Amazon launched a courier-like service in major US cities on Monday. Prime members can shop from four retail stores: PacSun, GNC, SuperDry, and Diesel – and receive their items the same day. Amazon lists retail chains Sur la Table and Read more
Amazon expanded its “faster” Same-Day Delivery service to the metro areas of Miami, Minneapolis, and Atlanta, and to additional neighborhoods within Chicago, it announced today. In order to fulfill the orders, Amazon uses mini-fulfillment centers, which at 100,000 square feet, Read more
Amazon is using mini fulfillment centers along with the help of gig workers to make same-day delivery even faster in four cities, it announced today. Amazon Prime members in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas can now get up to 3 Read more
It may have seemed like a joke when eBay CEO John Donahoe told BusinessWeek that excess capacity in newspaper trucks could make same-day delivery economical. But one major rival is taking the concept seriously. Amazon is using the same logistics network that Read more
Ecommerce giants are trying to build out same-day delivery services – but why are they taking on this challenge, and which companies are poised to win? Grand Junction founder and CEO Rob Howard has answers to these questions and more. His company Read more
