Over the past few years, the boom in popularity for online retail and ecommerce sites has become telling of the evolving wants and needs of today’s shoppers: We want to shop for goods in an effortless and convenient way. And what’s easier than having goods delivered to your front door after a quick browse through a site and a few clicks of your mouse? Businesses have already started to figure out the answer to this: Not only do we want to shop for goods in an effortless and c

The $46 billion local delivery and courier industry is booming in the US, with more than 4,000 companies. While couriers have long been used for customer (or “last mile”) delivery in densely populated areas of the world such as Europe and Asia, it seems that when the average American thinks of delivery, they tend to only think of big name players like FedEx and UPS. Why? It could be that your packages are delivered during hours when you’re not typically home, or that you didn

Amazon is taking its same-day delivery service to the next level According to a news piece from the Wall Street Journal, Amazon (AMZN) won’t charge an extra fee of $5.99 for same-day delivery service to its prime members. The idea is to kill two birds with one stone with this new offer. Amazon Prime is a membership program that costs $99 per year. By using this program, Amazon’s customers get free shipping on the goods they order from Amazon. The free same-day delivery servic

If you are uncertain as to the importance of providing same-day delivery for your customers, you should definitely read on. Same-day delivery was once something that wasn’t even considered – the logistical infrastructure just wasn’t there for more companies. However, as with nearly every aspect of our lives, technology has changed that. With a variety of platforms and automated systems, the ability to deliver same-day is far more attainable than most businesses believe. Numbe