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Amazon helps thousands of Singapore-based businesses sell their products on the Amazon store.


Through Amazon Global Selling, selling partners in Singapore can export their products to customers worldwide on Amazon.


Amazon Web Services (AWS) enables thousands of Singapore customers to use the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) region for digital transformation.

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 November 2024 – Amazon today announced that it has invested more than S$2 billion across its retail and cloud businesses in Singapore by 2023. This includes both capital expenditure such as improvements to existing infrastructure, including fulfillment centers, delivery stations and data centers and operating expenses for technology, security, expansion of programs for customers, delivery partners, small and medium businesses and employee compensation.

The company’s investment in Singapore supported more than 4,000 indirect jobs in areas such as construction, logistics and other professional services, according to third-party consulting firm Keystone Strategy. Additionally, according to a study by Amazon, Singapore companies selling on Amazon have created more than 6,000 jobs to support their Amazon-related business activities. In total, Amazon supported more than 10,000 indirect jobs in Singapore alone by 2023.

Amazon’s local investment reflects the company’s continued commitment to creating solutions and services that delight Singapore customers and contribute to the growth of Singapore businesses. “Since the start of our operations in Singapore in 2010 and the launch of Amazon in 2019, we have been able to invest and grow our presence in the country with the support of our customers and selling partners,” said Peter Li, director , China and Singapore, International Store, Amazon. “We are humbled to see our investments unlock growth opportunities for businesses in Singapore and are proud to continue to support Singapore’s economy and digitalisation.”

Since the launch of Amazon Prime Now in 2017 (now renamed Amazon Fresh) and Amazon in 2019,
Amazon has continued to invest in its operations to offer a faster and more convenient shopping experience for Singapore customers. Amazon’s investments have enabled the company to offer same-day and next-day delivery for eligible products to customers in Singapore. In addition, Amazon Prime membership in Singapore offers unlimited access to award-winning movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, and video game benefits with Prime Gaming, access to Prime Day and Prime Big Deals Days, free 2-hour scheduled grocery delivery with Amazon Fresh, free one-day home delivery on eligible items as well as free international delivery with no minimum spend on eligible items.

Thousands of Singapore-based companies – many of which are small and medium-sized businesses – sell their products on the Amazon store. Through Amazon Global Selling, selling partners in Singapore can export their products to customers worldwide on Amazon. Amazon continually invests in tools, services and programs to improve its selling partners’ experience and help them grow their businesses with Amazon. This includes tools that leverage generative artificial intelligence, such as the ability for selling partners to provide a URL to their own website to easily create high-quality product detail pages on Amazon, freeing up valuable time for other business priorities. In 2023, Amazon launched the “Singapore Cross-border Brand Launchpad” developed together with Enterprise Singapore and the Singapore Business Federation to help over 100 local Singapore micro, small and medium enterprises launch and scale their brands and access export opportunities in the US states before 2025.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported Singapore’s digital transformation ambition by helping Singapore companies modernize IT and innovate securely at pace since it started its business in Singapore in 2010. Today, thousands of active Singapore customers, such as Grab, Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore, Singlife and Synapxe, use AWS Asia Pacific ( Singapore) Region for Digital Transformation. With over 25 years of experience in artificial intelligence (AI), AWS works with Singapore organizations to develop innovative, industry-first solutions powered by AI and generative AI. Recently, AWS launched its flagship AI program, AWS AI Spring, a multi-faceted collaboration with the Singapore government, public sector organizations and businesses to help accelerate the adoption of AI and generative AI in Singapore.

Amazon is committed to supporting the communities in which it operates. In 2023, Amazon Singapore, as part of its Delivering Smiles program, donated $100,000 in cash to 4 local non-profit organizations, including Children’s Wishing Well, Club Rainbow (Singapore), Fei Yue Family Service Center and Glyph Community, to help children and young people in Singapore better learn, play and develop in the long term. In 2022 and 2023, AWS InCommunities Science Center sponsored Singapore’s Youth STEM Empowerment Program, guiding students to develop innovative products and solutions to solve real-world societal problems using Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Recently, Amazon and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced a strategic collaboration under the national Digital for Life movement to help promote Singaporeans’ essential digital skills – including safe online shopping and GenAI – through the organization of community workshops. These training initiatives are led by corporate volunteers from Amazon, Amazon Payments and AWS, supported by IMDA. AWS has trained more than 400,000 people in Singapore in cloud skills since 2017.

Amazon is committed to investing and innovating in sustainability across its businesses in Singapore. Amazon has invested in two renewable energy projects in Singapore – a 62 megawatt (MW) solar project with Sunseap and a 17.6 MW project with Sembcorp. Together, these projects will generate enough renewable energy to power nearly 20,000 Singaporean homes each year. Amazon is working hard to reduce delivery packaging across its Singapore fulfillment operations. Since 2021, Amazon has increased the number of non-grocery orders shipped without additional delivery packaging from our Fulfillment Center to Singapore customers by 80%. By working closely with brands on their packaging, Amazon is enabling more and more essential goods – such as nappies, toilet rolls and bottled drinks – to be delivered to Singaporean homes without additional delivery packaging.

Amazon strives to be the best employer on earth by offering career opportunities and mobility programs to employees and prioritizing creating a safe, inclusive and welcoming workplace for all employees. In 2023, Amazon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SG Enable, Singapore’s Central Agency for Disability and Inclusion, to employ people with disabilities and help create equal opportunities for them at Amazon’s operating facilities in Singapore. Amazon was ranked among the top 10 companies in 2023 on LinkedIn’s Top Companies list – an annual list that identifies the most desirable places to work in Singapore, and earlier this year Amazon Web Services (AWS) Singapore was endorsed by its employees and CertifiedTM by Great Place To Work® for 2024.

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