Amazon India adds five fulfilment centres ahead of Prime Day

Amazon said it has added five fulfilment centres to its India network ahead of the Prime Day sales event. Under this expansion, the ecommerce giant has opened fulfilment centres for the first time in Indore, Bhubaneshwar, Kochi and Rajpura, it said in a statement on Thursday.

The new Amazon fulfilment centres have a combined capacity of 1.8 million cubic feet, the company said. These facilities will be operated and managed by strategic partners and boost delivery speed, it added. They will also create full-time and part-time job opportunities around…