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Walmart Gobbled Up a Tiny Bushwick Logistics Company

Walmart has bought Bushwick-based logistics startup Parcel to compete with Amazon for bringing groceries to New Yorkers.

Walmart Gobbled Up a Tiny Bushwick  Logistics Company

Walmart Gobbled Up a Tiny Bushwick Logistics Company

Walmart has bought Bushwick-based logistics startup Parcel to compete with Amazon for bringing groceries to New Yorkers.

Walmart Gobbled Up a Tiny Bushwick  Logistics Company
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Walmart is coming is to Bushwick! Well, kinda.

The mega corporation recently bought out Parcel, a Bushwick-based logistics startup that offers speedy deliveries, and plans to use it as a “last-mile” service to customers in New York City, Inc. reported

In the complicated chess game of shipping and delivery in the city, Walmart has staked a claim in Bushwick and made a calculated move against rival Amazon, which offers Prime members free two-hour delivery on some goods and same-day delivery on a huge catalog of products.

Walmart won’t be opening up a superstore in Bushwick, so don’t freak out. But it will absorb Parcel into…

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