Amazon opens 6 centres to get that order fast

BENGALURU: Amazon India has invested in six new fulfilment centres ahead of the upcoming festive season. The additional capacity will open up 5.5 million square feet of storage space for sellers on the marketplace, who use the fulfilled by Amazon service. Amazon India claims that close to 80% of its sellers use its fulfilment service.

The marketplace offers premium services on orders fulfilled by Amazon including cashon-delivery, guaranteed next-day, same-day and Sunday delivery. “We remain committed to investing in our fulfilment and logistics capability to enable and empower sellers to serve customers nationally at lower costs,” said Akhil Saxena, vice-president, India customer fulfilment, Amazon India.

The new fulfilment centres situated across Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai takes Amazon’s footprint across 10 states. This takes up the total number of fulfilment centres operated by Amazon to 27.