please answer the two discussion questions please

Article 1: OM in the News: Amazon and the Choke on NYC MARCH 9, 2021 tags: Amazon, NYC, warehouses by Barry Render When the pandemic gripped New York City, it propelled an enormous surge in online shopping that has not waned, writes The New York Times (March 4, 2021). But it also highlighted the need for an unglamorous yet critical piece of the e- commerce infrastructure: warehouse space to store and sort packages and satisfy customer expectations for faster and faster delivery. Amazon today has 12 warehouses in NYC and more than two dozen in the suburbs, totaling over 7 million sq. ft. Having warehouses in the city is more cost effective and can trim roughly 20% off delivery expenses compared with deliveries that originate in New Jersey. No other large competitor has a single warehouse in the city. FedEx The onslaught of e-commerce has meant a flood of delivery trucks crowding streets and vying for limited parking, resulting in 500,000 parking violations While New York's narrow streets, chronic traffic jams and brutal lack of parking are all formidable challenges, the city also has a severe shortage of warehouses just when they are most needed to properly grease an efficient delivery system. Roughly 2.4 million packages are delivered in the city every day, nearly half a million more than before the pandemic, And 80% of deliveries are to residential customers, compared with 40% before the outbreak. The online shopping boom will only worsen problems like congestion and pollution that were already bad before the pandemic, sending flotillas of delivery trucks across the city and flooding sidewalks and lobbies with packages. The-commerce demands also place added pressure on warehouse workers and drivers to fulfill and deliver orders on time, as customers now expect. Just-in-time delivery and last-mile delivery means you need to be very close to customer to provide the level of service that people now expect. Classroom discussion questions: 1. Why is Amazon investing in so many warehouses in the area? 2. Will online demand drop after the pandemic is under control