Amazon set to become the largest delivery service in the US
Move over UPS and FedEx
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UPS and FedEx could soon be beat at their own game byAmazonas theecommercegiant is set to become the largest package delivery service in the US next year.
AsreportedbyCNBC, the company’s CEO of its worldwide consumer business Dave Clark spoke with the news outlet in an interview on Squawk Box in which he revealed thatAmazonis poised to overtake its longstanding rivals in the shipping business, saying:
“We expect we will be one of the largest carriers in the world by the end of this year. I think we’ll probably be the largest package delivery carrier in the U.S. by the time we get to the end of the year, if not in early ’22.”
This means that we’ll likely see even more Amazon delivery trucks on the road during next year’sBlack Friday,Cyber MondayandAmazon Prime Dayevents.
Becoming a delivery service
While Amazon originally relied on third-party delivery services to ship its products out to consumers, the company began building up its logistics and fulfillment operations following a holiday fiasco back in 2013.
According to aseparate reportfromCNBC, the company now has 400kdelivery drivers, 40k semi-trucks, 30k vans and a fleet of over 70planesworldwide to ensure its customers get their packages on time. Additionally, Amazon has built warehouses and air hubs across the US to speed up the delivery time of its packages.
As the company has faced difficulties due to the pandemic, global supply chain issues and labor shortages, it has begun shipping goods to new ports to avoid blockages like the ones we’re currently seeing in both LA and Long Beach, California. Although other retailers have had a tough go of things during the pandemic, Clark explained toCNBCthat Amazon was well prepared to weather the storm, saying:
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“These things don’t happen overnight. We’ve been building the logistics infrastructure, the technology platform that drives it, for two decades now, so we walked into the pandemic in a really good place.”
With Amazon set to become the largestdelivery servicein the US next year, the company could eventually even begin allowing consumers to ship products to others using its existing infrastructure.
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