Same day delivery set to become the new online retail battleground

		First it was eBay and now UPS has jumped on the fast delivery service bandwagon. The logistics company has partnered with London-based delivery service provider Shutl, who plans to offer customers a 90-minute delivery window or the option of picking a one-hour window of their choice on any day. Ease of delivery has been in growing demand in online retailing - Amazon already offers a Prime subscription service where consumers can receive purchases within 2 days for a fee of £49/$79 per year and is now looking at how it also offers same-day delivery. This will have huge implications for the offline retailers - as one of the key reasons for still shopping on the High Street is the immediacy of being able to take-away the product and not wait days for delivery.   To read more click here.