Prime Now delivered by Amazon at 1 hour "Confuses the local economy" and mayor announces service opposition

Amazon delivers the service in one hour after ordering the product "Prime Now"In 40 cities around the world. French version of AmazonAmazon.frSo, from 16 June 2016Start Prime Now in ParisAlthough it is Prime Now 's explosive delivery service disturbing sales of local retailers, Mayor of Paris is showing a movement against Prime Now.

Réaction de la Ville de Paris au nouveau service de livraison proposé par Amazon
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Amazon's express delivery service rattles Paris authorities | Cities | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jun/20/amazon-prime-now-express-delivery-service-france-paris


Paris is not happy about Amazon's one-hour delivery service | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/20/11975404/amazon-prime-now-paris-mayor-delivery


At Amazon.fr, you can use Prime Now service in Paris City by paying an annual fee of 49 euro (about 5800 yen) as an Amazon Prime member. At Prime Now in France, you can receive items within 2 hours by ordering more than 20 euros (about 2400 yen) from among the 18,000 target items including food items. Also, if you pay an extra 5.90 euro (about 700 yen), you can receive delivery service within 1 hour. The product of Prime Now is shipped from a warehouse of 4000 square meters in Paris' 18th arrondissement and 70 staffs are working in warehouse.


Prime Now, which allows you to receive items as soon as you order items at Amazon, is a very useful service, but the Mayor of ParisAnne HidalgoMr. Mr. declares that "Prime Now is a high possibility that retail stores in Paris will be shut down and we will take a strong stance towards Prime Now." Mayor Hidalgo insisted that laws should define delivery services like Prime Now in order to protect local retailers and skilled craftsmen from unequal competition, "Amazon says that local shops' disturbance of business We requested the National Assembly to investigate the possibility of becoming a member of the Diet. "

Mayor Hidalgo also criticizes that Amazon announced to the city of Paris about the launch of the Prime Now service in Paris just days before the service was launched. Hidalgo mayor said, "Prime Now has the danger of severely disturbing the commercial balance in the city of Paris, Amazon notified Paris City about the launch of Prime Now, the last minute, American giant company The way of doing things is not suitable for Paris. "

At the Paris City Hall, Prime Now's delivery vehicles and others are wary of the possibility of causing adverse effects such as traffic jam and air pollution. Olivia Polski, Deputy Mayor of Paris, said, "It seems like a very good news is that Amazon's new delivery service starts in Paris, but at the beginning of the business in a business that has been imposed on local retailers The problem is that restrictions and taxes are not imposed on Amazon. " In addition, "Amazon's huge warehouse is annoying to neighboring residents and problems such as traffic congestion can occur".


In 2013, a bill to ban Amazon's book discounts and free delivery has been passed to protect book stores in France.

Bill for banning Amazon's book discount and free delivery to pass in France to protect the bookstore - GIGAZINE


In response to this bill, Amazon showed a posture to set the shipping cost of books at 0.01 euro (about 1 yen).

Amazon banned shipping fee "counter anti-Amazon" against "shipping cost 1 yen" - GIGAZINE