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Amazon’s logistics arm is becoming an increasingly important source of revenue, accounting for $6.4bn in the first quarter of this year, up 34% year-on-year.

The company’s retail third-party seller services, or logistics, comprised 18% of total net sales for the quarter, up from 16% a year earlier.

But while worldwide shipping revenues rose 37% to $2.49bn, shipping costs were up 34% at $4.83bn, leaving net shipping costs at $1.88bn, a year-on-year rise of 30%.

However, Eric Sheridan, of UBS Securities, said net shipping costs had ...

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  • William

    April 28, 2017 at 9:08 pm

    Amazon isn’t going to be working on behalf of DHL. The so-called “media reports” you rely on are based on absolutely-nothing. It doesn’t make sense for them to do it, and they are not going to do it. Right now, they have complete knowledge and control over what goes on their chartered aircraft; the moment you start carrying stuff you didn’t originate, it opens up all sorts of safety and operational issues. It’s not happening.

  • Sebastian

    May 01, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    In my opinion, I don’t think this will work out in near future, but definitely in the long run.