In what may turn out to be good news for rural Alaska, online retailer Amazon has made a change aimed at moving medical supplies, household staples, and other high-demand products as quickly as possible.
It has told its suppliers to suspend shipment of what the company calls "non-essential goods" to the Amazon shipping centers. The idea is to open up more space and resources for moving important essential items, enabling the company to ship them out faster to customers. Amazon told its suppliers that it will keep the new policy in effect until April 5. Amazon said it is doing this so it can “more quickly receive, restock, and deliver these products to customers.”
The company still intends to fulfill orders for items not on the list of essential goods.