Help the Planet and Save Money: Have Your Supermarket Deliver
When supermarkets deliver, it cuts the carbon emissions associated with food shopping by up to 90%, a new study shows. But it saves more than the Earth: It's profitable, too.
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Walmart's 'Radical' Plan to Deliver Customers' Online Purchases
Walmart is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers to better compete with Amazon.com.
Amazon Locks Down a New Way to Deliver: To the Corner Store
Don't have a secure mailbox or mailing address? No problem: Amazon still wants you as a customer -- which is why it may not be long before the online retail giant opens a locker delivery unit at a convenience store near you.
How to Tell When the Moving Man Is Really a Con Man
You may like the idea of a new house, but the process of moving is rarely fun for anyone. Still, an estimated 37 million Americans move each year, and a third will do so between Memorial Day and Labor Day. But moving can be more than a logistical hassle: It you're not careful, you could get bamboozled in a big way.
Justice Department Investigates UPS and FedEx
The U.S. Justice Department has begun an investigation into the country's two largest delivery companies, UPS and FedEx. Both have policies aimed at preventing customers from negotiating lower shipping rates through third parties.
Amazon.com to Buy Diapers.com and Soap.com for $500 Million
Amazon.com is buying Quidsi, the parent company of online diaper and soap retailers Diapers.com and Soap.com, for $500 million in cash and $45 million in debt. Will the deal help Amazon grow its sales beyond books, CDs and DVDs?
