Amazon launches 37th fulfillment centre in India, to add 4 more by year end

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Jul 28, 2017

Even though Amazon’s losses continue to mount on the back of investments in India the company has continued its investments in the country and launched its second fulfillment centre in the city of Lucknow in state of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

In its second quarter results the company indicated that India will be its biggest focus and in line with that a fulfillment centre with total storage capacity of more than 35,000 cubic feet was launched to support its sellers in Uttar Pradesh. This takes Amazon’s offering in UP close to 150,000 cubic feet of storage space for faster delivery to customers in the region.
 
This is Amazon’s 37th fulfillment centre in India and it plans to add 4 more by year end which will take its combined storage space to 13 million cubic feet.

“In line with our vision to transform the way India buys and sells, we have been consistently investing in enhancing our capabilities to provide a superior experience to both – buyers and sellers. With the launch of a second fulfillment centre in Uttar Pradesh, we strongly believe that we will be able to better serve our customers and support our Prime promise of one-day & two-day delivery. Furthermore, for our sellers, the new FC will enable thousands of small & medium businesses to save money by replacing their upfront capital expense with low variable cost and pay only for the storage space they use and the orders that we fulfil,” said Akhil Saxena, Vice President, India Customer Fulfilment, Amazon India in a statement.
 
Amazon has pledged a total investment of $ 5 billion in India and has already surpassed the half way mark with core focus on infrastructure and technology.