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Amazon depot impact?

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hubbahubba
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Amazon depot impact?

Post by hubbahubba »

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1337163 ... Hampshire/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Anyone had one of these open near their MC/DO,and how much of a drop in mail did you see locally?
same as it ever was...
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Re: Amazon depot impact?

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We don't have a "delivery station" near us but Amazon Logistics do have a depot, they deliver almost all of their own orders with RM delivering the odd one or two.

I see they have dropped the price of Amazon Prime (to new customers), i wonder if this is a loss-leader?
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Re: Amazon depot impact?

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A2B wrote:We don't have a "delivery station" near us but Amazon Logistics do have a depot, they deliver almost all of their own orders with RM delivering the odd one or two.

I see they have dropped the price of Amazon Prime (to new customers), i wonder if this is a loss-leader?

Probably tied in with this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ibers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

@hubbahubba heard anything about what postcode areas that it'll cover?
hubbahubba
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Re: Amazon depot impact?

Post by hubbahubba »

SO/SP for now,but that location isn't far from being in the middle of Southampton and Portsmouth,so who knows what the long term plan is?
same as it ever was...