Amazon said it's delivering a greater share of orders the same or next day to Prime members in the top 60 U.S. metro areas.The company has boosted investment in fast shipping as it looks to retain shoppers in an increasingly competitive online shopping market.says it is getting even more packages to customers in one day or sooner, a metric the e-retailer is promoting to customers as it faces heightened competition in online shopping.
It is a topic that will be of notable interest to investors when Amazon reports first-quarter earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday. Wall Street expects the company to post another quarter of double-digit revenue expansion and for profits to more than double from a year earlier. Speedy delivery is a hallmark of Amazon's Prime subscription offering, which charges members $139 a year for benefits such as two-day shipping and video streaming. The company has said it wants to make same- and next-day delivery the standard, and it plans to double the number of same-day delivery facilities in the U.S. within the next few years.