News / Amazon in a low gear, but is moving towards third-party deliveries

Faced with excess capacity and weaker results, Amazon is moving to generate more money from its fulfilment network.

The company’s ‘Buy with Prime’ offering allows merchants not selling on the Amazon platform to use Prime free next-day deliveries and returns.

“Prime members will the see Prime logo and delivery promise on eligible products in merchants’ online stores, which signals the item is available for free delivery, as fast as next day, with free returns,” said Amazon.

According to the e-commerce giant, “merchants simply ...