{"id":41212,"date":"2017-08-17T12:16:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T12:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=41212"},"modified":"2017-08-17T12:16:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T12:16:30","slug":"amazon-launches-instant-pickup-service-targeting-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/amazon-launches-instant-pickup-service-targeting-students.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazon launches Instant Pickup service targeting students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon launches Instant Pickup service targeting students<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Amazon launches Instant Pickup service targeting students:-Amazon has launched a service in the US offering daily “essentials” for collection within two minutes of ordering.<\/span><\/p>\n

The items available in Instant Pickup include snacks, cold drinks, smartphone chargers and Amazon devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move poses a threat to bricks-and-mortar convenience stores, but one expert questioned its appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has criticised Amazon on Twitter for harming other retailers.<\/span>
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\nInstant Pickup<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The new service will enable Prime and Prime Student members to use the Amazon app to order items they need urgently from a curated collection of popular products.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon employees at the pickup points then process the order, and it will be available to collect from a self-service locker within two minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

For now, the service will be available at only one location in each of:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Los Angeles<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Berkeley<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Atlanta<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ohio<\/span><\/li>\n
  • College Park, Maryland<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \nThe online retail giant already operates 22 manned pickup locations on or near university campuses in the country.
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    \nMoving offline
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    \nOver the past two years, Amazon has been making an increasing play for offline bricks-and-mortar shops – from the physical book shop Amazon Books, launched in Seattle in 2015, to its acquisition of the grocery chain Whole Foods in June.
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    \n“They’re making a play for convenience stores, but ultimately, you have to think of the logistics involved,” Ronan Hegarty, news editor of the Grocer magazine, told the BBC.
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    \n“How many people would live within two minutes of the pickup point, and would they really want to do this? To me, it sounds fantastic.
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    \n“You might actually pass a shop selling [what you need] on the way to the pickup point.
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    \n“I don’t think it’s going to stop a chain like 7-Eleven in its tracks just yet.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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    On Wednesday, the president tweeted: “Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the US are being hurt – many jobs being lost!”<\/span><\/p>\n

    Source:-http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-40949144<\/span><\/p>\n

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