by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Amazon’s European footprint just got significantly larger. The e-commerce and cloud giant invested a record € 60+ billion across Europe in 2025, including over €40 billion within the EU alone. For those working in city logistics and last-mile delivery, the ripple effects are hard to ignore. Jobs, infrastructure, and supply chains Amazon now supports over …
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% …
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 …