Amazon delivered its quickest order on RECORD final 12 months

We’ve all been there – you excitedly order an merchandise on-line, solely to be left ready weeks to obtain it. 

But one British Amazon Prime buyer barely had time to make a cup of tea earlier than their order arrived final 12 months. 

The unnamed buyer obtained their merchandise simply 75 minutes after ordering it, marking a brand new document for Amazon. 

What’s extra, 70 per cent of all Prime member orders made within the UK over the festive season arrived on the identical or subsequent day.

‘Our work on supply speeds is a world, multi-year effort, and we all know there’s huge runway for us to proceed delivering ever quicker for patrons,’ stated Doug Herrington, CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores. 

We’ve all been there – you excitedly order an merchandise on-line, solely to be left ready weeks to obtain it. But one British Amazon Prime buyer barely had time to make a cup of tea earlier than their order arrived final 12 months

In 2023, Amazon delivered gadgets to Prime members on the quickest speeds ever globally. 

More than seven billion models arrived the identical or subsequent day, together with greater than two billion in Europe. 

Here within the UK, the quickest order was delivered inside 75 minutes, though it stays unclear the place this occurred or what the merchandise was. 

‘Many years in the past, I keep in mind Jeff Bezos speaking concerning the distinction between a frontrunner and a caretaker,’ Mr Herrington stated. 

‘Put merely, he stated, a frontrunner goes to maintain pushing to make one thing higher, as a substitute of sustaining the established order. 

‘A pacesetter goes to attempt new, modern concepts, although they’re difficult or time consuming or appear complicated at first. 

The know-how big stated the service would start from certainly one of its UK same-day supply websites, however is conserving the situation secret for now

‘This could be very a lot how I take into consideration what Amazon is doing proper now with pace.’

The information comes shortly after Amazon introduced that it’s going to begin delivering packages by drone in slightly below an hour across the UK this 12 months.

The know-how big stated the service would start from certainly one of its UK same-day supply websites, however is conserving the situation secret for now. 

It is about to be revealed on the finish of 2024.

The rollout is a part of an enlargement of drone deliveries, which will even see it’s launched in Italy and expanded to a 3rd state within the US, with drone deliveries already working in California and Texas.

Amazon beforehand ran a brief trial of an earlier model of the Prime Air drone supply system in Cambridgeshire in 2016.

‘As a part of our continued efforts to innovate for patrons, we’re excited to announce the enlargement of Prime Air supply internationally, for the primary time exterior the US,’ the corporate stated in a press release.

‘We have been delivering packages by drone for nearly a 12 months in California and in Texas.

‘We have constructed a protected, dependable supply service and have partnered very carefully with regulators and communities.

‘We will proceed with that collaboration into the longer term to make sure we’re assembly the wants of our clients and the communities we serve.’