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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by JanisL on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:09AM (#28926975)
Its because same day delivery takes a rather large investment in logistics systems that they may not have ready to go.
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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by sjg007 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:17AM (#28927013)
This is easy. Offer a target membership for $100 a year. Pay employees who live nearby to deliver. Easy.
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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by dralley on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:13AM (#28927340)
Here are the results of my google search for "target same day delivery"

https://www.target.com/c/same-day-delivery/-/N-bswkz?tab=how...

It appears they are already doing exactly this.

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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by ctvo on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:42AM (#28929506)
If you add a few more “easy” to it it may hide you have no idea what it takes logistically or have ever built something of similar scope / complexity.
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