Google Is Reportedly Developing Same-Day Delivery Business: “Google Shopping Express”

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Google is stealthily preparing to launch an Amazon Prime competitor called “Google Shopping Express,” TechCrunch reported. According to one source the service will be $10 or $15 cheaper than Amazon Prime, so $69 or $64 a year and offer same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar stores like Target, Walmart, Walgreens and Safeway.

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    TechCrunch said they heard the project is being run by Tom Fallows, an eCommerce product manager at Google, and is an effort to focus Google’s eCommerce initiatives.

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