Walmart reportedly wants to get the jump on e-tail competitors such as Amazon by widely offering same-day delivery for online purchases. Instead of contracting with a shipping provider, it would use one of its most plentiful and never-ending resources: the customers who stream into its 4,000 stores every day. Walmart would essentially crowdsource the deliveries by offering customers in the store the opportunity to deliver packages to nearby recipients. In exchange, the customers would get a discount on their own purchases.
Don't shop at Wal-mart. They use child labor, and they are the biggest drain on our medi-caid because they pay so little and limit employee's hours. This new idea is another example of a company trying to get a service from the poorest people for nothing, or next to nothing. Brilliant or Greedy?
Huh. To be honest, I think I'd take a 15% discount on my purchase to drop off a package to my neighbor say two doors down after I get home. If they work out the logistics might be a remarkable advance.
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Walmart's Latest Bright Idea: Let Customers Do the Schlepping
Posted by: Erika Morphy March 29, 2013 10:42 AMWalmart reportedly wants to get the jump on e-tail competitors such as Amazon by widely offering same-day delivery for online purchases. Instead of contracting with a shipping provider, it would use one of its most plentiful and never-ending resources: the customers who stream into its 4,000 stores every day. Walmart would essentially crowdsource the deliveries by offering customers in the store the opportunity to deliver packages to nearby recipients. In exchange, the customers would get a discount on their own purchases.