E-commerce giant Amazon has teamed up with India Post to facilitate customer deliveries to every pin code across the nation.
Leveraging͏͏ Last-Mile͏͏ Delivery͏͏ Networks:
Under͏͏ a͏͏ memorandum͏͏ of͏͏ understanding͏͏ (MoU),͏͏ Amazon͏͏ will͏͏ leverage͏͏ India͏͏ Post’s͏͏ last-mile͏͏ delivery͏͏ network,͏͏ allowing͏͏ it͏͏ to͏͏ improve͏͏ the͏͏ speed,͏͏ efficiency,͏͏ and͏͏ reach͏͏ of͏͏ its͏͏ deliveries,͏͏ particularly͏͏ in͏͏ remote͏͏ and͏͏ rural͏͏ areas.
With͏͏ this͏͏ partnership,͏͏ both͏͏ platforms͏͏ will͏͏ aim͏͏ to͏͏ streamline͏͏ operations,͏͏ enhance͏͏ efficiencies,͏͏ optimize͏͏ resource͏͏ use,͏͏ and͏͏ investigate͏͏ capacity͏͏ sharing͏͏ within͏͏ their͏͏ logistics͏͏ networks.
Continue͏͏ Exploring:͏͏ Amazon India͏͏ and͏͏ Indian͏͏ Railways͏͏ sign͏͏ MoU͏͏ to͏͏ boost͏͏ e-commerce͏͏ parcel͏͏ delivery͏͏ efficiency
Over͏͏ the͏͏ last͏͏ 2-3͏͏ years,͏͏ India͏͏ Post’s͏͏ presence͏͏ within͏͏ Amazon’s͏͏ logistics͏͏ network͏͏ has͏͏ more͏͏ than͏͏ doubled,͏͏ with͏͏ pickup͏͏ points͏͏ increasing͏͏ from͏͏ 6͏͏ to͏͏ 13͏͏ locations͏͏ nationwide,͏͏ according͏͏ to͏͏ a͏͏ statement͏͏ from͏͏ the͏͏ e-commerce͏͏ giant.
“Our͏͏ partnership͏͏ with͏͏ India͏͏ Post͏͏ has͏͏ played͏͏ a͏͏ crucial͏͏ role͏͏ in͏͏ Amazon’s͏͏ success͏͏ in͏͏ India,͏͏ helping͏͏ to͏͏ establish͏͏ ecommerce͏͏ as͏͏ a͏͏ national͏͏ phenomenon.͏͏ Collaborating͏͏ with͏͏ this͏͏ esteemed͏͏ institution,͏͏ which͏͏ has͏͏ a͏͏ long-standing͏͏ history͏͏ in͏͏ India,͏͏ has͏͏ enabled͏͏ us͏͏ to͏͏ consistently͏͏ raise͏͏ the͏͏ standards͏͏ for͏͏ logistics͏͏ and͏͏ customer͏͏ service,”͏͏ remarked͏͏ Abhinav͏͏ Singh,͏͏ VP͏͏ Operations͏͏ at͏͏ Amazon͏͏ India.
Recent͏͏ Initiatives͏͏ to͏͏ Boost͏͏ Employment͏͏ and͏͏ Sales:
This͏͏ comes͏͏ a͏͏ week͏͏ after͏͏ Amazon͏͏ India͏͏ signed͏͏ a͏͏ memorandum͏͏ of͏͏ understanding͏͏ (MoU)͏͏ with͏͏ the͏͏ Ministry͏͏ of͏͏ Labour͏͏ and͏͏ Employment͏͏ to͏͏ list͏͏ job͏͏ opportunities͏͏ at͏͏ its͏͏ corporate͏͏ offices͏͏ and͏͏ operations͏͏ network͏͏ on͏͏ the͏͏ National͏͏ Career͏͏ Service͏͏ (NCS)͏͏ portal.
In͏͏ the͏͏ same͏͏ month,͏͏ Amazon͏͏ enhanced͏͏ the͏͏ commissions͏͏ for͏͏ more͏͏ than͏͏ 50,000͏͏ creators͏͏ within͏͏ its͏͏ influencer͏͏ marketing͏͏ network͏͏ to͏͏ drive͏͏ sales͏͏ ahead͏͏ of͏͏ the͏͏ upcoming͏͏ festive͏͏ season.
Also͏͏ last͏͏ month,͏͏ Amazon͏͏ India͏͏ opened͏͏ three͏͏ new͏͏ fulfillment͏͏ centres͏͏ in͏͏ Delhi͏͏ NCR,͏͏ Guwahati,͏͏ and͏͏ Patna͏͏ to͏͏ assist͏͏ over͏͏ 250,000͏͏ sellers͏͏ in͏͏ the͏͏ area.
The͏͏ e-commerce͏͏ platforms͏͏ collectively͏͏ achieved͏͏ a͏͏ gross͏͏ merchandise͏͏ value͏͏ (GMV)͏͏ of͏͏ approximately͏͏ INR͏͏ 47,000͏͏ crore͏͏ in͏͏ the͏͏ first͏͏ week͏͏ of͏͏ the͏͏ 2023͏͏ festive͏͏ season͏͏ sale,͏͏ marking͏͏ a͏͏ 19%͏͏ year-on-year͏͏ (YoY)͏͏ growth.
