Amazon UK says no Brexit hit to sales so far

Gurr said: “Our sales are in line with expectations. I think that if you create great, meaningful work we can still attract [international talent]”, Mr Gurr said in response to his views on whether current and prospective workers from overseas may be reluctant to join the business because of the European Union uncertainty.

A number of British retailers, especially on the high-end, have warned on an ongoing demand crunch.

Shares of Amazon are after actually up 2% since the Brexit development, while most major USA indexes are still in negative territory.

Amazon’s (AMZN +0.9%) top executive in the United Kingdom tells Reuters that the company hasn’t seen an impact on sales from the Brexit vote. “It’s business as usual as far as we are concerned”.

Doug Gurr, UK country manager for Amazon, said: “We are creating thousands of new jobs to continue to deliver the experience our customers know and love during the festive season and beyond”.

By the end of the year, Amazon expects to have over 15,500 employees in the United Kingdom, with offices in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh.

The jobs announcement coincided with the release of Amazon UK’s bi-annual shopping and entertainment trends report, which highlights popular products from its selection of more than 150 million items across more than 35 product categories. “We’ll deal with whatever situation arises”, he added.

He said Prime Now was “rolling fast and we’re very pleased with the progress we’ve made“.

Amazon said it is recruiting for a wide range of roles, including software engineers, computer programmers, corporate managers, operations managers, engineers, service technicians, and HR roles.

Recently, Amazon announced the expansion of AmazonFresh, grocery delivery service to 128 London postcodes, The Telegraph reported.