Economic expert gives insight on Amazon’s decision to enact ‘fuel and inflation surcharge’
The e-commerce company announced a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge for third-party sellers will go into effect April 28th.
LANCASTER, Pa. — At the end of this month, Amazon will enact a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge for third-party sellers.
It’s the first time such a fee has been implemented in the company’s history.
“It’s not really a surprise,” said Yeva Nersisyan, an associate professor of economics at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster.
Nersisyan believes, with the current state of inflation and gas prices, it was only a matter of time.
“Eventually I think if inflation continued as it has, unfortunately, we were going to see companies trying to pass down these costs,” she said.
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