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Amazon to shut down speedy brick-and-mortar delivery service

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Amazon is shutting down a service that offers same-day delivery from mall and brick-and-mortar retailers, CNBC has learned.

The company has stopped any new development of the service, called Amazon Today , and will begin to wind it down.

The bulk of the program will be shut down by Dec. 2 , according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The closure of Amazon Today is the latest example of the company's broader cost-cutting efforts.

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formal

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English

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53

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