Paris vows to fight Amazon Prime Now service
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#1J0E0)
The one-hour delivery service's launch on Thursday threatens small shops and quality of life for locals, says mayor
The mayor of Paris has promised to be "intransigent vis-a-vis Amazon" after the US retail company launched its same-day delivery service, Prime Now, in the French capital with less than a week's notice.
In a statement released on Sunday the mayor, Anne Hidalgo, said: "While this operation is likely to seriously destabilise the balance of Parisian trade, this large American company saw fit to inform the City of Paris just days before its launch."
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