Yikes.... Amazon has a world class warehouse and distribution system, and Google has cleverly skipped the warehouse part...
I was meeting some people to mix it up halloween night in an odd part of Mountain View, California and came across this parking lot with google delivery vans... odd I thought. The vans are marked Google/Express... which expands to https://www.google.com/shopping/express/
Here is what they are up to...
https://support.google.com/shoppingexpress/answer/4561693?hl=en
But then Amazon comes out swinging...
But this way amazon does not have to buy all those vans. A cab can be an expensive delivery vehicle, but cabs have a lot of down time, so a cabbie can pick up some extra cash working in a delivery near a pick up. Efficiency.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
I was meeting some people to mix it up halloween night in an odd part of Mountain View, California and came across this parking lot with google delivery vans... odd I thought. The vans are marked Google/Express... which expands to https://www.google.com/shopping/express/
Here is what they are up to...
https://support.google.com/shoppingexpress/answer/4561693?hl=en
But then Amazon comes out swinging...
Amazon is testing deliveries via taxis in San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to the Wall Street Journal, as the Internet retailer explores alternative modes of delivery to speed up shipments while restraining cost.Deliveries by cab are nothing new, ask any cab driver. They get calls to deliver delivering moms, pizza, beer, blood, etc...
But this way amazon does not have to buy all those vans. A cab can be an expensive delivery vehicle, but cabs have a lot of down time, so a cabbie can pick up some extra cash working in a delivery near a pick up. Efficiency.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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