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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by mmanfrin on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @03:14PM (#12600421)
Because it's not just shipping. Shipping is the avenue for entry, but the last-mile delivery market is suitable for lots of things, like:

Amazon Fresh (groceries, which UPS/Fedex cannot do)

1 hour delivery (which UPS/Fedex cannot do without keeping their fleet at Amazon's warehouses)

Restaurant delivery

etc

The point is to capture the means of delivery so they can become the carrier for parcels/food/whatever. Uber is trying to do this too. As is Postmates. UPS/Fedex have the issue that they are very good for bulk travel, but weak at last mile (it works for them now because of the volume they do, but the best they can reasonably do is next-day).

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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by omarchowdhury on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @08:51PM (#12602559)
Seems like a merger between Amazon and either UPS or Fedex would be a wise decision, imagine that. And they don't necessarily have to pull antitrust measures afterwards, they can put their energy into effiencies instead of exploitation. And I don't think the merger would even blocked by government for antitrust concerns because they still have a lot of competition.
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