Amazon Doubling Same-Day Delivery Facilities in Push for Speed

Company bets fast shipping will retain edge over US rivals
Investors are concerned about money-losing e-commerce business

Amazon currently has millions of products available for same-day delivery in the US. — Amazon currently has millions of products available for same-day delivery in the US.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Spencer Soper

July 31, 2023 at 11:35 AM UTC

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Amazon.com Inc. will double the number of US same-day delivery facilities in the “coming years,” the company announced Monday, an investment executives are counting on to maintain Amazon’s lead in the $1.4 trillion online shopping market.

Speedy delivery remains a major imperative for Amazon, and the company said more than half of all orders placed by Prime subscribers in the 60 largest metropolitan areas during the most recent quarter arrived the same or next day. Amazon also said that it has delivered more than 1.8 billion units to Prime members in the US with same-day or one-day delivery so far this year, up about fourfold from the same period in 2019.