Over the past year, Amazon has sent nearly 4.7 million cartons of consumer goods in over 5,300 shipping containers, from China to the U.S., showing the company’s push to control nearly all of its transportation network. (USA Today)
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Over the past year, Amazon has sent nearly 4.7 million cartons of consumer goods in over 5,300 shipping containers, from China to the U.S., showing the company’s push to control nearly all of its transportation network. (USA Today)
Talking point: By closing off its ecosystem, Amazon is able to offer full service to companies manufacturing in China, taking away almost all the middlemen on the way to U.S. consumers. It’s a major advantage for Amazon: “Nobody else has even come close to approaching this. There is no Walmart ocean freight,” said Michael Zakkour, executive vice-president for global digital commerce at Tompkins International, a supply chain-consulting company.
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