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The move may help eBay challenge Amazon's Locker delivery.
And Google just acquired BufferBox, a service that provides a locker delivery service, for $25 million.
The whole thing isn't too different from what Amazon's offered for a while with its locker delivery locations.
The most common options are standard locker delivery (free), two-day locker delivery (free with Amazon Prime), and one-day locker delivery.
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For what it's worth, Walmart is also looking at testing locker deliveries as it searches for ways to compete with Amazon Prime's free two-day shipping.
As it happens, the shipping company DHL has tested just such a drone-to-locker delivery system in Germany; a representative told me that the test was a success and that it plans to expand the technology depending on regulatory approval.
Amazon recently debuted a Lockers delivery program, which allows customers to have their deliveries sent to nearby lockers.
The Hub appears to be a development on a service that Amazon has been running for several years now called Amazon Lockers, parcel delivery lockers that are located in public places and retailers to make delivering and picking up Amazon parcels more efficient.
In SF, Prim will have to battle LaundryLocker where you drop your clothes in a public locker, and delivery services like Sfwash (where you pay by the pound), Sudzee (which requires special lockable bags), and some other local services.
Using smart lockers for deliveries, of course, is not a new concept.
"We are also launching our own delivery locker system to combat Amazon's, for use by any carrier and by any business".
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