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Walmart InHome customers get early access to HomeValet’s porch box

With porch piracy on the rise around the country and more retailers looking for solutions to get e-commerce orders to customers in a timely and safe fashion, solutions for doing so are beginning to reach the market.

HomeValet, which arrived on the scene early in 2021 when it was announced it would provide its Smart Box to Walmart, said on Wednesday that pre-orders for the home delivery box are now taking place with the first boxes available to Walmart InHome customers in Florida this month....

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Porch pirates pose a greater threat than burglars, and consumers are paying the price

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What is the value of goods stolen in home burglaries compared to porch package thefts? The answer might surprise you.

Americans spend a lot of money to protect their home from theft. That’s no surprise since there are 1,230,149 burglaries a year at cost of $3.4 billion. The average loss for each break-in is $2,799. No question these are BAD numbers.

Burglary is a...

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Name That Tune: The ‘unsustainable’ grocery delivery wars

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The promise of home delivery in just 15 minutes is the latest bid to win the “grocery wars,” according to recent industry trade press. There is the occasional need for speedy delivery. Just how speedy is necessary, how frequently is it needed, and how much are consumers willing to pay for it?

The competition to win more grocery customers with fast home delivery...

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Fresh and safe: How porch boxes are redefining home delivery

As e-commerce has grown, so too has the number of porch pirates.

According to C+R Research, 59% of respondents to a package theft survey of 2,000 consumers conducted in 2020 reported receiving a package at least once a week. That is up 10 points from the 2019 survey. When it comes to package theft, 43% reported a stolen package in 2020, up from 36% in 2019, and of those that had a package stolen, 64% had been a victim more than once.

The average value of a stolen package was $136 in 2020.

“As...

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Walmart to test temperature-controlled box for grocery home delivery

Walmart to test HomeValet grocery delivery box

According to Karen Bomber, Honeywell’s head of retail insights, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders across the country caused a spike in online grocery ordering in 2020. Bomber, speaking during the National Retail Federation’s Chapter One conference on Tuesday, said online grocery orders jumped from 4% of sales in 2019 to 30% in 2020.

It is a trend she doesn’t see diminishing moving forward, and while many of those orders are in-store pickups, a good portion remains home...

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