02/01/2016

Amazon Shakes Up Competitive Strategy of Logistics

Drones. Trucks. Cars. Worldwide brick and mortar fulfillment centers. Delivery in 30 to 60 minutes. And, now talk about leasing cargo planes. These sound like strings of strategy planning discussions from UPS, FedEx, and the likes of other logistics companies, right. 

Think again. It's Amazon who's doing the talking now. And that conversation will surely shape the strategies of the big names of the logistics industry.

Long known as a disruptive force in e-commerce, the online retailer's non-stop growth appears to be stretching its fulfillment capacities and those of its shipping partners, an issue Amazon seems hell-bent on fixing, one way or another.

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