Amazon.in has announced
that it has invested in six new Fulfilment Centres (FCs) to meet the growing
needs of its fast-growing seller base in the country. New FCs will be set up in
Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai further expanding the company’s
presence in India and in preparation for the upcoming festive season. With the
launch of these new FCs, Amazon.in continues to have the largest storage space
for an e-commerce company in India with its FCs operational across 10 states
covering a total area of close to 2.5 million square feet with a 1.5X growth in
storage capacity which is 7.5 million cubic feet of space.
The FCs will allow
Amazon.in to offer its Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service to several thousand
more small and medium businesses in these states and empower them to gain
access to and service customers across the country at significantly low
operating costs. Over 80% of sellers on Amazon.in currently use its fulfilment
services.
“With the exponential
growth of online shopping in India, we are glad to announce 6 new Fulfilment
Centres in India. We remain committed to investing in our fulfilment and
logistics capability to enable and empower sellers to serve customers
nationally at lower costs. It stands testament to our larger commitment of
making deep investments in the country and in turn creating opportunities for
employment, growth and revenue generation for the Government” said Akhil
Saxena, Vice President, India Customer Fulfilment, Amazon India.
Today, over 1.3 million
products are available for immediate shipping through the network of Amazon’s
FCs in India. This selection will only increase with the expanding FC footprint
and benefit sellers and customers alike. Today, Amazon FCs are present in
Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Telangana and West Bengal.
Saxena added, “At the
same time, Fulfilment Centres fulfil important needs of small and medium
enterprises seeking markets and customers located all over India and lacking
resources to create their captive distribution networks; local entrepreneurs
seeking opportunities to provide goods and services; qualified and educated
young workforce in remote and rural areas seeking employment and skill
development. Apart from these benefits, the FC will also enable faster and
quicker delivery of products to consumers across the region” he added.
Amazon has created one of
the most advanced fulfilment networks in the world and sellers in India have
been benefitting from Amazon’s expertise in fulfillment, reliable nationwide
delivery and customer service. When using Fulfilment By Amazon (FBA), sellers
across India send their products to Amazon’s FCs and once an order is placed,
Amazon picks, packs and ships the order to the customer, provides customer
service and manages returns on behalf of the sellers. Orders fulfilled by
Amazon are eligible for Cash on Delivery, Guaranteed Next-Day, Same Day,
Release Day and Sunday delivery.
Sellers save money by
replacing their upfront capital expense with low variable cost and pay only for
the storage space they use and the orders that Amazon fulfils. Sellers always
have the flexibility to choose the number of products they want to have
fulfilled by Amazon and scale according to their business requirements.
Since its launch in June
2013, Amazon.in has been working extensively to launch services that meet
different business requirements of sellers and help them grow their business
profitably online. Over the past three years, Amazon.in has introduced the most
comprehensive suite of offerings for sellers to sell online in India. From
running an extensive education and skilling program for SMEs called Seller
University, offeringFulfilment By Amazon, innovating Easy
Ship (an assisted shipping service that makes it easy for sellers to
ship products across India), launching Seller Flex (bringing
Amazon’s flagship FBA experience to the seller’s doorstep by implementing the
FBA technology at sellers’ warehouses), introducing Amazon Tatkal (a
service-on-wheels to help SMBs get online within 60 minutes), to building
the largest storage capacity in ecommerce in India for sellers to the tune of
7.5 million cubic feet, Amazon.in has been helping sellers reach millions of
customers across the country. Amazon launched its Global Selling
Program for sellers in India in May last year and today over 8,000
sellers from India are selling their ‘Make in India’ products on Amazon’s nine
global marketplaces to over 300 million active worldwide customers.
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