Amazon Says Prime Delivery Speeds are Faster Than Ever

<p>Amazon Stores CEO Doug Herrington reports the company has set new records for Prime delivery speeds in the first three months of 2024&comma; with more than two billion items arriving the same or next day to Prime members around the world&period; In March&comma; nearly 60&percnt; of Prime member orders arrived the same or next day across the top 60 largest U&period;S&period; metro areas&comma; and we delivered three out of four items the same or next day in London&comma; Tokyo&comma; and Toronto&period; Amazon also continues to grow its selection while speeding up deliveries&comma; <span class&equals;"Enhancement-inline"><span class&equals;"Enhancement-item"><a class&equals;"Link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;aboutamazon&period;com&sol;news&sol;retail&sol;prime-membership-cost-benefits" data-cms-ai&equals;"0">providing even more value to Prime members<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;span>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Amazon&&num;8217&semi;s speed and delivery network poses a formidable challenge to the entire e-commerce industry because of the high standards it has set and which customers expect to match&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"Enhancement" data-align-center&equals;"">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"Enhancement-item">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"PromoCardRR" data-content-type&equals;"article">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"PromoCardRR-info">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"PromoCardRR-description">Prime members and customers with a registered EBT card can also get a low-cost monthly subscription with unlimited grocery delivery on orders over &dollar;35 from Whole Foods Market&comma; Amazon Fresh&comma; and other local grocery and specialty retailers—a benefit that pays for itself in as little as one delivery order per month&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"PromoCardRR-button"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>When Amazon first launched <span class&equals;"Enhancement-inline"><span class&equals;"Enhancement-item"><a class&equals;"Link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;aboutamazon&period;com&sol;what-we-do&sol;prime" data-cms-ai&equals;"0">Prime<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;span> in the U&period;S&period; in 2005&comma; the company offered free Two-Day Shipping on one million items&period; Amazon now offers more than 300 million items with free Prime shipping&comma; including tens of millions of products available with <span class&equals;"Enhancement-inline"><span class&equals;"Enhancement-item"><a class&equals;"Link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;aboutamazon&period;com&sol;news&sol;amazon-prime&sol;amazon-same-day-delivery" data-cms-ai&equals;"0">Same Day<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;span> or One-Day Delivery&period; That is over 20 times more products that we can deliver twice as fast compared to when Prime first launched&period;<b> <&sol;b>Whether customers are looking for a particular brand of running socks&comma; a soundbar for a new TV&comma; their favorite coffee&comma; or travel-sized essentials for a last-minute trip—all these and more&comma; at all kinds of price points&comma; can be found on Amazon and delivered fast and free for Prime members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Amazon has improved delivery speed through the regionalization of its fulfillment and transportation network&comma; which simultaneously speeds up deliveries and lowers the cost to serve customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;