Amazon Can Now Ship Packages From China to the U.S. by Sea

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Amazon Can Now Ship Packages From China to the U.S. by Sea

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The move comes as Amazon continues to make inroads in controlling more of what happens after a customer clicks “Buy” to ultimately cut down on shipping costs and improve speed and reliability of deliveries. In the blog post, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen suggests that Amazon’s competitive advantage over old-school freight forwarders will be the automation of some steps of the shipment process through software, thus cutting labor costs along the way.

http://recode.net/2016/01/14/amazon-rec ... na-by-sea/
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