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Target Buys Shipt, Expands Same-Day Delivery Capability

December 14, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

In the perpetual game of keep-up with Amazon and Walmart, Target announced plans to acquire delivery service provider Shipt for $550 million, expanding same-day delivery to half of its stores by early 2018 and all major markets by the next holiday season.

Most SMB Merchants Offer Free Shipping, But Few Offer Fast

December 13, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

While two-thirds of small-to-medium-sized ecommerce companies offer free shipping, only 3% of them are offering same-day or next-day shipping, as the economics don’t work for smaller online merchants, according to a new survey by Shippo.

Amazon Blaming USPS for Closure of Fresh in Nine States

November 16, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

Amazon has laid the blame for its recent decision to pull Amazon Fresh out of nine states at the feet of the U.S. Postal Service, according to a report in Recode, citing various service issues.

CVS Offering Same-Day Delivery in Major Markets

November 9, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

Fearing possible encroachment from Amazon into prescription delivery, CVS will begin offering next-day delivery of both prescriptions and other retail items in major cities in 2018, and same-day service in Manhattan beginning Dec. 4.

Amazon Key Allows In-Home Deliveries When You’re Out

October 26, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

Right on the heels of Walmart’s September announcement of an in-home grocery delivery service being tested in New York City, Amazon has come out with its own offering allowing drivers to enter homes and drop off items under the watchful eye of a new Amazon smart connected camera – all tied to Alexa.

SpaceX Says, Same-Day Delivery Is So Last Week

October 18, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

Jeff Bezos and the innovation teams at Amazon seem to have cornered the market on far-out ideas that push the envelope for ecommerce distribution, from delivery drones to blimp warehouses to even an undersea DC. That is, until Elon Musk and his hardy band of rocketeers at SpaceX came along and shot the moon – or Mars.

FedEx Expands Same-Day Delivery to 30 U.S. Markets

October 11, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

Ahead of the holiday season, FedEx has expanded same-day delivery service to 1,800 cities in 30 regional markets through its FedEx Office division. The deliveries are made by uniformed FedEx drivers in branded vehicles, and the service includes a mobile app to track delivery status including alerts on estimated arrival time.

Amazon Reportedly Testing Local Delivery from Merchant DCs

October 5, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

Once again raising the specter of cutting out more business to UPS and FedEx, Amazon is reportedly testing a program that involves making local deliveries from the warehouses of retailers selling on its marketplace. See what the move entails, and what else Amazon has been doing to beef up its logistics and delivery capabilities.

Walmart Buys Startup Parcel to Power Same-Day Delivery in New York

October 4, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

Fulfilling a recent promise from its U.S. ecommerce head Marc Lore, Walmart has acquired courier service Parcel to provide same-day delivery of fresh and frozen groceries and online merchandise orders to Walmart and Jet.com customers in New York.

Deliv Expands Across U.S., Takes Macy’s, Best Buy, Others Along

September 5, 2017 | Mike O'Brien

In a move that it says puts it on equal footing with Prime Now’s domestic coverage, crowdsourced same-day delivery provider Deliv has expanded to 1,400 U.S. cities in 33 markets, up from 19 markets previously, allowing retail customers like Macy’s and Best Buy to greatly increase the range of their services.

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