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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Consumers now expect that anything can be delivered to their doorstep in a few days, sometimes a few hours.

On the recordDecember 4, 2019
Consumers now expect that anything can be delivered to their doorstep in a few days, sometimes a few hours.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses the impact of e-commerce on consumer expectations for delivery.

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