over public spaces, and conduct their private business.
I see this situation all over the city. Amazon shipping companies are “warehousing” our public space. They put up cones and are permanently setup and conducting business. They use public space for private commercial use.
They’re like a pop-up store in a public parking spot. But unlike a physical store that is in a private building and pays commercial storefront taxes, these trucks don’t pay those retailer taxes. (Each ...
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Hollywood writers and actors are on strike due to issues including AI, shares The Wall St. Journal
How technology hurts the entertainment industry just like Amazon hurts the retail industry.
Over the last three decades, Hollywood and many that rely on the entertainment industry have embraced ordering goods over Amazon.com. Recap: Amazon is a technology company that often cuts costs by replacing humans with code and robots and bypasses local red tape like, um, taxes and labor rules. Hollywood writers, producers, and ticket goers embraced a technology company that made their lives easier but often at the cost of others (aka retail workers).
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The Save Local event will be dedicated to indie stores and tap into the consumer's desire to save money and support local businesses.
How we can celebrate indie stores and promote sales by hosting a Save Local event.
When one thinks of shopping locally, some consider it an act of charity. One may pay more and get less selection. That’s not a recipe for success. In contrast, the world’s most successful retailers, Walmart and Amazon, operate on just the opposite principles: low prices and massive selection. When I’m in Walmart's Panama City Beach location, it’s so massive I feel like I’m in the Giants' stadium. Amazon sells 12m items on its website (
350m ...
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