Faster Than Overnight: How Etailers Get You Stuff the Same Day You
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Faster Than Overnight: How Etailers Get You Stuff the Same Day You Ordered It
By Marcus Wohlsen 03.19.13
Forget next-day delivery. The standard in online shopping is rapidly approaching next-hour delivery. Retail giants Walmart, Amazon, and eBay, and a few nimble startups, are testing same-day services, bringing whatever you desire—ice cream, toothpaste, a new TV—to your door, right now. To make it happen, the sellers are revving up supply chains that rely on algorithms of military-grade complexity and workers (human and robot) who roam vast distribution centers 24/7. The trillion-dollar online shopping economy is about to get bigger—and a lot faster.