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After Order Delays, Amazon.com...In a move to tackle months of delays caused by the complicated logistics system in Brazil, Amazon.com plans to launch its long-awaited in-house fulfilment and delivery network in the country. The company has been facing huge flak over delayed orders.
“We are launching (our direct sales platform) with 320,000 different products in stock, including 200,000 books... Our obsession is always to increase this catalog and to have everything Brazilian consumers seek and want to buy on the internet”, Amazon’s Brazilian country manager Alex Szapiro told Reuters.
The e-commerce company’s shift to stocking and delivering goods itself is expected to intensify competition for fast delivery of goods in the country.
Amazon.comsaid it will directly sell 11 categories of merchandise from over 800 suppliers as of Tuesday, the report said.
In November last year, the news organisation reported that the e-commerce company had faced difficulties with regard to the launching of its in-house fulfillment and delivery network in Brazil – in terms of the country’s complicated logistics, tangled tax system, and testy relations with some prominent vendors.
“As in every negotiation, you take a seat at a table and you want to agree on the best possible terms”, said Mr.Szapiro when asked on the tone of conversations with suppliers.
The e-commerce company entered the South American country in 2012, selling books, e-readers, and then streaming movies to its users around the country.