How Amazon’s ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail

[Swiggy]

2 larges ???..how fat are you

 

[NSSVO]

2 larges ???..how fat are you

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Competition is a good thing



imagine being at the mercy of Amazon for all your purchases

 

[GoldenGlove]

Believe it or not, I actually still buy some things at Best Buy unless it's way more than it is on Amazon.

If the price is comparable, I just get it from Best Buy and use their Rewards Program with the purchase. So say, something is the same price at Best Buy and Amazon, I'll just get it at the store and stack my points.

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

i think other retailers will attempt to do the same thing though, but amazon's gonna get a jump start on them...

 

[CoolazzFemale]

Sounds to good to be true.

 

[Kemyran]

i think other retailers will attempt to do the same thing though, but amazon's gonna get a jump start on them...

They're not going to invest all that capital for the infrastructure needed to get it going. If anything, they'll probably try to partner with Amazon on some of this shyt.

After reading the article, specifically the below excerpt, I definitely think they can pull this same day thing off:

In each of the deals it has signed with states, the company has promised to build at least one—and sometimes many—new local warehouses. Some of these facilities are very close to huge swaths of the population. Amazon is investing $130 million in new facilities in New Jersey that will bring it into the backyard of New York City; another $135 million to build two centers in Virginia that will allow it to service much of the mid-Atlantic; $200 million in Texas; and more than $150 million in Tennessee and $150 million in Indiana to serve the middle of the country. Its plans for California are the grandest of all. This year, Amazon will open two huge distribution centers near Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, and over the next three years it might open as many as 10 more in the state. In total, Amazon will spend $500 million and hire 10,000 people at its new California warehouses.

But Amazon isn’t simply opening up a lot of new shipping centers. It’s also investing in making those centers much more efficient. Earlier this year, it purchased Kiva Systems, a company that makes cute, amazingly productive “picking robots” that improve shipping times while reducing errors. Another effort will allow the company to get stuff to you even faster. In Seattle, New York, and the United Kingdom, the firm has set up automated “lockers” in drug stores and convenience stores. If you order something from Amazon and you work near one of these lockers, the company will offer to drop off your item there. On your way home from work, you can just stop by Rite Aid, punch in a security code, and get your stuff.

The majority of these "same day" deliveries won't even need to be directly to customer's homes. Pretty ingenious and convenient. Obviously if you're going to need to go out, you might as well to go a standard retailer.... unless there is a price advantage. Amazon isn't stupid. There will be a clear price advantage.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Interesting.......but it'd be even better if the tax advantage was still there.

Yeah, but with dwindling tax revenues, these states gotta do something. I fully expect all states to do this with the massive growth in ecommerce.

 

[MightyHealthy]

It's funny that this article talks up a push for same-day delivery, when last month Amazon made 99 cent Release Date Delivery available to Prime members only, effectively de-pushing it if anything.

 

[StatUS]

having Amazon Prime for free

 

[tru_m.a.c]

another company I wish I bought stock in back in 08

is it too late brehs???

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

This has been talked about internally since 2007, I remember it being brought up in meetings when I was actually paying attention

You work for Amazon breh?

 

[2gunsup]

You work for Amazon breh?

Thought I was the only one that caught this.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

2 larges ???..how fat are you

 

[the cac mamba]

So, I can order some blurays, and 2 larges w/ pepperoni and bacon, then wait to see what gets here first?