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February 21, 2024

Amazon Australia is now offering same-day delivery and Aus Post, u up?

Amazon AU's getting into the same day delivery game, but only for some Aussies.

What's the key learning?

  • Faster isn't always better in the world of deliveries... mainly when it comes to the impact on the planet.
  • Optimising deliveries for speed means more trucks on the road.

👉 Background: Amazon is an absolute monster - it accounts for over 43% of all US e-commerce and raked in US$50bn worth of sales via its online stores last year.

👉 What happened: In late 2017, Amazon Australia launched and had a pretty slow start. But during COVID, things picked up. And in 2021, it brought in $1.75bn in revenue. Wow-a-wee-wa!

👉 What else: Amazon Australia is launching same-day delivery in Sydney and Melbourne by expanding its logistics network in a major play to become part of the 'convenience economy'. But there is a flipside.

🔔 What's the key learning?

💡 When it comes to the world of online deliveries, we’ve been taught faster = better. But transportation activities account for 17 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

💡 Optimising for speed means:

  • fewer opportunities to consolidate orders
  • more packaging waste because deliveries to one home can't be grouped together, and
  • more trucks on the road.

💡 The World Economic Forum reckons we’ll see 36% more delivery vehicles driving around city streets over the next decade. So despite the enormous convenience...there's also enormous impact on the environment.

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