Thomas Black, Columnist

Amazon’s Freight Rivals Won’t Just Roll Over

May 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC

Thomas Black is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist writing about the industrial and transportation sectors. He was previously a Bloomberg News reporter covering logistics, manufacturing and private aviation.

Amazon has shown that it can build out a logistics network in a hurry.
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Amazon.com Inc.’s announcement on Monday that it would open its rather large logistics network to third parties has been a long time coming after some fits and starts.

The e-commerce retailer had opened up its parcel delivery network to third parties in the past and then reversed course when pandemic demand flooded its system. Now, Amazon has named initial customers — Procter & Gamble Co., 3M Co. and Lands’ End Inc. — that cut across industry, retail and consumer packaged goods. There’s no turning back now.