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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by syntheweave on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:49PM (#31745075)
They can achieve a faster last-mile experience if their facilities are closer, and this space is now in contention with Walmart already beating them to the punch on drone delivery. To compete with big-box retailers they increasingly have to act like one, which is a very deep change to their e-commerce business. There is a strong chance here that they get outcompeted.
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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by bombcar on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:55PM (#31745162)
Exactly, the tables have turned and suddenly those large Walmart and Target stores are basically customer-manned warehouses that they can also ship from. Best Buy is in on it, too - order from them and half the time the product will ship from some Best Buy store somewhere instead of from a warehouse.
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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by treesknees on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:19PM (#31746231)
I bought a device from Best Buy and it arrived on my porch within 3 hours of my purchase. It was quick enough that even if I don't always receive orders that fast, I'm more inclined to check their website now instead of just defaulting to Amazon 2-day shipping.
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