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Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon by phamilton on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:47PM (#17962249)
> next day deliveries

Swedish mail service is generally next day delivery for pretty much everything within Sweden. That's not so with the US postal service (expect 2-3 days for most things) so that right there is already a key difference.

Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon by vinni2 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @01:59AM (#17965882)
I wish Norwegian post was like Swedish one. We are lucky if the stuff we order gets delivered same week! Also delivery to door is more expensive and they have stopped delivering post every day that’s part of the problem. All due to privatization ans cost cutting strategy.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon by glandium on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:15AM (#17965510)
Japanese delivery services are generally next day too, and Amazon doesn't even seem to know about it. There are so many times when it told me something would be delivered in more than 2 days (in a particularly ridiculous case, it was telling me 7 days) that were actually delivered on the next day.

So yeah, in some countries, the delivery speed is not a factor making Amazon more attractive.