Google plans to service Internet sales to compete with Amazon

The technology giant Google is preparing an Internet sale which would allow consumers to buy online and receive their orders on the same day, a business that would compete with Amazon online store, today published the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.

u000du000aAccording to sources close to the plan cited by the newspaper, the search engine would be already negotiating with large surfaces in United States, which they would find the Department stores Macy's, the Gap clothing chain or the shops of Office Office Max.

u000du000a"They have approached us with the idea, but we have not yet taken any decision," said a spokesman for Macy's to this newspaper, which ensures that this new service would further increase the rivalry between the two companies Americans.

u000du000aThe rotating details that Google does not plan to sell directly to consumers, they studied unite their current products, which search service u000adirects shoppers to the web pages of businesses with which it has agreements with a new service of "quick send" managed by Google.

u000du000a"We've been in the business of connecting buyers with sellers and products in which they are interested in buying for a long time," said a spokesman of the Internet search engine, which declined to confirm the alleged new plans to enter fully into the world of online sales that rotating.

u000du000aWith this new service, Google would offer American buyers to know if products who want to buy are close to shops and if they could send them on the same day in which request.

u000du000aAt the time in which consumer conduct the order on the website of the vendor, Google's system would offer them the option for the shipment of the product on the same day or the next, always according to the cited sources close to the company by the u000ajournal.

u000du000aThe service, which could launch the next year, would also have participation by courier such as UPS.

u000du000aAccording to analysis firm Forrester Research, quoted by the newspaper, is expected the Internet sales industry 12% this year to 197,000 million dollars, in a sector which is currently dominated by Amazon, which expects a revenue doubling this year up to 50 billion dollars.

u000du000aTowards the Equator for the session in the technology market Nasdaq, shares of Google rose 1.02% to change by 620,12 dollars, so this year they have appreciated 4.39 per cent, while those of Amazon advancing 0.32% in that same market, which have risen since January 9.95%.

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