Amazon has started to lock down its stores!

Amazon, one of the world's leading e-commerce giants, announced that it has decided to close its stores. Here are the details...

According to the Brand Finance report, Amazon, which is the second most valuable brand in the world after Apple with $ 350.3 billion, continues to come up with interesting events. The company, which came across with a former employee stealing tens of thousands of dollars of computer hardware from warehouses and selling it to a computer company, recently announced that it has made a critical decision.

Amazon has decided to close the store!

Amazon recently made an interesting decision that closely concerns the USA and the UK. The company announced that it will close 68 physical stores in the two countries. While the reason for the said decision is unknown, it was also stated that various measures were taken to prevent the related store employees from becoming victims.

Amazon will offer different positions in the company to employees in the stores to be closed. Employees who do not want to stay by rejecting the offer will be separated by paying severance pay. The workers will make the final decision here.

Closing dates will vary depending on the location of the stores. Amazon will inform customers about the subject via signage here.

Although Amazon was founded in 1994, it opened its first physical store in 2015. The company, which is increasing its physical stores day by day and even opening the first Whole Foods store without a cashier, will not completely withdraw from the physical store business with its latest move. However, the decision will not affect the company's 38 Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods stores in more than 500 locations.

Finally, let's mention that Amazon has started to relax its coronavirus measures. Because the company announced that it has lifted the mask requirement for its employees at its operation facilities in the USA.