Amazon Has Finally Grown Into Its Pandemic-Era Warehouse Capacity
Jamil Ghani · Amazon Head Of Prime on Tariffs, Alexa Plus Rollout, and AI Differentiation — With Jamil Ghani · Apr 30, 2025 · at 42:19
Amazon Prime VP Jamil Ghani addresses questions from host Alex Kantrowitz about whether Amazon overbuilt its fulfillment network during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“The reality is while we've right-sized some parts of that supply chain footprint on the margin, we've largely grown our business into that capacity, right?”
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