Amazon Continues to Deliver, Even Driving More Retailer Holiday Sales

No retailer is doing the type of vast implementations with Same-Day Delivery like Amazon is doing. The e-retail leader is expanding itself at a rapid pace, beyond just being in the US with Prime, but also in Canada and around the world. The aggressive investments and establishing same-day delivery has not been for nothing. Now as the holiday shopping season approaches, Amazon has its sights on capturing record sales in the months to come.

Along with Amazon's growth, Internet Retailer reports that there are retailers that will be able to generate sales as of a result of it. 55% of online retailers surveyed are expected to generate their biggest share of sales on Amazon this holiday season, according to a new survey from ChannelAdvisor and Morar Consulting. The reason is because Amazon will be a key selling channel for a lot of online retailers. The report stated that retailers say Amazon outpaces eBay. 19% of respondents said will lead to online sales. This is remarkable that Amazon is growing tremendously online that it will cause other retailers to increase in sales as well.

14% of the surveyed retailers also said that their own sites will be their top web sales channel during the holidays. 48% of retailers expect their holiday web sales to rise, and only 29% believe their sales will stay flat or will decline compared with the 2015 holiday season. The push for sales in the last three months of the year is what retailers wait all year long for. The retailers that can apply the right online strategies, will be the ones that capitalize on the forecasted growth during the holidays.

Many retailers are launching same-day delivery and various value-added services to attract online shoppers. Amazon has free same-day delivery in 27 city markets, including the San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle-Tacoma, Dallas-Fort Worth, Indianapolis, New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Baltimore, Washington DC, Chicago, Orlando, Nashville, Raleigh, Richmond, Tucson, Atlanta, and more. Amazon Canada now has free same-day delivery in Toronto and Vancouver. In addition to its strides in North America, the e-retailer has Amazon Prime expanding in London.

Google is another e-retailer, stretching itself quickly in recent months in order to capitalize on the upcoming holiday season. Google Express in now in 14 different states, which include its' early month implementation in New York. The service is now available in Alabama, Kentucky, Utah, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. It is isn't at the size of Amazon Prime, yet the aggressive pursuit will eventually result in more sales driven to Google and its' partners.

A Same-Day Courier like A-1 Express is an expert at implementation same-day delivery on a national scale. The San Francisco Courier partners with retailers and various companies in the US, delivering online items and fulfilling store orders. Retailers don't have to depend on Amazon sales, but can simply do what Amazon is doing to get results themselves.

Reference: 10.25.16, www.internetretailer.com, Fareeha Ali, Amazon drives the bulk of holiday sales for many e-retailers