{"id":25699,"date":"2017-06-14T12:52:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T16:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?p=25699"},"modified":"2017-06-14T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T16:53:41","slug":"walmart-is-asking-employees-to-deliver-packages-on-their-way-home-from-work-as-their-rivalry-with-amazon-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?p=25699","title":{"rendered":"Walmart Is Asking Employees To Deliver Packages On Their Way Home From Work As Their Rivalry With Amazon Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?attachment_id=25701\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25701\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-25701 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bellingham_Walmart-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/linksynergy.walmart.com\/deeplink?id=pUdDfDhzSPw&amp;mid=2149&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Walmart\u2019s<\/span><\/a> newest tactic in its fight against online giant Amazon: enlisting\u00a0its employees to deliver online orders on their way home from work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The idea, Walmart executives said Thursday, is to cut costs on the so-called last-mile of deliveries, when packages are driven\u00a0to customers\u2019 homes, often the most expensive part of the fulfillment process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u201cIt just makes sense: We already have trucks moving orders from fulfillment centers to stores for pickup,\u201d Marc Lore, chief executive of Walmart\u2019s e-commerce business and the founder of Jet.com, said in a blog post Thursday afternoon. \u201cThose same trucks could be used to bring ship-to-home orders to a store close to their final destination, where a participating associate can sign up to deliver them to the customer\u2019s house.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The company began testing the package-delivery program a month ago in three stores \u2014 two in New Jersey, one in northwest Arkansas \u2014 but did not offer details on when, or where,\u00a0it would expand across the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/701\/wpni.business\/blog\/business_6__container__\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Employees will be paid extra for the voluntary program, and offered overtime pay as necessary to make the deliveries, Walmart spokesman Ravi Jariwala said Thursday.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u201cWalmart is uniquely qualified, uniquely positioned, to be able to offer this,\u201d he said, adding that 90 percent of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store. \u201cThere is really strong overlap between where our associates are already heading after work and where those packages need to go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>READ MORE: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wapo.st\/2s0rb2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Walmart\u2019s newest tactic in its fight against online giant Amazon: enlisting\u00a0its employees to deliver online orders on their way home <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?p=25699\" title=\"Walmart Is Asking Employees To Deliver Packages On Their Way Home From Work As Their Rivalry With Amazon Continues\">&#8230;.. 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