FRANKFURT : Amazon is preparing to launch a two-hour delivery service in Berlin, German newspaper Welt reported today, citing Berlin transport sources.
The newspaper said Amazon had ordered a site on Berlin's fashionable Kurfuerstendamm to be repurposed as a warehouse for more than 10,000 articles from the online retailer's assortment.
Until now, Amazon has mostly used Deutsche Post's DHL parcel service for deliveries in Germany, and its move to build up its own delivery capabilities is seen as a threat to DHL's business.
The newspaper quoted an Amazon spokesman, when asked about the report, as saying: "We have no announcement about this at the moment."
Amazon has rolled out several new services for members of its $99-a-year Prime loyalty programme, including one-hour delivery, to attract customers in a highly competitive online shopping market.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The newspaper said Amazon had ordered a site on Berlin's fashionable Kurfuerstendamm to be repurposed as a warehouse for more than 10,000 articles from the online retailer's assortment.
Until now, Amazon has mostly used Deutsche Post's DHL parcel service for deliveries in Germany, and its move to build up its own delivery capabilities is seen as a threat to DHL's business.
The newspaper quoted an Amazon spokesman, when asked about the report, as saying: "We have no announcement about this at the moment."
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Amazon has rolled out several new services for members of its $99-a-year Prime loyalty programme, including one-hour delivery, to attract customers in a highly competitive online shopping market.
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