Do you get annoyed when you find just the thing that you want on Amazon only to find massive shipping fees or that they won’t ship it to Australia? Well those days might be over.
In what could be a huge shakeup for the entire retail industry,
Amazon plans to setup in every state of Australia including fresh produce and groceries. According to the Australian Financial Review, it will happen in 2017 and apart from some hold-up with fresh food, could have been in the first quarter.
It now looks like we will have to wait for the second half of the year.
Its going to be super interesting to see how this effects local stores and companies but I suspect it will create its fair share of jobs here too.
“They [Amazon] will be dropping distribution centres and performance centres in every state next year,” Braitling said.
“They will be doing general merchandise and they will be doing fresh as well.
“They will also be putting physical stores on the ground which I don’t think anyone knows about
“These will mainly be in regional areas because fulfilment is a lot harder in regional areas than in the cities.
Read more: https://www.afr.com/brand/chanticleer/amazon-is-still-coming-but-delays-australian-launch-by-six-months-20161103-gsgyby#ixzz4P04OHMEg
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