Amazon Wants a Role in How Cars Get Built with Its New Supply-Chain Services

Amazon Wants a Role in How Cars Get Built with Its New Supply-Chain Services

The conglomerate's new supply-chain service could impact parts logistics and aftermarket delivery.

What Amazon Supply Chain Services Means for Logistics

Amazon's launch of a new supply chain service raised competition concerns for transportation providers, but experts caution the impact will be limited.

UBS Says Transport Stock Rout Is "Overdone" After Amazon News

UBS Says Transport Stock Rout Is "Overdone" After Amazon News UBS senior analyst Tom Wadewitz, who covers freight transportation, told clients that Amazon's latest push to open its supply chain network to businesses beyond its own marketplace triggered an "overdone" sell-off in transport names, including UPS, FedEx, and C.H. Robinson. Wadewitz said the risk is not new, noting that Amazon's supply chain service has been around since 2023. He said…

Amazon Opens Logistics Network to All Businesses

Amazon.com has begun offering all businesses access to its logistics network, regardless of whether the business sells on the e-commerce giant’s marketplace. In a press release, Amazon announced that it was opening its freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping capabilities to all businesses across all industries, including retail, healthcare and manufacturing. “We’re confident we can […]

Amazon Lets Small Businesses Cut Shipping Costs With New Supply Chain

Amazon is officially opening up one of its most powerful assets to the public, and business owners should be paying close attention. The company just launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, giving businesses of all sizes access to the same logistics network that has powered its global dominance. That includes freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and delivery, all under one system. For years, Amazon quietly built an infrastructure designed to move p…

Amazon becomes a full-fledged logistics company

For two decades, the story of Amazon was about what it sold. From now on, the story is about how it moves its own and others’ goods, and for whom. Companies l