Amazon Prime gets faster, and the demise of Shipster

Amazon Prime gets faster, and the demise of Shipster

Amazon Prime will soon promise next-day delivery for its members in the USA. Marek Różycki, Managing Partner at Last Mile Experts, joins me to analyse this move:

  • Amazon: the catalyst for change in the last mile

  • The scale of Amazon’s investment in the last mile

  • Proximity to the customer and density of fulfilment centres

  • Shipping by air to please the customer

  • Walmart’s response – motivated by competition or by delighting the customer?

  • Parcel volume for Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners – and what motivates Amazon to find alternative delivery providers

  • Customer expectations in the last mile – including out-of-home delivery options

Also in this episode:

  • Shipster, Australia Post’s answer to Amazon Prime, is set to close in July

  • Poste Italiane has announced a joint venture with digital freight start-up sennder

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About The Author

Ian Kerr

Ian Kerr is the founder and host of the Postal Hub Podcast. He has presented at many prominent postal and delivery events, and has contributed articles to Post&Parcel, the Mail & Express Review as well as chapters in Reinventing the post (2013) and Exploring New Frontiers: Reshaping the postal industry (2018).

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