Amazon grows delivery network in Brazil’s largest logistics push

Amazon.com Inc. is opening three new distribution centres in Brazil, marking its biggest logistics push in Latin America’s largest market as competition intensifies amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The expansion, which comes two months after the US e-commerce giant launched its largest distribution center yet in the country, adds 75,000 square-meters to Amazon’s logistics infrastructure. It also gives it more bandwidth, raising to 500 the number of cities with deliveries in less than 48 hours — just shy of 10% of municipalities in Brazil.

“It’s in our DNA to expand and be closer to our customers,” Amazon’s country manager for Brazil Alex Szapiro said in an interview, adding that “there’s still more to come” without elaborating further.