From NYpost.com….
Walmart will deliver packages for other companies across the US in a bid to compete with Amazon, which also operates a so-called “last mile” service.
In the new offering, called Walmart GoLocal, employees of the company’s Spark delivery network will pick up items from local stores and deliver them to shoppers’ doorsteps the same day.
The move comes as Walmart seeks to compete with Amazon — which runs a “last mile” service called Flex — and as traditional shippers like the US Postal Service, FedEx and UPS struggle to keep up with delivery demand, which has surged over the past year and a half as the coronavirus pandemic has pushed more shoppers online.
“Be it delivering goods from a local bakery to auto supplies from a national retailer, we’ve designed Walmart GoLocal to be customizable for merchants of all sizes and categories,” said Tom Ward, senior vice president of Walmart’s US last mile business.
