Amazon India scales up delivery network to keep up with 'Prime' growth

There are 150 Amazon managed delivery centres with an additional 60 centres dedicated to just large appliances

With nearly a quarter of 170 million products listed on Amazon India eligible for free and fast Prime deliveries, the US retail giant is beefing up its delivery network to handle an “unprecedented” load of packages expected to be shipped during this festive season.

Right from its massive warehouses to small kirana store partners, Amazon says it has scaled up its delivery network 1.5-2 times in anticipation of this year’s Great Indian Festival sale.

Amazon continues to make big investments in infrastructure as it eyes a multi-year horizon for each large fulfilment or sortation centre, and isn’t worried about having