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I remember seeing a thing about how the primary cost for selling t-shirts online made in India (for example) was the last mile delivery. At least in Japan, the
by rtpg 9y ago
I remember seeing a thing about how the primary cost for selling t-shirts online made in India (for example) was the last mile delivery.
At least in Japan, there's extreme turnover among these delivery people at the last mile that would go away.
I agree that it's not clear-cut, but to me it feels wasteful, at least in densely urban areas where 24 hour pickup windows at the PO/ "pickup-only" places are reasonable.
And for people at the margins (for example, people who have difficulty moving), you could imagine having the "direct to home" delivery service still existing, but no longer being the default. Not sure how you would know you have something though....