Amazon Escalates the Delivery Wars With New 1‑Hour Shipping

For the moments when same-day delivery just is not fast enough.

BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER @ALICDONALDSON

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Need it now? Same-day delivery just got even faster. Amazon introduced a new service that promises to get online orders from checkout to doorstep in as little as 60 minutes. 

The e-commerce giant is rolling out one-hour and three-hour delivery options in more than 2,000 cities across the country, including major markets, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., and midsize cities, such as Des Moines, Iowa and Boise, Idaho, with plans to cover even more parts of the country in the coming months. The rapid fulfillment service, which will be available seven days a week, will cover........

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