‘Economic Blackout’ Asks You to Boycott Amazon for a Week
this”Economic power outage“Start from the day. Now, organizers of grassroots boycotts targeting corporate greed have bigger plans. The American League calls for boycotting Amazon, a big online retailer for the entire week, starting Friday, March 7. But will Amazon feel it?
John Schwarz, founder of the American People’s Union, described the week’s blackout as “not just a boycott”, but in Instagram posts On March 4, he called out Amazon’s impact on small businesses, handling of workers and record profits.
“This kind of power outage is another huge message,” he said.
The first major information from the American People’s League appeared on February 28 24-hour economic power outage Targeting large companies. Schwartz encourages followers to shop at small businesses instead. The news of the efforts of celebrities such as Mark Ruffalo, Bette Midler and John Leguizamo on social media conveys the support of the campaign.
The organization does not claim any specific political affiliation.
“We are not a political party. We are not a protest,” the American League wrote on its website. “We are the movement of people, organizing to control our nation’s economy, government and future.”
Amazon’s power outage looks like
The boycott also calls for avoiding total foods owned by Amazon.
Black Vision for the next power outage Meaning, in addition to purchasing toilet paper delivery from Amazon’s main website or purchasing impulse kitchen gadgets. He wants consumers to avoid Prime Video, Whole Foods, Zappos, Twitch, Alexa, Ring and IMDB, all of which are owned by Amazon or affiliates. Amazon tendrils are deep. It even has over 007 ultra-flat creative control James Bond By owning ownership of MGM Studios.
For those associated with the Amazon ecosystem, this would mean unplugging the Alexa device, turning off the ring camera and pushing it out at the third season of Wheel of Time premiere. The fantasy series returns on March 13.
Will Amazon notice a power outage?
Amazon boycott has a David and Giant feel. Retail and Entertainment King reports net sales USD 638 billion in 2024. This is an 11% increase from 2023.
Schwarz has 366,000 followers on Instagram and 341,000 followers on Tiktok – his major social media tool spread it out. At the same time, Amazon has hundreds of millions of customers around the world.
Momentum tradeis a digital market consulting and data services company that tracked hourly sales data from its customer base during the February 28 boycott. The company compared that data to average sales for the first eight Fridays. Analysis of momentum shows that Amazon’s sales grew by 1% while the average during the blackout period increased by 1%.
“I would say it’s not necessarily surprising that Amazon sales have the least impact on Amazon sales in a one-day boycott,” lead researcher Andrew Waber told CNET. Waber noted that Amazon’s sales are over $1 billion. “This size makes retailers naturally resilient, especially in terms of short-term disruption.”
Momentum Commerce will track sales data during a week-long blackout to see if the trend of the one-day boycott will work for a longer period of time.
Target, Nestle, Walmart Boycott
The Amazon power outage is just the beginning of a series of boycotts. The People’s Union of America layout Timeline for future power outages. These include Nestlé (which owns the brand from Carnation to Gerber) from March 21 to March 28 and Walmart from April 7 to April 13. The group will set another widespread economic blackout on April 18 that could make up for the entire weekend. General Mills (known for Cheerios, Betty Crocker and Pillsbury) will be from April 21 to 27.
These companies are not the only themes of boycotting efforts. Atlanta, Georgia, pastor and activist Jamal Bryant is promoting 40-day goal “fast” Protests begin this week for retailers to get rid of diversity, equity and inclusive policies.
Boycott is a way for consumers to get attention and find ways to align spending with political, economic and social goals. It may not hurt the bottom line of companies like Amazon, but the economic outage will certainly lead to discussions facilitated by social media. If nothing else, it asks consumers to consider where they want money to go.
