Amazon abruptly stopped buying goods from third-party sellers

https://qz.com/1567934/amazon-sellers-panic-after-the-company-reportedly-canceled-orders/

Amazon is reportedly going cold turkey on thousands of vendors.

The e-commerce behemoth has canceled orders with many wholesalers, pushing them instead to sell directly to consumers on its marketplace, Bloomberg reported today (March 7). Having vendors sell directly to customers is a better arrangement for Amazon because it can charge merchants for services like storing and shipping products and take a commission on each transaction, plus it avoids the risk of buying inventory that doesn’t sell.