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Amazon Achieved Its Fastest Delivery Speeds In 2024

Amazon has announced it achieved its fastest ever delivery speeds for Prime members globally in 2024, with over nine billion items arriving the same or next day around the world – and more than one billion items arriving the same or next day in the UK.

Some of the nation’s favourite speedy, same-day items over the last year were pharmacy essentials, including magnesium and baby wipes, and beauty products like mascara, hair treatments, and skincare.

Amazon continues to invest in its logistics and delivery capabilities to keep speeding up its delivery, with Same-Day Delivery available for millions of products in over 80 towns and cities across the UK.

Amazon also announced it is delivering even more everyday essentials – the household and pantry items across health, beauty, baby, pet food, and more. Cadbury’s Creme Eggs, WaterWipes baby wipes, and HP ink cartridges were among the most popular items ordered in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Swansea, and Cardiff.

In 2024, Prime members in the UK on average saved nearly £200 on fast unlimited delivery – more than two times an annual membership fee.

“Our customers always tell us that they value the low prices, wide selection, and fast deliveries that we provide,” said John Boumphrey, UK Country Manager at Amazon. "We work hard to innovate and provide faster, more sustainable deliveries, and are proud to announce another record-breaking year for fast delivery, with some big savings for Prime members along the way.”

Top 2024 UK stats included:

The fastest order delivered in the UK in the last three months was to a customer in Manchester, who ordered children’s book ‘The Story Orchestra: Carnival of the Animals’ at noon and received it by 1:26pm
More than one billion items arrived the same or next day for Prime members
Amazon delivered tens of millions essential products via Same-Day Delivery
The top shopped Same-Day Delivery categories were pharmacy, home, and beauty
Some of the most popular Same-Day Delivery products included Cadbury’s Creme Eggs, WaterWipes baby wipes, COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Essence, HP Ink Cartridges, Ring Chime, INSTAX mini instant film, and Echo Dot

Other top UK regional stats included:

London’s most-ordered products included WaterWipes baby wipes, INSTAX mini instant film, and COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
One of Glasgow’s most-wanted products was the COLOR WOW Dream Coat Supernatural Spray
Birmingham topped the skincare charts, with the COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence being one of the city’s most-delivered items
Pepsi Max cans were among the most popular items for same-day delivery in Swansea

In addition to fast deliveries to customers’ doorsteps, Amazon also offers a network of convenient and secure pick-up locations for qualifying items at no extra cost. Shoppers have the choice between self-service locker locations or staffed counters, with more than 25,000 pick-up locations throughout the UK.

In Europe:

In France, Amazon's fastest delivery was completed in Tourcoing: a laptop charger delivered in 220 minutes. And customers aren't just saving time: on average, French members saved more than €135 through fast and free deliveries, almost twice the cost of an annual Amazon Prime membership.
Prime members in Germany enjoyed the fastest delivery speeds ever - with more than 590 million items arriving the same or next day - a more than 15% increase year over year. In Germany, Prime members saved on average more than 175 EUR on fast, free delivery – nearly two times the cost of an annual membership.
In Spain, we have delivered more than 160 million items, same day or next day, 10% more than the previous year. Customers in Madrid can now receive orders in a maximum of 3.5 hours on selected products.
Since opening its first logistics location in 2018, Austria have more than doubled the number of next-day available products for customers, and almost tripled it in Vienna.
In the UK, same-day items over the last year were pharmacy essentials, including magnesium and baby wipes, and beauty products like mascara, hair treatments, and skincare.
In 2024, Prime members in Italy saved on average nearly 135 euros on fast, free delivery – more than two and a half times the cost of an annual Prime membership. In addition, over the same year, hundreds of thousands of Prime members in Italy chose Same-Day Delivery, with home, books and drugstore proving to be the most popular categories.