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Amazon’s rapid expansion of local footprint speeds up deliveries

Amazon Boxes bearing Amazon's signature smile logo move along a conveyor belt inside a facility in Kannapolis. (MELISSA KEY/CBJ)

CHARLOTTE — Amazon.com has filled millions of square feet in the Charlotte region with distribution, fulfillment and sortation facilities in recent years, confirming several new locations already this year. Now the e-commerce giant is delivering its fastest service yet to the Queen City as a result.

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The company highlighted its debut of faster same-day deliveries in Charlotte and five other cities in a recent blog post. Shoppers may now get certain items “from click to doorstep” in as little as five hours — and sometimes less, Amazon says.

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