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Monday 2 November 2020

Amazon reportedly planning new service for its rural deliveries

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Amazon may be looking to handle its own deliveries to rural areas rather than relying on the US Postal Service, according to several job postings, The Information reported on Monday.

The e-commerce behemoth would rely on shipping hubs in rural areas under a plan called “wagon wheel,” a reference to Amazon’s hub-and-spoke supply chain. In Amazon’s terminology, a wagon wheel station provides support for smaller shipping facilities, according to The Information. Several since-deleted job postings The Information discovered described “a new delivery business ... that will support Amazon’s rural communities.”

When or where the program would be launched is not clear. But...

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from TV Aerial Installation Services Warrington https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/2/21546389/amazon-postal-service-rural-deliveries
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