Amazon.com, Inc. rolled out Amazon Now, an ultra-fast delivery service that provides fresh groceries, everyday household essentials, and locally relevant items in about 30 minutes or less.
"Amazon Now is for when you need or want the convenience of getting your Amazon order delivered in 30 minutes or less,” says Udit Madan, SVP, Amazon Worldwide Operations. “With thousands of items available for ultra-fast delivery, you can get everything from groceries for dinner, to AirPods before a flight, to household essentials like laundry detergent or toothpaste delivered right to your door. Amazon Now complements Amazon’s existing fast-delivery offerings, including 1-hour and 3-hour delivery on more than 90,000 products and Same-Day Delivery on millions of items.”
Key takeaways:
· Amazon Now is available in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, and is rapidly expanding in dozens more cities, including Austin, Houston, Minneapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, Denver, and Oklahoma City.
· The company plans to expand the service to tens of millions of customers in these and other cities by the end of the year.
· Amazon Now uses a network of smaller locations designed for efficient order fulfillment strategically placed close to where customers live and work. This approach prioritizes the safety of employees picking and packing orders, reduces the distance delivery partners need to travel, and enables faster delivery times for customers.
