Today’s headline story: Amazon Europe to cut out distributors
In a notice seen by CNBC, Amazon’s EU arm has informed European distributors that it would stop sourcing their products in the coming months.
The notice is said to read as follows:
Dear Vendor,
As part of a procurement policy implemented at a European level, Amazon has decided to focus on sourcing brands directly from brand owners.
As a result, we hereby inform you that we will stop sourcing all products from you, starting on 15 January 2024.
We remain at your disposal to discuss the above with you, and if you have any questions, please reach out to Vendor Support through Vendor Central.
You still have the opportunity to sell these products to customers directly on our store through Amazon Marketplace, as a third party seller. If you do not already have a Seller
Central account you can get started by speaking to a team member.
An Amazon spokesperson was quoted by CNBC as saying the following about the decision:
“As is common for all businesses, we regularly review our approach to product sourcing as we try to control our costs and keep prices low for customers. With this in mind, we’ve decided to focus on sourcing certain products for our European stores directly from brand owners.”
The spokesperson added that the change would be postponed until April.
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