News / As peak looms amid tight capacity, Walmart launches third-party deliveries

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Merchants wondering how to get their products to consumers in the upcoming peak season now have a new option: Walmart has unveiled GoLocal, a final-mile service available to all retailers, it claims.

Any firm from small family businesses to national chains can use GoLocal for final-mile delivery and don’t have to offer their wares on the giant retailer’s marketplace to be eligible, it said.

Users have a variety of options, including same-day delivery  and, unlike the integrated express carriers, Walmart is not ...