Thursday, December 24, 2015

Why Amazon Cares about Drone Delivery

There is a very simple reason why Amazon is interested in commercial drone delivery services. For parcels weighing less than five pounds, the thinking goes, Amazon could potentially cut delivery costs up to an order of magnitude, compared to using UPS Ground, or “only” about nine times less than same-day shipping, or five times less than U.S. Postal Service one-day shipping.

Such changes also illustrate channel conflict. By internalizing delivery cost, and using a new platform. Amazon slices its distribution costs dramatically. Of course, that means less business for one of its traditional delivery partners.

Channel conflict dangers never fully disappear, in any business.

source: Business Insider

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