Amazon plans to ship your goods before you order them

Emma Woollacott
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Web sales to peak on Cyber Monday
Web sales to peak on Cyber Monday

Amazon believes it knows what you want before you ask for it, and has patented a process for shipping goods out to distribution centres in anticipation.

The idea is to cut delivery times by making sure that products are as close as possible to the buyer before the order is placed. It could work particularly well, says the company, for popular new books or DVDs.

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