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Postmates is providing courier service on-demand to a customer, a service that businesses have used for years to get products from one vendor to another. So is this courier service innovative by providing a service for those willing to pay to have an item delivered or is this just people being being lazy?Also how will this company stack up against Amazon who is already looking to try and utilize drone services?
Personally I think this is innovative by providing a service already being utilized by other companies and marketing to the "busy" Americans who do not want to wait 2-3 days for a package or have the time to drive to purchase an item. With people spending more time on projects (for work) it can be hard to pull away to head to a shopping center. Though the argument can be made that it would take just as long for someone to deliver it to you than it would for you to drive to the store yourself, the market will ultimately decide the fate of this company and service. I can see this company taking off during the holiday shopping season.
Thoughts?
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/25/9200641/postmates-delivery-app-interview-ceo-bastian-lehmann