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As a small business, have you grappled with shipping disruptions? If so, you’re not alone. We understand this challenge because we’re shippers ourselves and know the uncertainty of the supply chain.
The peak holiday season is likely in your sights and that means your shipping volumes are starting to climb. At Amazon Freight, we’re gearing up for the season and helping prepare our customers for the busy time. Here’s what else we’ve been up to.
42% of shippers are actively seeking solutions to help them improve efficiency across shipping operations. At the same time, 43% plan to increase their use of tech. If you share these goals, we’d love to meet you at the intersection.
The idea of shipping is a simple proposition, but under the surface is a complexity that supply chain professionals know well. That’s why Amazon Freight has built a team to help our largest shippers on each stage of their experience.
Meet Brent Kreider from Amazon Freight. He works closely with some of the biggest companies in the world to optimize their shipping and tap into Amazon’s network.
Peak season is heating up for many shippers and so are the events for transportation and supply chain professionals. At Amazon Freight, we’ll be on the road and hope to see you.
Shipper tips
As we approach the end of 2025, it’s clear that this year has been a defining period for the shipping industry. The challenges that emerged have not only tested operational resilience but also accelerated innovation and strategic thinking.
Whatever you’re trying to transport, it’s always good to have options. But those options can get confusing to understand how they fit with your transportation needs. To help, we’ll bring clarity to some of Amazon’s top transportation offerings.
Breaking into the shipping world frequently means learning on the fly. That is exactly what happened to Adam Bartell when he joined Intelligent Blends as the operations manager six years ago. He has been learning ever since, so we asked him to tell us more about his experience.
Three years ago, Hanna joined JW Fulfillment as a project manager, and she has been learning ever since. We sat down with her to hear what she’s discovered along the way and what other 3PLs and shippers can learn.
The holiday season is just around the corner, and that probably means your orders are picking up. When that happens, the chance for mistakes increases. With that in mind, here are the top tips to help keep your shipments moving smoothly for your customers.
For successful shippers, the little things are big things. Our research shows that Differentiators—those that optimize shipping to gain a strategic advantage—see shipping as something much more than just moving freight.
Customer stories
If you work in logistics at a company that sells water bottles, there’s no humor when your operations experience a “bottleneck.” Such backups send kinks throughout the supply chain. That’s what Joel McAllister of
HydroJug faced on a weekly basis before they started using Amazon Freight.
When you work in the world of logistics, some days are filled with chaos and uncertainty. Hanna Xu is familiar with those type of days as a project manager for JW Fulfillment. With Amazon Freight, she’s found a provider that is a sense of calm in the storm.
When people want their coffee, they usually want it now. That’s the challenge Intelligent Blends faces each week. That means their freight provider has to be on point, says Adam Bartell, their manager of operations.
Bryan Cuevas, CEO of C Group Logistics, knows the feeling of watching a trailer leave his yard. “You need confidence it’s going to get where it needs to be.”
Before turning to Amazon Freight, Calgary-based Specialty Laminates had a major barrier, and that was freight.
“Where is my trailer?” That’s the question no shipper likes to ask, but Savie Yuan found himself posing it more often than he liked.