This is an interesting article about Amazon’s delivery network, which is now the 4th largest in the United States. Here are the numbers (most of which are as of 2019): Since 2014, Amazon has spent $39 billion building out its delivery network. When you add… Read More
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A non-zero probability of copycats
Software businesses are generally high margin businesses. But along with this feature comes some risks. Here’s an excerpt from a recent post by Scott Galloway (which is actually about FedEx): With any software start-up, there is a non-zero probability that you wake up the next… Read More
Everything delivered on demand
Last week I had something delivered from Amazon almost every single day. They weren’t necessarily big things though. One day it was a new corn broom for the patio. Another day it was a small set of hooks that I wanted to hang some lights.… Read More
Is it only a matter of time before Amazon enters the delivery business?
Yesterday I ordered something from Amazon Prime. The guaranteed delivery time was today before 9pm, but within an hour of ordering the delivery estimate was updated and it ended up arriving on the same day about 5 hours after my order. I thought this was… Read More