How Amazon Affords To Deliver $2 Stick of Deodorant in a Day?

  • The ability to ship millions of items in one day with no order minimum is a huge competitive advantage for Amazon.
  • Increased searches for Prime membership has generated an Ad revenue of about $11 billion over the trailing 12 months.
  • Amazon is also taking more control of its last-mile delivery, relying less on its partners.
  • Amazon’s contractors will account for 23% of deliveries this year and the number is set to climb to 43% by 2024.

According to an article published in The Motley Fool, Amazon...

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[Watch] The “Lungs of the Planet” Are Aflame

  • The Brazilian Amazon region is suffering a record amount of fires, with an 84 percent increase on the same period last year.
  • There have been a record number of wildfires in Brazil this year, the country’s official monitoring agency reports.
  • Hot and dry conditionsHot and dry conditions, decreased rainfall and global warming are considered reasons for wildfires in Brazil.
  • President Jair Bolsonaro suggested that NGOs could be setting wildfires to make him look bad.
  • When asked if he had evidence,...

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U-Freight welocmes Amazon’s launch of Anti-Counterfeit tool

U-Freight welocmes Amazon’s launch of Anti-Counterfeit tool

The U-Freight Group (UFL), with its considerable involvement in e-commerce logistics, has welcomed Amazon’s decision to launch its supply chain anti-counterfeit tool internationally, with the e-retail giant expanding its product serialisation service, Transparency, to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, India, and Canada.

UFL CEO Simon Wong said the “exponential growth” of e-commerce and the increased role of consumers in individual...

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«Διαζύγιο» FedEx – Amazon

Τέλος στη συνεργασία της με την Amazon στο κομμάτι των επίγειων ταχυμεταφορών, αναμένεται να βάλει η FedEx στο τέλος Αυγούστου όπως ανακοίνωσε η δεύτερη.

Σημειώνεται ότι δύο μήνες πριν η FedEx τερμάτισε επίσης το συμβόλαιό συνεργασίας της με την Amazon σε ό,τι αφορά τις αεροπορικές ταχυμεταφορών εμπορευμάτων. Η Amazon δημιουργεί με γοργούς ρυθμούς το δικό της δίκτυο αεροπορικών και επίγειων ταχυμεταφορών προκειμένου να έχει τον πλήρη έλεγχο των παραδόσεων των πακέτων της στοχεύοντας έτσι να...

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US-China tension casts shadow over Transport Logistic in Munich

Germany is attempting to define itself as the world’s leading logistics country, as Transport Logistic in Munich kicked off this morning.
An impassioned speech by the Federal Minister of transport and digital infrastructure, Andreas Scheuer, launched the proceedings, calling for Germany to be “a little bit better” than other countries, with the environment and innovation at the heart of its thinking.
He said intelligent infrastructure was key to Germany’s Innovation Programme 2030, …

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Amazon’s got cloud computing – now it’s eyeing logistics

Business Insider has published a fascinating article looking at Amazon’s ambitions in the logistics space. There are a few signs to be interpreted, including its rapid network expansion, its shipping costs, which have growth fifteen-fold from 2009 to 2018, a move to in-house transport, away from the integrators, and the fact it declared itself a transport company in its most recent SEC filing. And, as one analyst noted: “Even Amazon, …

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Supply chain radar: Flexport aiming for a long-term Amazon-esque valuation

I nearly fell off my chair when Flexport chief executive Ryan Petersen yesterday told me the $1bn funding round he had just secured is only the first milestone to a market valuation where the long-term limit is the sky.
When asked to comment on market reports, which vaguely suggested that the start-up’s implicit value is currently a tad over $3bn, I asked him “why on earth only $3bn – why not $6bn …

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