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by goatforce5 4575 days ago
As I understand it, using existing retail stores to fulfil internet orders is exactly how Tesco in the UK operates their grocery delivery operation.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/sep/24/tesco-dark-s...

says that they've started to build additional delivery-only stores(/warehouses?) in areas where their is sufficient demand to warrant it.

Doing it this way meant the managed to avoid the huge upfront costs in building specialist warehouses, and instead used their existing network of hundreds of stores that exist all over the UK.