What will the future of delivery look like? Interesting Amazon patents
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:05 am
Jeff Bezos prefers to think two or three years ahead, and Amazon regularly registers patents. The company’s ideas include an underwater warehouse or a folding parachute for drones. If these futuristic projects are implemented, delivery will change dramatically. Meanwhile, we are ordering more and more: in 2019 alone, the global volume of parcels exceeded 100 billion for the first time, and by 2026 it could reach 220-262 billion.
COVID-19 has only accelerated the growth of the delivery sector norway number data as consumers have started ordering more online. Amazon has been at the forefront of this trend.
The company has faced supply chain disruptions and shipment delays during the pandemic, resulting in coronavirus-related costs exceeding $11 billion, with $4 billion of that in the fourth quarter of 2020.
However, this was partially offset by a sharp increase in sales, with CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth growing by $72.7 billion in 2020.
Vincent Mayet, CEO of Havas Commerce and author of the book “Amazon: Capturing the Future,” said that the retail sector and its accompanying logistics will be the foundation of e-commerce.
In October 2020, Vincent Mayer said, “In delivery, Amazon is always five to ten years ahead of us when it comes to filing innovation patents.”
Indeed, Jeff Bezos himself said that he likes to work “two or three years ahead.”
Amazon files dozens of patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office every year. Of course, not all of them end up being implemented. For example, in 2016, Amazon received a patent for a plan to transport workers around warehouses in metal cages. This was explained by safety concerns, as the warehouses were overcrowded with robots. However, the idea was criticized, and Amazon eventually abandoned it.
If he implements these five projects, he will be able to radically change the delivery market.
COVID-19 has only accelerated the growth of the delivery sector norway number data as consumers have started ordering more online. Amazon has been at the forefront of this trend.
The company has faced supply chain disruptions and shipment delays during the pandemic, resulting in coronavirus-related costs exceeding $11 billion, with $4 billion of that in the fourth quarter of 2020.
However, this was partially offset by a sharp increase in sales, with CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth growing by $72.7 billion in 2020.
Vincent Mayet, CEO of Havas Commerce and author of the book “Amazon: Capturing the Future,” said that the retail sector and its accompanying logistics will be the foundation of e-commerce.
In October 2020, Vincent Mayer said, “In delivery, Amazon is always five to ten years ahead of us when it comes to filing innovation patents.”
Indeed, Jeff Bezos himself said that he likes to work “two or three years ahead.”
Amazon files dozens of patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office every year. Of course, not all of them end up being implemented. For example, in 2016, Amazon received a patent for a plan to transport workers around warehouses in metal cages. This was explained by safety concerns, as the warehouses were overcrowded with robots. However, the idea was criticized, and Amazon eventually abandoned it.
If he implements these five projects, he will be able to radically change the delivery market.