Who Needs Amazon? Support Local Businesses--And Then Get Same-Day Delivery By Bike

A German startup is giving people the convenience of buying things online and having them delivered—but letting them support neighborhood stores at the same time.

If you buy toilet paper online—or shoes or shampoo or groceries—it's probably partly because of lack of time to shop in person. That convenience comes with a few obvious challenges, like undercutting local businesses and adding to the massive carbon footprint of delivery. So a German startup is testing a new model: An online shop that only features local stores, and offers same-day delivery by cargo bike.

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