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US in-store pickup of online purchases does not save much time: study

Published Tue, Dec 30, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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MAJOR US retailers including Target Corp and Toys "R" Us have begun allowing shoppers to collect online purchases at their brick-and-mortar stores, but a study shows the option often saves little, if any, time over in-store shopping.

According to a small study to be released on Tuesday by retail-intelligence firm StellaService, in-store pickup saved shoppers just 96 seconds on average compared with searching for items on t…

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