Yanis Varoufakis calls for Black Friday boycott of Amazon

Economist takes on retail giant before planned day of international protests

The economist Yanis Varoufakis has called for a one-day boycott of Amazon on Black Friday as trade unionists, environmental activists, privacy campaigners and tax justice advocates plan coordinated actions against the company's sites and supply chain.

Amazon's success during the coronavirus pandemic - at one point the company was reported to be making sales of $11,000 (8,200) a second - has vastly inflated its share price, increasing the personal wealth of its chief executive, Jeff Bezos, already the world's richest man, by $70bn. Bloomberg estimates his current wealth to be $187bn.