Amazon’s same-day grocery delivery serves as magnet for parcel business

Amazon has reached its goal of offering same-day delivery of fresh groceries to 2,300 cities and towns by the end of the year, more than doubling its previous reach. A secondary benefit of the service is that users are more likely to also use the company for parcel delivery of regular merchandise. In four months, the e-commerce giant has grown same-day availability for perishables to 2,300 areas, up from 1,000 communities when it announced the planned expansion in August, according to an article last week ...