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Speedier online shopping?
Wal-Mart, others expediting shipping
W Holiday Faster Delive Ledb
In this Feb. 13 file photo, a worker places an item in a box for shipment during a media tour of the new Amazon.com fulfillment center in DuPont, Wash. - photo by Associated Press
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Christmas won't come early this year, but the gifts might. Just in time for the winter holiday shopping season, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Macy's and other retailers are working behind the scenes to make sure they can deliver online orders to shoppers faster. Retailers are building bigger warehouses —some the size of 20 football fields — to handle shipments.
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