Amazon Partners India Post To Boost Last Mile Delivery Network

Ecommerce giant Amazon has partnered with India Post to facilitate customer deliveries across every pin code in the country.

Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), Amazon will tap India Posts’ last mile delivery network, enabling the former to enhance speed, efficiency and reach of its deliveries, especially in remote and rural pockets. 

With this partnership, both the platforms will focus on streamlining operations, maximise efficiencies, optimise resource utilisation and explore capacity sharing across their logistics networks.

In the last 2-3 years, India Post’s footprint across Amazon logistics network has more than doubled with pickup points growing from 6 locations to 13 locations across the country, the ecommerce major said in a statement. 

“Our relationship with India Post has been a pivotal part of Amazon’s growth story in India and has contributed to making ecommerce a nationwide phenomenon. By joining forces with this iconic institution that has served India for decades, we have been able to create new benchmarks in logistics and customer service repeatedly over the years” said Abhinav Singh, VP Operations, Amazon India.

This development comes a week after Amazon India signed a memorandum of understanding

(MoU) with the ministry of labour and employment to post work opportunities at its corporate offices and operations network on the National Career Service (NCS) portal.

In the same month, to scale up its sales during its upcoming festive season, Amazon increased the commissions of more than 50,000 creators who are part of the influencer marketing network. 

Also last month, Amazon India launched three new fulfillment centres in Delhi NCR, Guwahati and Patna to support over 2.5 Lakh sellers in the region.

The ecommerce platforms together clocked a gross merchandise value (GMV) of about INR 47,000 Cr, which grew 19% year-on-year (YoY), just in the first week of the 2023 festive season sale.