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🗓️ 1 December 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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0:00.0 | From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tevernici. This is The Daily. |
0:07.0 | Today, |
0:11.0 | Holiday shopping is going on right now, even as we speak, but he says |
0:15.0 | As the holiday season begins, |
0:17.0 | Holiday sales could top $850 billion this year. |
0:20.0 | Amazon, one of the country's largest retailers, |
0:23.0 | is setting new records for sales. |
0:26.0 | But it is also bumping up against a labor shortage. |
0:29.0 | Fewer employees on the floor, most stores already impacting what's in stores and online. |
0:35.0 | That is challenging the very premise of its business model. |
0:38.0 | My colleague, Karen Wise, |
0:40.0 | on what this moment means for Amazon, |
0:43.0 | and the people who work there. |
0:45.0 | It's Wednesday, December 1st. |
0:52.0 | So Karen, you report on Amazon for the times. |
0:55.0 | And I wanted to ask you something I've been wondering about lately, |
0:58.0 | which is we know that there's been this big national labor shortage. |
1:03.0 | And we also know that there's this supply chain problem. |
1:07.0 | But when I went on Amazon recently to buy something, |
1:10.0 | in this case, it was a dog frisbee, I'll be honest. |
1:14.0 | I was kind of surprised that that frisbee showed up at my door so fast. |
1:21.0 | My dog, Clementine, did not need it urgently. |
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