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I wonder if this is their in for B&M stores. I can also see this as part of their plan to start shipping items before you even buy them. I click checkout and it tells me to just go pick up the item from Radio Shack on 6th and Weidler.
Sounds fishy to me. Radio Shack tends to have old leases in 2nd tier shopping centers. Why would they buy a marginal retailer with poor footprint, when you could just lease stores yourself? There was a time when getting space in malls and strip shopping centers was tough. This isn't one of those times.
It'd be easier for Amazon to sell Amazon smartphones if their customers could first actually hold one in their hands at the local mall.
Eh I doubt that the issue is brick and mortar representation. The worlds best selling smartphone family, Android, has next to no dedicated stores outside of a handful of Samsung and Sony experiences. It seems to me that the trick to getting more sales at network stores like AT&T is simply paying off AT&T to get it's representatives to push your product. Many buyers go in and ask for recommendations or allow network s…
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Wouldn't one cheap warehouse in the city(ies) suffice?
I can only talk about our (Postmates) experience but having multiple pickup and drop-off locations increases the efficiency of a fleet dramatically. In larger cities like New York, LA, etc. multiple warehouses are a huge advantage. Off course i'm mostly referring to on-demand or same day deliveries here. Maybe i should add some more color here. If you think in terms of traditional delivery, one warehouse is enough. B…
This would mean sales tax in all 50 states for amazon purchases.
And it would simplify my working arrangement (as an Amazon employee).
Oh please oh please...
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I can only talk about our (Postmates) experience but having multiple pickup and drop-off locations increases the efficiency of a fleet dramatically. In larger cities like New York, LA, etc. multiple warehouses are a huge advantage. Off course i'm mostly referring to on-demand or same day deliveries here. Maybe i should add some more color here. If you think in terms of traditional delivery, one warehouse is enough. B…
Probably true but there's not much that needs to be delivered in less than a few hours.
This would mean sales tax in all 50 states for amazon purchases.
For Amazon, getting faster and more convenient delivery might be worth the cost. It helps them in their fight against brick and mortar retailers, and if they're careful about it they could probably leverage a limited physical presence pretty well.
Sounds fishy to me. Radio Shack tends to have old leases in 2nd tier shopping centers. Why would they buy a marginal retailer with poor footprint, when you could just lease stores yourself? There was a time when getting space in malls and strip shopping centers was tough. This isn't one of those times.
You sure about the 2nd tier part? The ones around here are in prime locations.