Amazon will offer free same-day shipping, seven days a week, to customers with Prime memberships in Toronto and Vancouver who order more than $25-worth of merchandise from the website. ( Ted Warren / AP file photo )Amazon announced today it will offer free same-day shipping, seven days a week, to customers with Prime memberships in Toronto and Vancouver who order more than $25-worth of merchandise from the website. Not everything on the site is eligible for free same-day delivery, but Gagnon said that free same-day delivery will include one million items in the Toronto market and 700,000 in the Vancouver market, across a wide array of categories. “Shipping will absolutely play into our holiday promotion strategy,” said Hudson’s Bay Co. spokesperson Tiffany Bourré, citing free upgraded shipping and free shipping days as examples. “Free shipping is a powerful tool that retailers have to help control the buying behaviour on their site.”Read more about:

Source: thestar September 27, 2016 12:00 UTC