News / Amazon rejigs logistics set-up as pressure grows from US and Chinese rivals

© Clare Jackson

Amazon has been a relentless driver of change in the ecommerce arena, forcing competitors to try to catch up in a robust push for faster deliveries.

But in a twist of the plot, losing ground to Walmart and low-cost Chinese players Temu and Shein, the behemoth has been forced to change strategy.

In the past two years, Amazon rented out its unused warehouse capacity as the pace of ecommerce growth slowed, leveraging its network to accelerate the pace of deliveries. But today ...