PARIS -- The French government Friday declared it was postponing Black Friday as it moved to quell a nationwide rebellion by shopkeepers who say Amazon has been stealing business from them during France's coronavirus lockdown. Black Friday, the quasi-official kickoff to the Christmas shopping season, will be delayed by a week in France, to Dec. 4, after the government wrested an...
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