Google Challenges Amazon With Same-Day Holiday Deliveries
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Google Inc. is gaining ground in the market for same-day package deliveries, stepping up competition with Amazon.com Inc., EBay Inc. and a host of startups during the busy holiday shopping season.
The service, called Google Express and available in big U.S. cities, handled 50 percent more toys in the two weeks after the Thanksgiving holiday, the peak of the year-end shopping season. Sales of books rose more than 30 percent, according to Google.