Amazon India is looking to invest ₹2000 crore to scale the domestic retailer’s operations and network.
Amazon India will deploy the investment to expand and upgrade operations infrastructure, improve associate safety and well-being programs, and develop new tools and technology for its fulfilment network.
“These latest investments reflect our commitment to continually expand and upgrade our operations across our fulfilment, sortation and delivery network. By strengthening our infrastructure capabilities, enhancing processing capacity, and implementing state-of-the-art technology, we’re positioning Amazon to better serve customers throughout India while supporting our employees, associates and partners who are the heart of it all.” said Abhinav Singh, VP - Operations, Amazon India and Australia.
This comes after Amazon forayed into quick commerce, launching pilots for Amazon Now services in Bengaluru. While Amazon has a large warehousing and fulfilment network across the country, but now the company has to compete with players for dark store networks that drive quick commerce operations.
This comes at a time with major incumbents like Blinkit, Instamart, and Zepto have already crossed 1000 dark store marks. Flipkart Minutes, Flipkart’s quick commerce play, is also on track to set up 800 dark stores by the end of the year.
Amazon plans to leverage these investments to launch new sites and upgrade existing facilities across its fulfilment, sortation and delivery network. This investment will enhance processing capacity, improve fulfilment speed, and increase efficiency across the company’s operations network.
The company will continue to invest and expand initiatives aimed at improving the health and financial well-being of employees and associates across the operations network.