‘Amazon-free’ Christmas campaign diverts reported £5m worth of sales from online retailer

Amazon Anonymous campaigners hand-deliver giant Christmas card to online retailer’s UK headquarters and call for company to pay workers a living wage

Disenchanted shoppers have taken over £5m worth of business away from Amazon this Christmas in protest at the internet retailer’s business practices, the anti-Amazon group Amazon Anonymous has claimed.

On 22 December, campaigners delivered a two-metre-high Christmas card to Amazon’s UK headquarters in Slough, calling on managing director Christopher North to pay workers the living wage this holiday season. They also visited the retailer’s Facebook page to unleash with a storm of critical comments.

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