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By Ian Putzger
FedEx is enabling online merchants to promise their late-night customers delivery of their purchase on the following day.
FedEx Extra Hours, the integrator’s latest offering, pledges next-day delivery in local markets for items ordered before midnight, with pick-ups until 2 am. To other destinations in the continental US, delivery is within two days.
To ensure speedy delivery, the service draws on inventory in stores as well as distribution centres.
The programme began as a pilot in a number of markets, serving customers like ...
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John
February 06, 2019 at 3:40 pmFree shipping only exists in marketing heads, in reality it someone’s cost.
Interesting offer by FedEx, but will many retailers like to keep their stores/dc be operational late at night to enable overnight delivery?