How Amazon’s ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail.
Amazon’s grand strategy has been to set up distribution centers in faraway, low-cost states and then ship stuff to people in more populous, high-cost states. When I order stuff from Amazon, for instance, it gets shipped to California from one of the company’s massive warehouses in Kentucky or Nevada.
But now Amazon has a new game. Now that it has agreed to collect sales taxes, the company can legally set up warehouses right inside some of the largest metropolitan areas in the nation. Why would it want to do that? Because Amazon’s new goal is to get stuff to you immediately—as soon as a few hours after you hit Buy
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This is crazy talk. I wonder if they’ll offer same day service for “prime” users or if they’ll come out with something like “ultraprime”.
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Let’s see how this plays out…
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This is crazy talk....wonder if they’ll offer same day service
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I have to say….. I do love Amazon.
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Paul Higgins: Hard to bet against them given their key capability is supply chain management thiswearyhead:
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Ohhh crap. Good luck.
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Same as above (for a lot of the really quick shipments, that is). I pay for Amazon Prime, and if I order an item that is...
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The last few packages I’ve ordered from Amazon have been delivered by small companies that I’ve never heard of. Maybe...
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It would be interesting...see how they carry out same day service while keeping prices...
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