Argos squares up to Amazon with same-day delivery across UK
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#PP5A)
Retailer becomes first on high street to launch such a service, charging flat fee of 3.95 and offering four home delivery slots every day
Argos has become the first high street retailer to offer same-day delivery across the UK, pitching itself against Amazon just weeks before Black Friday.
As retailers prepare for the US-inspired discount day at the end of November, Argos launched Fast Track delivery on 20,000 products from Wednesday. The flat fee of 3.95 undercuts Amazon's one-hour Prime Now service, which costs 6.99 per order and is only available within certain London postcodes and to customers who pay 70 a year for its Prime scheme.
