Walmart Enabling Local Same-Day Delivery of Oversized Items
Customers ordering 70-inch TVs from Walmart this holiday will be able to get them for a premium via same-day delivery, blogged the retailer Thursday. “We’ve enabled delivery of oversized items from more than 2,800 stores to be delivered locally,” said…
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Tom Ward, Walmart senior vice president-last mile. Customers pay $7.95-$9.95 for a one-time delivery and an additional $10 fee to get their order in two hours or less with Express delivery, Ward said; Walmart+ members just pay the Express fee. The retailer is expanding delivery windows this season via its Spark Driver app. The shopping and delivery feature gives service providers the option to shop and deliver customers’ orders, so “if existing delivery time frames are full, we can continue offering customers the delivery times they need,” he said. The retailer is extending delivery hours by two hours to 10 p.m. local time, allowing customers to place orders up to 6 p.m. for same-day or next-day deliveries, said the executive. U.S. Walmart stores will be closed Thanksgiving. Pickup and delivery from stores will operate as normal the day before Thanksgiving and will resume at noon local time the day after, he said.