Amazon Unveils New Service Allowing Customer to Purchase and Pick up Products From Local Retailers

Amazon Unveils New Service Allowing Customer to Purchase and Pick up Products From Local Retailers
An Amazon logo is seen inside the Amazon corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington, on June 16, 2017. David Ryder/Getty Images
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Amazon.com Inc. has debuted a new feature which allows customers to purchase products locally.

What Happened

On Friday, the online retail giant began offering a service called “Amazon Local Selling” which makes it possible for customers to purchase items from third-party sellers on the company’s marketplace and then pick them up at the seller’s local shop.

The service allows sellers to “quickly and easily expand their multichannel offerings by listing products in Amazon’s store and offering them to local customers in designated areas for in-store pickup on the same day that they place an order,” reads an Amazon press release.