Google Express And Amazon Prime

​Competition within the internet sales industry is fierce and innovation is the way internet retailers are looking to grab the top spot. Internet retailers such as Walmart are following in the path of competitors and building fulfillment centers left and right to allow for faster delivery to customers. Many internet retailers have explored the possibilities of drone delivery, using customers to deliver products to other customers on their way home, and allowing customers to pick up products out of lockers in stores so they don’t have to wait in line; these competitive strategies internet retailers are seeking to implement illustrate how far firms are willing to go to gain the upper-hand on one another (Forbes, 2012).

Amazon is a Fortune 500 e-commerce company based in Seattle, WA. It is one of the top companies that sells the most goods over the internet.

Amazon.com, Inc., on May 28, 1996, started offering a range of products and services through on-line webpages. This new company began to offer products including merchandise and content that was purchased for resale from multiple vendors and sellers ranging from lots of third-party ways. The Amazon.com business has three different segments within its operating environment: Amazon Web Services, North America, and International make up the operating areas. The North American area for Amazon has segments that focus on the sales from retailers of consumer items or product from sellers through its website Amazon.com.

In today’s environment, it is extremely essential for retailers to embrace technology in the course of their businesses. This is mainly because a significant number of consumers can be attracted and accessed through technological measures. It is essential to appreciate the fact that data, infrastructure and e-commerce software form the basis of United Parcel Service’s technological superiority. All these tools play a pivotal role in supporting the company’s e-commerce strategy and the company’s business strategy as a whole. One of the key attributes of United Parcel Service is its commitment to investing in researching emerging technologies. This gives it an exceptionally competitive advantage. United Parcel Service (UPS) consistently seeks to embrace technologies that that enhance the company’s efficiency (Russell Baker, 2008). The company’s commitment to technological advancement made the company appear in InternetWeek’s top 100 companies in 2004 (Russell Baker, 2008). On the other hand, InfoWorld ranked the company as the seventh company with the most significant contribution to technological infrastructure.

shipping fleet. This delivery method allows Amazon more control by no longer having to depend on the U.S. Postal Service, UPS, or FedEx. This “on-demand” delivery service allows independent couriers to deliver packages faster. Amazon first established this method of delivery to offer faster deliveries to Prime members. However, it is now offering drivers the opportunity to deliver standard packets as well. Amazon’s shipping segment has a strategic position of low cost and a niche market, which aligns perfectly with what Flex drivers offer the company.

This project explores three important companies who provide through the Internet: Google, Amazon, and Netflix. Google is an American multinational technology company, which concentrates in Internet-relating products and services including the popular search engine. The corporation is estimated to run more than one million servers in data centers around the world (as of 2007), according to Data Center Knowledge. Google is known to sell many different products under its name including the partnerships with Nexus, but also serves as a base for smaller companies to sell their products. Amazon, an American company, focuses on electronic commerce and cloud computing. The company started as an online bookstore, but later diversified by selling variety of products including consumer electronics, groceries, and downloadable movies and music. In 2011, Financial Times claimed Amazon as one of the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States, and continues to grow today by shipping worldwide. Netflix

Amazon is a global e-commerce player selling a wide variety of products online. The firm is a market leader in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. It is a dominant player in the West, but has struggled in the Chinese market since the time of its footing in the country. China’s B2C e-commerce market size is almost identical to that of the US.

Amazon.com known as the largest internet retailer, it is clear the Amazon is anything but a traditional retailer. Amazon does sell products at the standard mark-up, it also is an alternative to other retailers by acting as a gateway for used goods (Noren, 2013).

Today trend has to be the Amazon PrimeNow. Retailers always have an online focus in order to maximize profit with the advantages of mobile technologies. Big online retailers like Amazon on the other hand are seeing the advantages of local pickup. The evolving shopping format same-day delivery, 1-hour delivery, etc., through services like Amazon Fresh and Google Shopping Express has greatly increased the need for locally available inventory. Logistics is a major challenge for online retailers, especially those with geographic breadth of operations (Amazon Analysis Report).

Amazon Inc. is a commercial company of American origin that has its principal activities in cloud computing and electronic commerce. The company has separate retail websites in many countries including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Japan, and Netherlands among others. Amazon has a major competitor that is Walmart, but the company works hard to suppress the latter so that it remains the most valuable retailer with stable market capitalization in the United States (The Guardian, 2015). Operations at Amazon include both local and international shipping that take place within its websites, and that is why it is ranked the fifth largest company globally. This paper is a portfolio project of Amazon Company and its operations in three countries; Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Customer Fulfillment in the Digital Economy Amazon.com E-tail Customer Fulfillment Networks Pioneer “The logistics of distribution Scorecard are the iceberg below the waterline of online bookselling. ”1 B-web type —Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO, Amazon.com • Aggregation (e-tail) /Agora (auctions, Zshops) hybrid model KEY PARTICIPANTS “Ten years from now, no one will remember whether Consumers and business buyers Context providers • • Content providers • Amazon.com

The small-package delivery service revenue grew from $80B in 2009 to over $90B in 2014 (Figure 1). This growth, in large part, has been impacted by the unprecedented expansion of e-commerce, fueled by connected consumers via home computers, tablets and smartphones (Figure 2). Approximately 71% of consumers are connected, 55% want to shop online, 40% of e-commerce transactions are taking place through mobile apps and 28% of retail transactions are being influenced by smartphones. The percent of Overall, the Asia-Pacific region is showing the highest growth in e-commerce market share at 33.4% (Figure 3).

Known for its variety of products in services, Amazon.com is an emerging leader in cloud services. As mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, it began its PrimePantry Market in 2015, in competition with groceries and supermarkets, offering a food delivery service. Wide product and service choice has allowed Amazon to become a one stop location.

In this paper, it will discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with supply chain integration. Those opportunities and challenges include the push, pull, and push-pull supply chain systems, the impact of lead time, the impact of the Internet on supply chain strategies, e-business, and the impact on the grocery, book, retail, and transportation industries.

In this report we focus on the two main competitors in the package delivery industry: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) and United Parcel Service of America, Inc.