Amazon Takes Another Step Toward Becoming a Logistics Company
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) doubled the size of its already massive fulfillment network over the last two years, and now it's making it even more accessible to third parties. The e-commerce giant unveiled Buy with Prime last week, a service that allows merchants to provide Amazon Prime members fast and free shipping through their own websites.
Giving merchants more control over their checkout experience will help drive Amazon's third-party seller services and leverage its growing fulfillment network and Prime membership. But Amazon may be laying the groundwork to become an even bigger competitor to FedEx and UPS (NYSE: UPS) in the near future.
Image source: Amazon.
Source Fool.com
