The margins allow them to swallow the huge cost of cash on delivery payments.
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The company offers Amazon-style customer service, including cash on delivery and qualified free shipping.
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For starters, Gavet says 80% of her customers pay for merchandise in cash on delivery.
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Some other High Street banks have also cut back on delivery of paper statements.
Others should focus on delivery to make sure things not only get done, but get it done exceptionally well.
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Instead of focusing on delivery there was too much stress on "artificial targets".
There already has been excellent coordination between the United States and the Russian Federation on delivery of humanitarian aid.
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The Internet company narrowly missed profit expectations and said it expected delays on delivery of its new search advertising technology.
Government suppliers, owed millions of dollars in arrears, have begun to demand cash on delivery, which the government cannot produce.
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As a result, cash on delivery is a preferred payment in many countries, but that comes with its own problems.
Most customers prefer to pay in cash on delivery, and about a quarter of goods are rejected at the door.
Flipkart has taken off in part because credit cards are less common in India and it offers the option of payment on delivery.
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And oh, yeah: Most food-service vendors like cash on delivery, so a slow week can make it hard to buy next week's ingredients or alcohol.
"Returns for cash on delivery are about seven to 10 times greater than online payments, " said Savitar Jagtiani, business head of e-commerce for Lebanon's Landmark Group.
Cash on Delivery seems here to stay, and the problems of that last-mile of delivery, and unreliable third party couriers will take at least a decade to resolve.
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Another difficult problem is that the Indian market demands a cash on delivery (COD) option, in which the consumer pays the courier once they have received the product.
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Since the first nationally televised presidential debate in 1960 between Kennedy and Nixon, voters have been judging candidates not only on substance, but also on delivery and appearance.
Mr Hayes understood "the intention in strengthening the focus on delivery of this important objective", but he said it was "particularly crucial" to "maintain and improve quality of apprenticeships whilst we grow their number".
Until mid-May, bullion dealers could place gold import orders with a designated bank by paying a margin upfront and the rest on delivery, but a new rule stipulates they pay the entire amount before importing.
This says something: even though a stateless network cannot absolutely make guarantees on delivery or completion of its task or even the path it may take, this downside is overcome by the sheer scalability and flexibility of this model over stateful systems.
Eurex has since eased the rules on bond delivery and softened its fines for failing to deliver on time.
Mr Robertson said MPs would be updated quarterly on the delivery of the plan.
On the delivery side, Yorkshire Water suffered embarrassing water cut-offs during a drought in 1995-96.
There is tremendous focus on speedy delivery and huge energy and effort invested behind the social vision.
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Many firms that send out flyers, including lots of retailers, rely on Saturday delivery to promote weekend sales.
New Zealand Post has become a successful, innovative global company focusing on parcel delivery, logistics and other businesses.
As the former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said, "the antidote to European scepticism is founded on youth delivery".
China was still the low-cost producer, but its weak distribution system couldn't support Giordano's new emphasis on streamlined delivery.
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