Updated July 22
On Amazon’s wishlist: A ‘key’ to your apartment building
Amazon is pushing landlords around the country to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment building front doors whenever they need to leave packages in the lobby instead of the street.
By JOSEPH PISANIAssociated Press
NEW YORK Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells.
The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country – sometimes with financial incentives – to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device.
The service, dubbed Key for Business, is pitched as a way to cut down on stolen packages by making it easy to leave them in lobbies and not outside. Amazon benefits because it enables delivery workers to make their rounds faster. And fewer stolen packages reduce costs and could give Amazon an edge over competitors.
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer
July 22, 2021
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A blue sticker with the Amazon logo is displayed on a buzzer system in the apartment building of Jason Goldberg, chief commerce strategy officer at marketing company Publicis Communications, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Chicago. Amazon is making a push to install a device on buzzer systems in apartment buildings throughout the country that allows its delivery drivers to whip out a phone, tap a button and unlock a building’s front doors whenever they need to leave packages in the lobby instead of the street. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
NEW YORK (AP) Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells.
ABC Columbia
Instead of ringing door bells the online retail giant is pushing to get access to apartments
Jul 22, 2021 10:39 PM EDT
(ABC News) NEW YORK Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells.
The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country sometimes with financial incentives to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device.
The service, dubbed Key for Business, is pitched as a way to cut down on stolen packages by making it easy to leave them in lobbies and not outside. Amazon benefits because it enables delivery workers to make their rounds faster. And fewer stolen packages reduce costs and could give Amazon an edge over competitors.
Nation/World News
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Amazon s mission: Getting a key to your apartment building
A blue sticker with the Amazon logo is displayed on a buzzer system in the apartment building of Jason Goldberg, chief commerce strategy officer at marketing company Publicis Communications, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Chicago. Amazon is making a push to install a device on buzzer systems in apartment buildings throughout the country that allows its delivery drivers to whip out a phone, tap a button and unlock a building s front doors whenever they need to leave packages in the lobby instead of the street. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
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