Amazon trials their own shipping service
Not quite the same as Amazon delivering some of their own packages with their own drivers, but I imagine it's an extension of that. This service will serve non-Amazon businesses/warehouses who sell through Amazon.
This will be interesting because while shipping operations can be made more efficient to some extent, a lot of the costs are in vehicles, fuel, and drivers. I'm sure they can squeeze out a few efficiencies here and there (I'm sure drivers will get the short end of that stick, given Amazon's general labour practices concerning the lesser-skilled jobs), but UPS, FedEx, etc. are already very efficient operations.
This will be interesting because while shipping operations can be made more efficient to some extent, a lot of the costs are in vehicles, fuel, and drivers. I'm sure they can squeeze out a few efficiencies here and there (I'm sure drivers will get the short end of that stick, given Amazon's general labour practices concerning the lesser-skilled jobs), but UPS, FedEx, etc. are already very efficient operations.
source: https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... th-amazon/According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the online retailer's new shipping service, named "Shipping with Amazon" (SWA), will roll out in Los Angeles in the coming weeks. With SWA, Amazon will pick up packages from businesses and ship them to customers, relying almost entirely on Amazon's shipping infrastructure.