Amazon to launch delivery service to compete with UPS and FedEx

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By Alex Lennane

12/02/2018

Amazon is at last casting off two of its “most critical” partners, FedEx and UPS, and launching its own 3PL service, Shipping With Amazon. VentureBeat, citing a report in the Wall Street Journal, says the service will launch in LA before being rolled out to further destinations. Assuming the reports are true – with VentureBeat claiming Shipping With Amazon will deliver orders from business partners – the service will put the e-commerce outlier in direct competition with the companies that has kept it running.

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