Amazon is expanding its logistics services into mainland China and other major shipping hubs to reduce logistics costs as it seeks to expand into the cross-border e-commerce market.
This would see it take on domestic market leader Alibaba Group in the global cross-border e-commerce market, which is projected to reach US$1 trillion by 2020, according to data supplied by Accenture and AliResearch.
However, its ambitions may be grander yet. One rumour doing the rounds this month maintains that Amazon has even begun leasing planes – under the radar, so to speak – to further its ambitions that may extend to taking on its current delivery partners like FedEx and the United Parcel Service.
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