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Amazon Wine is Shutting Down

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday October 26 2017, @02:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-use-whining dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyGuest31999

Amazon Wine is shutting down at the end of this year, the retailer has just alerted sellers via email. The issue at hand has to do with the existing laws surrounding alcohol sales, which Amazon has unsuccessfully tried to change by working with regulators. The existing laws make it difficult for Amazon to sell alcohol as a retailer and operate a marketplace. That's something that's even more of a conflict now that Amazon owns Whole Foods, which also sells wine, not to mention Amazon's plans to expand its alcohol delivery business through Prime Now and Amazon Fresh.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/amazon-wine-is-shutting-down/

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Snotnose on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:41AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:41AM (#587701)

    Until yesterday when it hit the news they were shutting it down.

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