Amazon has confirmed that all deliveries to customers will be paused for the duration of the Queen’s funeral on September 19.

An Amazon spokesperson said: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Amazon will be observing the bank holiday with all UK employees being offered additional holiday to allow them to pay their respects.”

Amazon UK colleagues in operations departments such as warehouses and delivery stations will be able to take additional leave for part of the day, or the full day, in order to watch the funeral.

The retail giant has left the option open for employees to also continue to work and take an additional day’s leave another time if they choose.

Other retailers have taken the decision to wind down or cease their operations across stores, distribution centres, deliveries and online as a mark of respect and to allow colleagues to watch the funeral.

These retailers include:

Aldi

All stores closed for the day. 

Asda

Asda will close all of its stores until 5pm and will not be offering online deliveries at all on the day of the funeral. 

Asos

Asos will operate its usual bank holiday plan. Carrier partners will not be delivering. 

Co-op

Stores will be closed until 5pm and will then reopen. Co-op stores within Central London and towards Windsor will be open all day to serve customers travelling there for the funeral. Online orders and deliveries will be stopped until 5pm. 

Currys

All Currys UK stores will be closed on Monday and no deliveries will be made.

Dreams

All stores closing. No online deliveries.

Holland & Barrett

All Holland & Barrett UK stores will be closed. Customers will be contacted if there are any changes to their online deliveries due to closures.

Homebase

All stores will be closed.

H&M

All H&M stores closed for the day.

Iceland

All Iceland, Food Warehouse and Swift stores will be closed. Staff will be paid for the hours they would have worked. 

Ikea

All UK stores will be closed.

JD Sports

All UK stores will be closed.

John Lewis

All branches will be shut for the day. No online deliveries. Distribution centres closed from Sunday evening until late evening on Monday. 

Joules

All stores will be closed. 

Kingfisher

All B&Q and Screwfix stores closed all day. Home delivery and click and collect suspended.

Lidl

All stores closed for the day. 

Marks & Spencer

All company-owned shops will close for the day, other than a few branches in London and Windsor to cater for those attending the funeral but these will also shut during the funeral service.

M&S.com deliveries suspended and operations at ecommerce distribution centre paused from 6am until the evening shift. Stores operated by franchisees in key travel hubs and public service locations such as hospitals are likely to remain open.

Morrisons

All Morrisons supermarkets will be closed and no online orders will be taken or fulfilled.

Next

All Next stores will be closed.

Ocado

All warehouses and fulfilment centres will be closed and deliveries will be cancelled on the day and rescheduled

Poundland

Shops will be shut all day. 

Primark

All UK stores, depots and head office closed all day.

Sainsbury’s/Argos

All Sainsbury’s supermarkets and Argos stores closed for the day. Online grocery and Argos Fast Track delivery suspended. C-stores and petrol filling stations open from 5pm till 10pm. Some central London branches will open to serve those attending the funeral.

Waitrose

All branches closed other than a “very limited number” on the funeral route to serve those attending. These shops will close during the service. No online delivery. Distribution centres will operate “essential services” on Monday to ensure shops and customers receive the products they need on Tuesday.

Waterstones

All stores closed.

WHSmith

The retailer’s high street stores will all be closed. Its travel stores will be closed for at least the duration of the funeral.

Wilko  

All stores closed for the day.

Tesco

Supermarkets closed all day. Express stores will be open at 5pm, except for a small number of stores on the route between Windsor and central London that will open throughout the day. No online orders will be fulfilled. 

 Zara

Stores closed all day. No online deliveries.

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