News / Soaring logistics spend and hold-ups adding billions to Amazon costs

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01/11/2021

Supply chain constraints and associated rising costs in transport and warehouse and fulfilment centre labour are set to cost Amazon an extra $4bn or so in the fourth quarter.

The e-commerce giant released its third-quarter results late last week, which reveal that supply chain problems and ...

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