Ding Dong: Sorry, Jeff Bezos, home delivery wasnât your idea
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Richard GloverBroadcaster and Sydney Morning Herald columnist
February 19, 2021 â 11.00am
February 19, 2021 â 11.00am
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People talk about home delivery as if itâs this brilliant new idea, recently conceived by Amazonâs Jeff Bezos, and then propelled to skyrocketing popularity by the COVID-19 lockdown.
Back in the days (1974) when everything from milk to newspapers was delivered daily.
Credit:Robert Pearce.
Itâs true the suburbs are now full of circling delivery trucks and vans, dropping off online orders of clothes, books, electronic goods, restaurant meals and even supermarket staples from Colesworth. âIâve never seen anything like it,â someone said to me the other day.
Ding Dong: Sorry, Jeff Bezos, home delivery wasn t your idea
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