The program uses stores as fulfillment centers and if expanded, could turn 4, 000 stores into bases for same day delivery.
The new service kicked off in San Francisco and could be a reaction to competition from Amazon, which has begun what appears to be an initiative to get next day delivery up and running, and perhaps eventually same day delivery.
Walmart, too, has same-day service in some markets and Google is testing same-day delivery in San Francisco, according to the Wall Street Journal.
People briefed on the project, which was two years in the making, say it was partly motivated by Amazon's success in offering two-day delivery, through its Amazon Prime, service and same-day delivery, which has been available for four years in some cities.
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Same-day delivery requires a fundamentally different logistical framework from its standard system, logistics experts say.
After launching its pick-up lockers nationwide in 2012, Amazon is trialing same-day delivery in 10 urban centers.
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Organic design, optimized search, and same-day delivery does not make one into a leader in streaming music.
Kidd and Dorsey went on to start a new company called DNet, which provided same-day delivery of e-commerce purchases.
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Both retail giants have recently made high-profile advances in the race towards same-day delivery, the holy grail of online commerce.
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Google Inc. recently began a same-day delivery service in the Bay Area in partnership with old-guard retailers like Staples Inc.
It also operates a popular Chinese website that offers same-day delivery in major cities, with free styling advice by phone.
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After DMS went public, the duo started dNet, a software company that aimed to enable same-day delivery for e-commerce purchases.
Mobile shopping and proliferation of smartphones are making same-day delivery more viable.
Amazon has also been rumored to be building warehouses near urban centers to launch its own same-day delivery, but Ebay may have just lit a fire under that project.
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Amazon is moving into same-day delivery.
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As originally reported on TechCrunch and then confirmed by Reuters, the search giant is apparently working on a same-day delivery service that could pit it against the likes of Amazon Prime, eBay Now and local dispatchers like Postmates' GetItNow.
WunWun is a new startup based in New York City providing same-day on-demand delivery service.
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Think about that last one for a second as discussion of same-day and 1-day delivery crops up.
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