Amazon tests using Flex drivers to make mall deliveries

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Contractors working for the Amazon Inc. Flex program load packages into vehicles to deliver to customers in San Francisco. The company also appears to be trialing the program in Friendswood, Texas, a city located southeast of Houston, according to a post on a popular Reddit group for Flex drivers. In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic upended its fulfillment and delivery operations, Amazon said it would spend $800 million over a three-month period to expand one-day shipping in the U.S. Recently, the company opened up its vast shipping and fulfillment network to other retailers, allowing them to apply Prime benefits to orders places on their own sites. On-demand delivery providers like DoorDash, Ubers Postmates and Instacart have expanded beyond food and grocery to offer other products from local and national retailers.

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