Amazon opens a new distribution centre in Cajamar

It is the company's largest in Brazil, with around 100 thousand m², leading the group to add a storage area of just over 300 thousand m².

Brazil is the country with the highest growth rate for the Amazon Prime service in the world

By: SiiLA News

09/03/2020

Amazon started operating a new distribution center in the country, the fifth in operation, in Cajamar, Greater São Paulo. It is the company's largest in Brazil, with around 100 thousand m², leading the group to add a storage area of just over 300 thousand m². For comparison, at B2W and Lojas Americanas, which operate interconnected, the area exceeds 700 thousand m².

The expansion is expected to help sustain the acceleration in local sales. In the statement, the group says that Brazil is the country with the highest growth rate for Amazon Prime in the world, a subscription service that includes free shipping for a basket of items. Amazon centers do not yet store products from third-party sellers.

Now there are four centers in Cajamar and one in Cabo Santo Agostinho (PE), installed in almost two years. B2W and Lojas Americanas have 17 centers and will have 22 by the end of 2022. Via Varejo has a total of 26 centers and distribution centers.

Amazon has doubled the number of categories in operation in the country since January 2019, going from 15 to just over 30, and the product portfolio has increased from 20 million to about 30 million, a 50% increase, considering items sold and delivered by Amazon or by partner sellers.

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