It fast-tracks the procurement process for pens, desk chairs and other easily attainable items through Amazon Business, the company’s business-to-business platform, Overstock or Thermo Fisher. (Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.) “It’s kind of absurd that they don’t have something like this already,” said Bradley Safalow, chief executive of PAA Research. ADAD“If there’s anything we’ve learned this year, it’s that Amazon Business can serve as a resource to the government during uncertain times,” she said. Longtime Overstock executive Jonathan Johnson took the helm in fall 2019 and refocused the company on its retail operation.

Source: Washington Post July 01, 2020 16:23 UTC