Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the Future Investment Initiative Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 24, 2018. According to Bloomberg News, the calls for a boycott topped Twitter’s trending topics in Saudi Arabia for several hours Sunday. Some of the tweets justified a boycott by saying that Saudi Arabia and its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, are under attack. We trust him, and we feel the changes he has made for us.”It’s unclear how much the Amazon boycott drive represents popular opinion in Saudi Arabia. — Dr. Hamoud Somaily (@HamoudSomaily) November 5, 2018Amazon had been looking toward Saudi Arabia as an area of potential growth.

Source: Washington Post November 05, 2018 18:07 UTC