Amazon Is Taking Over US logistics

Supply Chain
Written By Rick Watson

Anecdotal evidence for Amazon taking over North American supply chain.

I recently took a trip down I-95 from NYC to Virginia, and, of course, I counted tractor-trailers. Want to know what I came up with?

  • FedEx: 3 (+1 Custom Critical)

  • UPS: 2

  • Amazon: 26

It's not a typo. Underestimate Amazon's ability to dominate the North American supply chain at your peril.

It's quite possible Amazon will become the "hub" of North American fulfillment, and everyone else will be relegated to spokes in the network - either prepping materials to inject into Amazon's network, or staging materials upstream or downstream of Amazon's network.

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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