Same-day delivery. It's likely the closest online retailers will get to closing the delay between in-store and online shopping, and more than a few are taking notice: eBay, the United States Postal Service, Walmart, and Shutl are all testing such services, and now mighty Google is joining the fray. As rumored last year, Google is currently trialling a same-day delivery service in San Francisco, T he New York Times confirms. Crucially, Google is not getting involved in stocking warehouses or shipping products itself: instead, it's simply faciltating the transaction between retailers, consumers, and shipping companies.
The service is still tightly under wraps, and the Times reports that it is only open to Google employees and friends in...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/26/3560746/google-trialling-same-day-delivery-service-in-san-francisco
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