If any business was designed for today’s pandemic it is Amazon. The US ecommerce giant has seen demand for its delivery services soar as shoppers were forced to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. A former manager has dubbed the company the “new Red Cross” for its essential role in delivering goods and services. The crisis, however, is also bringing greater scrutiny of a business model that even before Covid-19 struck had attracted the attention of regulators around the world.
如果說有哪家企業(yè)是為當(dāng)今這場大流行病設(shè)計(jì)的，那一定是亞馬遜(Amazon)。這家美國電子商務(wù)巨頭發(fā)現(xiàn)，由于購物者被迫呆在家中以遏制新型冠狀病毒的傳播，其送貨服務(wù)的需求大幅增加。前亞馬遜經(jīng)理戲稱該公司為“新紅十字會(huì)”，因其在運(yùn)送商品和服務(wù)方面發(fā)揮著至關(guān)重要的作用。然而，這場危機(jī)也使得一種商業(yè)模式受到了更嚴(yán)格的審視——甚至在新型冠狀病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠狀病毒病）出現(xiàn)之前，這種商業(yè)模式就引起了全世界監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的關(guān)注。