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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

Third-party sellers simply ship their inventory to Amazon, which then manages the entire back-end fulfillment of an item once it’s purchased. Amazon Fresh A grocery delivery service that started in Seattle in 2007 and now operates in 16 cities. Fresh is not just about making money in the razor-thin margin grocery business.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. started as a single office ocean forwarder in Seattle. billion (2019) Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, USA CEO: Jeffrey S. Revenue: $8.7 billion (2019) Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia Chairman: John Mullen 14. Revenue: $8.17