Amazon Takes Aim at UPS and FedEx, Opening Logistics Network to All

Amazon takes aim at UPS and FedEx, opening logistics network to all

UPS and FedEx stock prices plunged Monday after Amazon announced plans to upend the shipping business by opening its shipping network to all comers.

Amazon Opens Logistics Network to Outside Businesses: What It Means

For years, Amazon’s logistics infrastructure was available only to its third-party sellers and customers. But that changed this Monday, with the eCommerce pioneer making its entire portfolio of freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities available to every business in a head-to-head competition against UPS and FedEx. Meanwhile, some logistics experts said the company’s new move could lead to more competitive shipping rat…

Amazon opens logistics network to all businesses

Amazon has launched a new initiative that opens the company's massive internal logistics and transportation infrastructure to businesses of all sizes, regardless of whether they sell on Amazon's marketplace.

Amazon’s 3PL foray: marketing ploy or existential threat to 3PLs?

Logistics and transportation veterans decried Amazon’s announcement this week that it is offering bundled supply chain services as merely a repackaging of current capabilities; others weren’t as quick to dismiss it.

How Amazon’s Latest Logistics Expansion Triggered a Global Stock Selloff

Amazon has spent years quietly building one of the world’s most sophisticated logistics networks. Now, it wants to sell that infrastructure to other businesses at scale, and the market reaction suggests traditional logistics firms see the threat as very real. The company’s latest announcement introducing Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) sparked a sharp selloff across transportation and logistics stocks worldwide. Investors quickly dumped shar…