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Amazon Q1 2026: Logistics and Fulfillment at Full Speed. But at What Cost?

Amazon’s first quarter 2026 results reveal a company investing heavily in its physical logistics infrastructure, even as that spending compresses free cash flow to near zero. The obsession with improving customers’ lives every day comes at a cost. A big one. Scale and speed Total net product sales reached $296 billion, up by almost 9% …

Fulfillment cost: online is now winning over bricks-and-mortar

Amazon showed disappointing third-quarter results on fulfillment. The costs of fulfillment rose again, to now almost 31% of online sales. Year after year, these costs increase by one percentage point despite more sales. Growing volumes do not result in economy of scale at Amazon? Zalando is doing a better job. Zalando’s fulfillment costs are decreasing …