French ruling pushes Amazon to close its warehouses over COVID-19 health concerns

Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images Amazon has decided to shut down all of its fulfillment centers in France after a French court ruled the company could be fined €1 million per item for shipping anything not directly related to medical supplies, hygiene products, and food items. The company, which plans to appeal the ruling, says that at the moment the “risk [is] too high” that it will run afoul of the ruling due to complexities in its warehouse operations. The shutdo