Amazon U.K. Taps Newspaper Distributor For Same-Day Deliveries

By: Rory Gallivan | WSJ

Amazon.com's owner Jeff Bezos may have bought The Washington Post, but his U.K. operation is looking at the newspaper industry from a completely different angle.

Amazon has famously spent huge sums investing in its distribution network in the U.S., but Amazon.co.uk is tapping into the distribution network of old-fashioned newspaper delivery company Connect Group to launch a same-day pick up service.