Different Strategies to Fast Delivery: Amazon Prime versus eBay Now
eBay and Amazon are taking different approaches to shipping and delivery, as demonstrated by recent press releases issued to attract holiday shoppers. Amazon is promoting its Prime shipping program and...
View ArticleGetting Packages to Customers: Drones, Lockers or Men on the Ground?
Online merchants are looking at ways to get packages into the hands of customers more quickly and efficiently, and this year’s holiday-delivery fiasco demonstrates how tough the challenge will be. The...
View ArticleWalmart Tests Food-to-Fridge Deliveries
Walmart is testing a food-to-fridge delivery service with the help of Deliv and August Home. The idea is that the delivery drive gets a one-time passcode to open the door; the homeowner receives a...
View ArticleAmazon Launches In-Car Delivery
Just as Amazon wants the smart-key to your front door to deliver your items inside, the ecommerce giant now wants to deliver items inside your car. Amazon Prime members who own Chevrolet, Buick, GMC,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazon Robots Are Delivering Packages in Snohomish
Amazon robots, with the non-threatening name of “Scouts,” are patrolling the streets delivering packages in Snohomish, Washington as part of a test. Amazon explains the Scout is an “autonomous delivery...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Not Home? Amazon Will Garage Your Packages
A new service from Amazon puts a different spin on the term “garage sale.” The marketplace will now offer in-garage delivery to Prime members. The Key for Garage service is made possible through an...
View Article
