Friday, December 14, 2012

Stores offer same-day delivery to compete with Amazon

The L.A. Times reports:
Stephen Kling is a devoted Amazon.com shopper, but lately he's been lured back to big-box retailers, buying items from Target and Office Depot. The reason? He can get same-day delivery.
The future?
Using a smartphone app from EBay, the San Francisco corporate trainer can order products from a variety of bricks-and-mortar retailers and get the items hand-delivered to him that same day, often within an hour. Last month, he ordered a $250 Nexus 7 tablet computer, and it was delivered to him within 30 minutes — at his barbershop.
An article well worth your time.