The AM/DM podcast: Amazon takes a harder look at logistics
Boxes move along a conveyor belt during a tour of the Amazon fulfillment center in Aurora, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP file)
Last week, Amazon announced it was launching Amazon Supply Chain Services and offering freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping to, as it said, “business of all types and sizes.”
The company also noted that several brands, including Procter & Gamble, 3M and American Eagle Outfitters, were already signed up for Amazon Supply Chain.
The same day, not coincidentally, Memphis-based FedEx stock dropped nearly 10%.
In the week since, FedEx’s stock has rebounded, but the story is a good reminder of how the public links FedEx, Amazon and UPS, especially as Amazon continues to build up its logistics business.
Today, business reporter Steve Bohnel joins us to talk about what the experts think of the move.
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AM/DM Amazon Shipping Amazon FedExMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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