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Amazon rolls out deferred shipping service

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has rolled out its stand-alone shipping service, Amazon Shipping, to 15 major markets.

The service, launched Wednesday, will initially target large shippers that use Amazon’s services but also sell and fulfill through their own channels. Under the service, the company will provide pickups at warehouses and handle the shipments to final delivery.

Ground deliveries will be made in two to five days. This underscores the deferred-delivery nature of the service. Support...

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Amazon rolls out end-to-end global supply chain service

Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday that it is rolling out an end-to-end global supply chain service across all channels called Supply Chain by Amazon.

Under the service, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will pick up inventory from manufacturing facilities worldwide, ship it across borders, handle customs clearance and ground transportation, manage inventory replenishment and handle final delivery.

The service is available to shippers that aren’t in Amazon retail channels, the company said.

Amazon’s prices now...

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Amazon unveils deferred ground delivery service

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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has launched a non-urgent ground delivery service that appears to be...

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Viewpoint: Amazon speeds up its fast-delivery capabilities post-COVID

Amazon.com Inc. had been heading toward meeting one-day delivery requirements for its Prime service when the pandemic slowed its progress. Since the end of the pandemic, the company has regained its fast-delivery mojo.  In response, the company said Monday that it plans to double the number of same-day delivery sites “in the coming years,” according to Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. 

Herrington, who has held the role since July 2022, leads numerous businesses, including...

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Amazon struggling to hit 2-day delivery commitments, consultant says

Amazon.com. Inc. is struggling to handle some of its own two-day deliveries and has turned over about 1 million parcels a day to UPS Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service to meet its delivery commitments, according to a leading consultant.

Satish Jindel, founder and president of ShipMatrix, said Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has shifted more middle-mile shipments to UPS’ two-day delivery service and more last-mile shipments to the Postal Service’s final-mile service, Parcel Select. UPS (NYSE: UPS) and the...

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Amazon cloud computing unit rolls out supply chain application

Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched on Tuesday a supply chain management application it said will eliminate the need for businesses to use multiple systems and vendors to access critical network data.

The application, called AWS Supply Chain, was introduced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. According to AWS, the machine learning-powered application automatically combines and analyzes data across multiple supply chain...

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Amazon shares soar after strong top-line results in Q2

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Amazon.com Inc. shares soared in after-hours trading on Thursday as investors focused on a solid second-quarter revenue performance and positive third-quarter guidance, and not on a second-quarter net loss and a decline in operating income.

Net salesincreased 7% year over year to $121.2 billion in the second quarter, compared with $113.1 billion in second-quarter 2021, Amazon said. Sales increased 10% after backing out a $3.6 billion hit from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates,...

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Family sues Amazon after fatal truck crash

The family of a Maine commercial fisherman who was struck and killed by an Amazon delivery driver in July 2020 has filed a negligence lawsuit against the online retail giant.

In the suit filed Monday in Sagadahoc County Superior Court, Misty Fisher and her three children of Woolwich, Maine, also name the driver, Nasser Tibaijuka of Waltham, Massachusetts, and several affiliated trucking companies with a history of safety violations.

The suit claims Amazon knew or should have known Tibaijuka and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/family-sues-amazon-after-fatal-truck-crash

Amazon to levy fuel and inflation surcharge on sellers

Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it will add a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge on sellers using its fulfillment and delivery services, the first time in the company’s history it has imposed a fuel levy.

In a memo to sellers, the Seattle-based e-tailer (NASDAQ: AMZN) said the surcharge, which goes into effect April 28, will be levied on top of the per-unit rates charged under its Fulfillment by Amazon service. 

Amazon said in the memo that the surcharge is a better alternative for sellers than...

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