We mined Amazon’s acquisitions and partnerships to discern the company's strategic priorities in transportation and logistics.
Online retail and tech giant Amazon expects to be the largest package delivery carrier in the US by early 2022, eclipsing UPS, FedEx, and the United States Postal Service.
Amazon has been investing and partnering heavily across transportation and logistics over the last 3 years to expand, streamline, and optimize its existing operations and enter new lines of business. Some of these new revenue opportunities include mobility-as-a-service, grocery delivery, connected vehicle tech, and other technologies shaping the future of transportation and logistics.
The company has also been heavily focused on sustainability. Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019 and has since made numerous investments and acquisitions to decrease its carbon footprint
Using CB Insights data, we uncovered Amazon’s 4 most important strategic priorities as they relate to transportation and logistics highlighted by its recent acquisitions, investments, and partnerships. We then categorized companies by their business relationships with Amazon across these priorities:
- Freight & logistics
- Connected vehicle tech
- In-vehicle infotainment
- Mobility-as-a-service
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