News / Amazon eyes savings as shipping costs soar

03/02/2017

Amazon plans to drive down logistics costs though economies of scale, it announced yesterday – but revealed no plans for growth in the freight market.

Releasing its 2016 results, it revealed a 297% rise in full-year net income, to $2.37bn. Net 2016 sales reached $136bn, while fourth-quarter sales increased ...

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